02130cam a2200301 i 4500 2698177234 TxAuBib 20260305120000.0 250801s2026||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780593801000 hardcover 0593801008 hardcover TxAuBib rda Kempt, Malcolm, author. A gift before dying / Malcolm Kempt. First edition. New York City, NY : Crown, 2026. 260 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier After a botched high-profile murder investigation, Corporal Elderick Cole is exiled to the remote, rugged landscape of Nunavut, a vast territory in the Arctic Circle known for its untamed beauty, frigid temperatures, and endless winter nights. With his family having severed all ties, Cole waits out the result of a civil lawsuit alone—the wrong verdict could end what’s left of his flailing career. His bleak existence takes a sinister turn when he discovers the hanging body of Pitseolala, a troubled Inuit girl whom he had sworn to protect. Her death dredges up demons he thought he’d buried along with the scars of a fractured marriage and the aching divide between him and his estranged daughter. As Cole’s life unravels—and with it, the fragile thread of his investigation, he turns to Pitseolala’s younger brother, Maliktu, a fellow outsider. It’s then that Cole uncovers what binds them—a singular mission to find her killer. Against fierce backlash, Cole’s overriding desire to redeem just one aspect of his otherwise failed life becomes an obsession—and he’s willing to break every rule in his unyielding pursuit of justice and the smallest shred of redemption. 20260305. Police Fiction. Murder Investigation Fiction. Criminal investigation Fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. fast BSBPL