The Glenwood Treasure

by Kim Moritsugu

Short-listed for the 2004 Arthur Ellis Award for Best Novel

After her marriage breaks down, shy schoolteacher Blithe Morrison takes refuge for the summer with her parents in the affluent Toronto neighbourhood of Rose Park. Blithe's return home evokes memories of her lifelong sibling war with Noel, her golden-boy older brother, now a diplomat posted in England. But when Blithe befriends a lonely 11-year-old girl and takes on a local history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550024574
• ISBN13: 9781550024579
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

a great read

This absorbing novel about a woman's search for an old buried treasure is suspenseful, satisfying, and intelligent. The main character is smart and wry and given to dead-on observations about her parents' upper-class milieu. It's also one of those rare books where the good guys read books, and lots of them. I loved the villain, too--a real old-fashioned cad. Once I got into it, I couldn't put it down and was sad to see it end.

like Brat Farrar, except totally different

I bought this book because it was compared to one of my all-time favourite English novels, Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey. Turns out this is kind of a homage to Brat Farrar and makes reference to it, but the story is very different. It's set in Canada, in the present, and it's about a young woman trying to solve an old mystery. It's still entertaining and enjoyable and fun to read, though, whether you're familiar with Brat Farrar or not. Funny and sad in parts and a well-paced mystery. I recommend it.