Gas Head Willy

Gas Head Willy is missing, and D.B. Murphy has been hired to find him. It seems like an easy job at the start. But as Murphy learns more about the missing veteran's secret life, he is plunged into a prohibition-era underworld of booze cans and swamp whiskey. Inevitably, the investigation leads him to Balaclava, and a confrontation with two of the most vicious bootleggers in Grey County!

Gas Head Willy was written during The 3-Day Novel Marathon for Literacy. Held once a year in Owen Sound, the event is a fundraiser for the Adult Literacy Program of the Owen Sound and North Grey Union Public Library.

Shortlisted for the 1996 Arthur Ellis Award for best first novel, Crime Writers of Canada

Rave Reviews

"...intriguing reading with a uniquely Canadian historical twist."

John North, Toronto Star

"...good reading on the verandah."

Curtis Gloade, The Kitchener-Waterloo Record

"...develops a breakneck pace and steadily picks up speed along the way."

John Peevers, Port Elgin Beacon Times

This book is now available in Horseshoe to Gumshoe.