A Tom Austen mystery

Tom Austen, an aspiring detective, unravels a murder mystery while on a three-day transcontinental journey aboard "The Canadian."

Tom stumbles across strange activity in an abandoned house, and aboard an historic train. During a long, cold winter in his home town, young Tom Austen stumbles across some strange activity in an abandoned house. Through the snowy streets of Winnipeg, aboard the historic Prairie Dog Central and during a Ski-Doo chase beneath the Northern Lights, Tom unravels the secret of The Golden Child and in the process realizes that the safety of one of his friends depends on him

Tom crouched lower as he raced toward the darkness ahead. Then he suddenly straightened up and yelled. He was heading straight for the cliff. The leaders of the world's superpowers have agreed to meet in Quebec City to put an end to chemical weapons -- but powerful forces will stop at nothing to prevent the agreement from being signed. From the first chilling page, Cold Midnight in Old Quebec is filled with gripping suspense as Tom Austen and Dietmar Oban explore the ancient, mysterious streets of Old Quebec in search of world peace.