The Hidden Keys

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Parkdale's Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, and it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an ageing heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has recently passed away, leaving each of his five children a mysterious object that provides one clue to the whereabouts of a large inheritance. Willow enlists Tancred to steal these objects from her siblings and help her solve the puzzle.

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Inspired by a reading of Robert Louis Stevenson'sTreasure Island,The Hidden Keysquestions what it means to be honourable, what it means to be faithful and what it means to sin. (From Coach House Books)

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