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The A'lle Mutation: The A'lle Chronicles Mystery series, #2
The A'lle Mutation: The A'lle Chronicles Mystery series, #2
The A'lle Mutation: The A'lle Chronicles Mystery series, #2
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The A'lle Mutation: The A'lle Chronicles Mystery series, #2

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The A'lle Mutation: An A'lle Chronicles Mystery – Book 2

In the early 1700s, an A'lle generation ship crashed in the woods of Lower Canada. Survivors stumbled out of the wreckage to find French settlers working the land. While many of the colonists sheltered the injured A'lle, some reacted with fear and loathing. Two centuries later, nothing much has changed.

Two months after the events in Backli's Ford, Constance A'lle, first A'lle investigator for Lower Canada, and Chief Investigator Desautel still haven't identified the cabal responsible for the kidnapping and murder of so many A'lle.


While they pursue their investigation in Montreal, Constance is sidetracked by family and the threat of an epidemic—an epidemic for which the immune A'lle might be responsible, intensifying the already simmering human resentment against the A'lle.

With A'lle and human hostility spiking, Constance and Desautel must navigate the increasingly brittle peace to find the head of the cabal threatening the A'lle in Lower Canada and keep their own fragile trust from shattering.

Set in 1912, Epidemic follows Constance A'lle and Chief Investigator Desautel as they navigate the fraught relationship between humans and A'lle while trying to find those responsible for the deaths of so many A'lle.

ABOUT THE A'LLE MURDERS: An A'lle Chronicles Mystery – Book 1

Set in 1911, The A'lle Murders follows Constance as she survives an ambush that would have killed a human, fights prejudice in the constabulary, and discovers a terrible secret that risks destroying the delicate balance that has endured for two centuries between A'lle and humans.

REVIEWS FOR THE A'LLE MURDERS (formerly Backli's Ford):

"I read this wonderfully written tale and thoroughly enjoyed it. The story is a good murder mystery, tinged with aliens who crashed on Earth a couple hundred years before and have integrated about as well as any sort of alien will."

"I'll have to try some of her other stories."

"Some of the best writing I've read in a while."

"Definitely a writer worth following."

"I greatly enjoyed this tale of detective work by an alien detective only slowly learning to trust (and be trusted by) her associates."

LanguageEnglish
Release dateMay 18, 2022
ISBN9781987937312
The A'lle Mutation: The A'lle Chronicles Mystery series, #2
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Marcelle Dube

Marcelle Dubé writes mystery, science fiction, fantasy, contemporary and—occasionally—romance fiction. She grew up near Montreal and after trying out a number of different provinces (not to mention Belgium) she settled in the Yukon, where people outnumber carnivores, but not by much. Her short stories have appeared in magazines and award-winning anthologies. Her novels include the Mendenhall Mystery series (a number of her short stories are also set in the world of Mendenhall Chief of Police Kate Williams) and The A'lle Chronicles, as well as standalone fantasy and mystery titles. Her work is available in print and in electronic format. To find out more about Marcelle, visit her at www.marcellemdube.com.  

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