The Purity Ring Murders
A Gil Leduc Mystery
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Three years earlier in
Thirteen year-old Gil Leduc paced around his uncle’s living room. In a few minutes he would accompany his uncle and his cousin Angéline to the train station in
Angéline grabbed the tail of his navy blue t-shirt. “Sit down. You’re making me nervous.”
Gil waved his arms. “You know I can’t wait to see Marie.”
He was referring to Marie Chauvet, Angéline’s friend, who he had met at summer camp. Like Angéline, she was fifteen years old. At the
That night Marie showed Gil her purity ring. She and Angéline had promised both God and one another that they would abstain from sex until marriage.
“Promise me one thing, Gil, “ said Marie.
“What’s that?”
“You’ll do the same.”
“I will.”
Marie promptly threw her arms around him. She was the first girl who had ever hugged him.
Gil’s Uncle Claude entered the living room. “Let’s go, kids. By the time we get there, the train should have arrived from
About five minutes later they arrived at the train station. A crowd of people gathered in a circle near the tracks. What’s going on, wondered Gil.
As they approached the tracks, a guy in his twenties with dark, curly hair passed them going in the opposite direction. Gil knew he had seen him somewhere before. But where, he thought.
A couple of uniformed officers pushed through the crowd. Uncle Claude, who was the chief inspector of the police in
Gil, who wanted to follow in his uncle and grandfather’s footsteps, followed his uncle. He stood in horror as he watched the police break through the circle. Marie Chauvet lay on the ground. Her yellow t-shirt was soaked with blood. Her outstretched hand contained the purity ring.
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The murder of Marie Chauvet still haunts Gil Leduc three years later. The sixteen year-old accompanies his girlfriend Jan Barrio and her family to
The two teens agree to meet her one morning at the North York Centre. Upon arrival they hear her scream. Someone dressed like a Shiite Muslim is ready to shoot April. Gil and Jan try to prevent the shooting, but the person shoots at them before shooting April.
Jan tries to save April, but it’s too late. Soon another murder follows.
As the teens search for the killer, they uncover a few baffling questions:
Why is Ramona Gonzales, a college friend of Jan’s mother, not returning phone calls?
Why is Peter Bartholomew, a teacher at the teens’ high school who’s been accused of inappropriate conduct with minors, really in
Who is the young man Gil has seen at both the murders of Marie Chauvet and April Ames?
Will they find out before it’s too late?
About the Author
Jim Toner’s eclectic life includes a Bachelor’s Degree in French from Houghton College and a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting from Niagara University. He has worked for the last eleven years as a youth sponsor at his church. He has completed three courses of the Institute of Children’s Literature.
Over the years he has edited a few church newsletters and was briefly the leader of a writers’ group in Southern Ontario. He’s a member of the Word Guild. He has written for the Rock Express Management Newsletter and has seen his softball articles published in The Niagara Gazette. He has had a few letters published in Le Journal Français.
Currently he works for a Buffalo area accounting firm.
His interests include reading, writing, foreign languages, bicycling, softball, football, basketball, and hockey. He’s a loyal fan of the Niagara University Purple Eagles ladies’ basketball team.
His varied travels include Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, the three West Coast states, and various parts of Canada. He has taken the nickel-a-ride in Port Dalhousie.
The Purity Ring Murders is the second novel in the Gil Leduc series. Under the Blood was his first novel.