The Ferryman Will Be There: An Ellis Portal Mystery (Ellis Portal Mysteries)

This is the third in prize-winning author rosemary Aubert's mystery series featuring Ellis Portal, a disgraced former judge, the unconventional sleuth described by the New Your Times as "a character with dignity and unusual moral depth." The second novel in the series, the Feast of Stephen, won Canada's Arthur Ellis Award as best mystery novel of 1999. In The Ferryman Will Be There, Ellis Portal is recruited by Toronto police detective Matt West to help after a famous movie director, filming in Toronto, is murdered in full view of fans, and his teenage daughter disappears. Ellis Portal is recruited by the Toronto police to help investigate the very public murder of a film director at his latest premiere and the disappearance of his teenage daughter.