{"product_id":"a-long-ways-from-home","title":"A Long Ways from Home","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitle Synopsis\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA weekend visit to picturesque Newfoundland by a large crew of outlaw bikers leaves behind another mess for Sgt. Windflower to clean up. This time, he’s facing violence, murder, mystery, and intrigue. This adventure has Windflower questioning everything he thought he knew. There are troubles on the home front, cutbacks in the policing budget, old friends leaving, and new ones not quite here yet. Windflower is seeking to find answers in territory that is both dangerous and unfamiliar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis installment in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series has our hero dashing all over the beautiful little island of Newfoundland. Along the way, he never wavers in his pursuit of justice. But he stills tries to find a way to enjoy the natural beauty that lays all around him, and to bring out the best from everybody he meets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Long Ways from Home\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e is about more than just homicides or the dirty dealings of outlaw bikers. It is also about helping people and communities face up to and overcome new and very difficult challenges. Windflower relies on his friends and allies, including some four-legged ones, to help him and them find the answers. He also discovers that we are never really alone, even when we are a long ways from home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Bio\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMike Martin was born in St. John’s, NL on the east coast of Canada and now lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario. He is a long-time freelance writer and his articles and essays have appeared in newspapers, magazines and online across Canada as well as in the United States and New Zealand.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe is the award-winning author of the best-selling Sgt. Windflower Mystery series, set in beautiful Grand Bank. There are now 14 books in this light mystery series with the publication of \u003cem\u003eBetter Safe Than Sorry\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Tangled Web\u003c\/em\u003e was shortlisted in 2017 for the best light mystery of the year, and \u003cem\u003eDarkest Before the Dawn \u003c\/em\u003ewon the 2019 Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSome Sgt. Windflower Mysteries are now available as audiobooks and the latest \u003cstrong\u003eDarkest Before the Dawn\u003c\/strong\u003e was released as an audiobook in 2024. All audiobooks are available from Audible in Canada and around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eMike is Past Chair of the Board of Crime Writers of Canada, a national organization promoting Canadian crime and mystery writers and a member of the Newfoundland Writers’ Guild and Capital Crime Writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRunning Time\u003c\/strong\u003e: 09:14:35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781959162780\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LINDIE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47324167012503,"sku":"9781959162780","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/9540\/8023\/files\/9781959162780__13510.jpg?v=1773525156","url":"https:\/\/lindie.net\/products\/a-long-ways-from-home","provider":"Lantern Indie","version":"1.0","type":"link"}