The Jade Frog: A Chilcotin Mystery

An artist-shaman, an English teacher, and a judge find their lives transformed by the beauty and spiritual influence of the Cariboo- Chilcotin. Spanning decades and vast territory, Bruce Fraser’s sequel to On Potato Mountain brings together disparate worlds as the law and shamanism vie to find the murderer in their midst, with the only clues the book that prompted Johanna Kent to reveal her darkest secret and her talisman, a jade frog pendant whose origin she’s hidden from even her husband, Malcolm. Noah Hanlon knows the secret and the land, but will that be enough to find the killer in time?

An artist-shaman, an English teacher, and a judge find their lives transformed by the beauty and spiritual influence of the Cariboo- Chilcotin. Spanning decades and vast territory, Bruce Fraser’s sequel to On Potato Mountain brings together disparate worlds as the law and shamanism vie to find the murderer in their midst, with the only clues the book that prompted Johanna Kent to reveal her darkest secret and her talisman, a jade frog pendant whose origin she’s hidden from even her husband, Malcolm. Noah Hanlon knows the secret and the land, but will that be enough to find the killer in time?

Bruce Fraser is a retired trial lawyer who practiced law in the Interior of BC and Vancouver, representing Native clients. He is the author of the novel, On Potato Mountain. He has won short story awards for his works published in the lawyers’ magazine, The Advocate. He now lives in Kitsilano and vacations in Lac La Hache in the Cariboo. The Jade Frog is his second novel of the trilogy on the mysteries of the Chilcotin.