New Release
Synopsis
In Unsettling Time, Halifax author Bretton Loney tells the story of Ryan Treiber, a Saint Mary’s University lecturer, who falls while walking in downtown Halifax and is unexpectedly hurtled back in time to 1749 amid the first days of the new colony of Halifax.
Incapacitated by the side effects of time travel, he is found by Aubry De Courcy, a member of Governor Edward Cornwallis’s council. As Ryan struggles to survive in an eighteenth-century settlement, he and Aubry learn of the brutal murder of a servant.
The authorities refuse to investigate the crime because of the servant’s alleged homosexuality. That injustice launches Ryan and Aubry on the hunt to find the killer.
The intelligent and intriguing Mrs. Athena Dunfield, her Black assistant, Joseph, and Ryan's new Acadian friend, Michel, join Ryan and Aubry on the quest to solve the murder. Ryan’s growing feelings for Athena make his new life increasingly more appealing.
Unsettling Time offers intimate insight into colonial Halifax and the people who shaped it.
Book Launch October 25
Come to the launch of my new novel, Unsettling Time, a time travel murder mystery set during the founding of Halifax in 1749.
The event will take place at the Halifax Central Library’s BMO Community Room on Saturday, Oct. 25 at 2 pm.