Missing girls!

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Safe Harbour (Sgt. Windflower Mysteries #10) by Mike Martin            

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Sergeant Winston Windflower and his family have moved to St. John’s in Newfoundland. His wife Sheila Hillier is returning to studies for a MBA. Windflower is taking up a new position with the regional RCMP as a public outreach officer. That isn’t going as smoothly as he’d hoped—there’s his rather disgruntled boss, and bikie gangs are once again in the mix. Windflower’s boss becomes rather agitated by his reaching across her lines of authority.
There’s a whole lot of meal preparation and wonderful parenting weaving in and out of the Winston and the RCMP’s growing concern around missing girls (mainly older teenagers). The subject of trafficking rears its ugly head.
I must admit that I was thinking the storyline paid too much attention to food and family routines, but that does play to the realisation that Windflower is an ordinary policeman tasked with the hurclean challenge of finding these very young women. His family and the day to day occurrences of their life help keep him centered.
On the other hand, we can say that Windflower is far from ordinary as a man. He pays attention to those things that will support him spiritually and mentally that helps him work in very difficult contexts. This includes his adherence to dream walking and smudging rituals, his practices inculcated from his elders and his culture that increase his wisdom. These help keep him centered, particularly important when he confronts tough working situations.
I love his homily on Gratefulness. A personal reflection for Windflower and a reminder to us. I always find much to ponder on in Windflower novels.

A BooksGoSocial ARC via NetGalley 

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