Odd Child Out by Gilly MacMillan FIC Mac

Sometimes friends are total opposites.  That was true for Noah and Abdi.  They are both teenagers who attend a private school. Noah  has lived a privileged life but that doesn’t really matter so much when you are diagnosed with cancer at a young age.  Abdi may be at the same school but he is there as a scholarship student. Together they have developed a strong friendship based on their competitive natures (school and chess - not sports!).

Jim Clemo is a detective who is finally being released from therapy to go back to work.  During his last case a young boy died and Jim has blamed himself and that led to serious depression and insomnia.  His first case back includes Noah and Abdi.  During the early hours of a cold night Noah was fished out of a canal by a scrapyard.  He is in critical condition.  Abdi was found on the side of the canal.  He isn’t hurt but appears to be in shock from the trauma.  Clemo needs to find out what happened and to do that he needs to question Abdi - but he isn’t talking.  The case will affect the city as tension over immigration explode.

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