Concrete, corruption, and collapsing bridges. Money men and the mafia. Welcome to the shady side of Montreal's construction industry. Everyone has their price. Everyone has their limit.Frannie Murray and her ex-husband, Daniel Marcoux, know how easy it is to get sucked into corruption. Both are civil engineers and face terrifying threats when they try to extricate themselves from a quagmire of kickbacks, political payoffs, and bribes. Frannie's friend Stefano Gentile knows what they are up against: Seemingly just a successful accountant, he bears the scars of his years as a mafia money man. As the three attempt to escape the traps that put their honour and even their lives in jeopardy, they discover secrets that upend what they thought they knew about each other and about themselves.And soon they each come to realize that the choices we make can take us to dangerous places.
Mary Soderstrom is a writer with nine works of non-fiction, three short story collections, six novels, and one children's book to her credit. The Last Bridge is her twentieth book. She lives in Montreal.