The Carnivore

When Hurricane Hazel tore through Toronto on October 15 1954 it left its markon both the city and its inhabitants. In the aftermath a young cop named RayTownes ... » 

When Hurricane Hazel tore through Toronto on October 15 1954 it left its markon both the city and its inhabitants. In the aftermath a young cop named RayTownes emerges as a heronumerous accounts detail the way he battled theraging Humber River to save those trapped in their homesand his story isfeatured prominently in the newspapers thrusting him into the spotlight as alocal celebrity. Meanwhile his wife Mary is wrestling with doubts about herhusbands heroism. While performing her own miracles the night of the storm asa nurse at a mudfilled overcrowded emergency room Mary met a womandisoriented and near deathwith a disturbingly peculiar recollection ofevents. While Mary tries to shake her suspicions about Ray as they rebuildtheir life in the shellshocked city she cant help but wonder about herhusband and that fateful night. When a reporter comes knocking 50 years laterto revisit that horrendous night the truth begins to surface and threatens todestroy them. «