A QUESTION OF MURDER: AN INSPECTOR CHARLIE SALTER MYSTERY Eric Wright Toronto, Harper & Collins, 1988.191pp, paper, $5.95 ISBN 0-00-223489-0. CIP Grades 11 and up/Ages 16 and up Reviewed by Louise Griffith. Volume 17 Number 5 1989 September Once again Eric Wright has given us an excellent Inspector Charlie Salter detective novel. A Question of Murder, set in Toronto, is a close look at the Bloor Street-Avenue Road area. A British princess comes to Toronto for the running of the Queen's Plate. After her departure a bomb explodes in a nearby van killing the driver. The police wonder whether the bomb was meant for the princess or the victim. In the process of unravelling the crime, we examine the procedure for royal processions, street vendors on Bloor, boutiques on Yorkville and Hazelton, a middle-aged love triangle, drug traffic, and the Toronto drug squad, one of whose members plays a significant minor role. Once again, the activities of Charlie's family are interspersed throughout the story. Angus Salter has a new girlfriend, Seth Salter persuades his grandfather to record his oral history, and Charlie resolves his own problems about the possibilities of early retirement. Characterization is deft and accurate while descriptions of the Yorkville area and its colourful inhabitants are vivid and accurate. Fans of the earlier Salter books will be delighted. Students, especially those in grades eleven and up would enjoy studying the book although in certain areas an eyebrow might be lifted at some of the language and content. Librarians in high schools, colleges, and public li­braries will want to order copies especially for the mystery fans who enjoyed Wright's earlier Salter books. Louise Griffith, Agincourt, Ont.