Download or read book A Hard Winter Rain written by Michael Blair and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Someone walked up to Joe "Shoe" Schumacher's best friend, Patrick O'Neill, in a Vancouver restaurant and shot him dead. It looks like a professional hit, but why? Former cop, professional wrestler, and bodyguard Joe sets out to find the killer, and along the way uncovers dark secrets from the past - secrets some people will kill to keep.-When Patrick O'Neill is murdered in a Vancouver restaurant, his best friend Joe Shoe sets out to find the killer, uncovering dark secrets along the way.