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Tar Sands Diplomat

by Keith Halliday

Tar Sands Diplomat is a satirical thriller set at the Canadian diplomatic mission in Brussels. After a Russian prostitute dramatically murders the Canadian mission's star diplomat with an Inuit statue, Macgregor is plunged into a world of spooks, Big Oil, Russian oligarchs and eco-hacktivists that leads him back to a well-connected Canadian oil company and the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. Author Keith Halliday was formerly the twelfth most senior diplomat at the Canadian Mission to the European Union in Brussels. After rocketing to the rank of Second Secretary, he retired from the Foreign Service. He started Tar Sands Diplomat while on a chemotherapy-induced vacation from his day job.

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Episodes

  1. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 27

    Keith Halliday reads final Episode 27 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  2. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 26

    Keith Halliday reads penultimate Episode 26 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  3. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 25

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 25 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  4. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 24

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 24 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  5. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 23

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 23 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  6. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 22

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 22 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  7. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 21

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 21 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  8. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 20

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 20 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  9. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 19

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 19 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  10. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 18

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 18 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  11. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 17

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 17 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  12. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 16

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 16 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  13. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 15

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 15 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  14. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 14

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 14 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  15. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 13

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 13 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  16. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 12

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 12 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  17. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 11

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 11 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  18. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 10

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 10 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  19. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 9

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 9 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  20. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 8

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 8 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  21. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 7

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 7 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  22. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 6

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 6 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  23. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 5

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 5 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  24. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 4

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 4 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  25. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 3

    Keith Halliday reads Episode 3 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  26. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 2

    Keith Halliday reads episode 2 of The Tar Sands Diplomat.

  27. Tar Sands Diplomat Episode 1

    Keith Halliday introduces the Tar Sands Diplomat and reads chapters 1 & 2.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Tar Sands Diplomat is a satirical thriller set at the Canadian diplomatic mission in Brussels. After a Russian prostitute dramatically murders the Canadian mission's star diplomat with an Inuit statue, Macgregor is plunged into a world of spooks, Big Oil, Russian oligarchs and eco-hacktivists that leads him back to a well-connected Canadian oil company and the Prime Minister's Office in Ottawa. Author Keith Halliday was formerly the twelfth most senior diplomat at the Canadian Mission to the European Union in Brussels. After rocketing to the rank of Second Secretary, he retired from the Foreign Service. He started Tar Sands Diplomat while on a chemotherapy-induced vacation from his day job.

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Tar Sands Diplomat is a satirical thriller set at the Canadian diplomatic mission in Brussels. After a Russian prostitute dramatically murders the Canadian mission's star diplomat with an Inuit statue, Macgregor is plunged into a world of spooks, Big Oil, Russian oligarchs and eco-hacktivists that...

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