Principles to Live By

Principles to Live By is the 16th novel by Canadian writer David Adams Richards, published in 2016.^[1]

Principles to Live By

First edition
Author	David Adams Richards
Language	English
Genre	Novel
Publisher	Doubleday Canada
Publication date	2016
Publication place	Canada
Media type	Print (hardback, paperback)
ISBN	978-0-385-68245-9
Preceded by	Crimes Against My Brother

Plot summary

The novel centres on John Delano, a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer with a troubled personal life, who is investigating the cold case death of a young boy in 1999.^[2]

The novel includes a scene in which Richards pokes fun at his own earlier novel Nights Below Station Street, with people in a local bar dismissing it as a "dirty, ignorant novel" that "nobody in their right mind would want to read".^[2]