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It was a gentlemen's club, although no one paid any dues. The cost of membership was a tale well told,…
and this one paid for all. 1984. Uniform title: Different seasons
Presents a Hawaiian couple who find themselves saddled with a genie in a bottle who is no bargain; and three…
other supernatural tales: Markheim; Thrawn Janet; and Olalla. 1981. Uniform title: Short stories.
When rare book collector Cliff Janeway is offered a lucrative bondsman job, he can't refuse, especially since the bail jumper…
might have a priceless copy of 'The Raven'. Sequel to "Booked to die", followed by "Bookman's promise". 1995.
In 1815 in Scotland, a young medical student, Doctor Fettes, is given the job of receiving fresh cadavers for his…
class. Since the matter is such a delicate business, Fettes is told to simply pay the transporters and not ask any questions. But when Fettes recognizes one of the bodies as a young woman he knows to have been alive and well the day before, he begins to wonder just how these poor souls are meeting their end. 1981. Uniform title: Short stories.
Although precise records do not exist, between ten and twenty percent of the soldiers who fought in the Civil War…
were boys sixteen and younger. Many kept diaries and journals and sent letters home. Some wrote memoirs and company histories. Through these primary sources the author presents a vivid portrait of their experiences. Junior and Senior High. 1999.
In 1934 Idina Sackville met the son she had last seen fifteen years earlier, when she shocked high society by…
running off to Africa with a near-penniless man, abandoning her son, his brother and their father. So scandalous was Idina's life - she was said to have had 'lovers without number' - that it was kept a secret from her great-granddaughter, Frances Osbourne. Now Frances explores her tale of betrayal and heartbreak. 2009, c2008.
Set amid the upheaval of the Arab Spring and the brutal repression of a totalitarian regime. Tarek, a young father,…
watches as the city he lives in is mired in protests, hemmed in by barricades and strangely inundated by great flocks of birds. Facing the threat of police arrest, he flees with his nine-year-old daughter, Neda. As Tarek and Neda journey through villages razed by conflict towards a mountain refuge, they meet with fellow travellers from Tarek's past and his time as a political prisoner. The reunion reveals secrets that Tarek must come to terms with for his own and Neda's sake. 2013 winner of the HarperCollins/UBC Prize for Best New Fiction. 2015.
In the spring of 1936, horror writer H.P. Lovecraft is broke, living alone in a creaky old house and deathly…
ill. At the edge of a nervous breakdown, he hires a personal assistant, Arthor Crandle. Candle arrives at Lovecraft's home with no knowledge of the writer or his work, but is soon drawn into his distinctly eerie and unnerving world. c2014.
Hilary Bradley is determined to prove her husband, accused of murdering a teenage girl, is innocent, but only quirky detective…
Cab Bolton believes her story. Hilary and Cab soon find the people in the community are willing to kill to keep their secrets hidden. Followed by "Season of fear". 2011.
A deductive powerhouse, detective Kwan Chun-dok becomes a legend in the Hong Kong Police Force, nicknamed "the Eye of Heaven"…
by his awe-struck colleagues. Divided into six sections told in reverse chronological order, each of which covers an important case in Kwan's career and takes place at a pivotal moment in Hong Kong history, "The Borrowed" follows Kwan from his experiences during the Leftist riot in 1967, when a bombing plot threatens many lives; the conflict between the Hong Kong police and Independent Commission against Corruption in 1977; and the Tiananmen Square Massacre in 1989 to the Handover in 1997 and the present day of 2013, when Kwan is called on to solve his final case, the murder of a local billionaire. Along the way we meet Communist rioters, ultraviolent gangsters, stallholders at the city's many covered markets, pop singers enmeshed in the high-stakes machinery of star-making, and a people always caught in the shifting balance of political power. 2017.
When a rich doctor's baby is kidnapped, Lieutenant Jonathan Stride and his partner, Serena, end up on opposite sides of…
the case, with Stride pursuing evidence that incriminates the doctor and Serena trying to prove the baby was abducted. Sequel to "In the dark", followed by "The cold nowhere". 2010.
Nina Redmond is a literary matchmaker. After losing her job at a library and moving to a new town, she…
discovers there's plenty of adventure, magic, and soul in her new home. 2016.
In a small California town in 1951, twelve-year-old Paolo, his brother, and his deaf cousin Billy get caught up in…
a search for money missing from the church collection, leading them to complicated discoveries about themselves, other family members, and townspeople they thought they knew. Grades 5-8. 2005.
Raised a Muslim but increasingly outraged by her religion's hostility towards women, Ayaan Hirsi Ali has now become one of…
today's most talked-about, admired and controversial political figures because of her desire to free women from an oppressive Muslim culture. This collection of essays brings together some of her most passionate and compelling writing on a wide range of issues concerning Islam. Drawing on her own first-hand experience and cultural background, she assesses the role of women in Islam both in practice and in theory; the rights of the individual; fanaticism; and Western policies towards immigrant communities. The Caged Virgin is an important addition to the ongoing debate about the 'clash of civilizations' and marks the debut of a writer and activist destined to be one of the key international figures of the early twenty-first century. 2007. Uniform title: De maagdenkooi.
Down-at-heels lawyer Mickey Haller has inherited his old colleague's clients. That means some serious cash. The only problem is that…
the other lawyer was murdered, and the tough-minded detective handling the case - one Harry Bosch - thinks the killer is one of his clients, and that Mickey could also be in danger. Sequel to "The Lincoln lawyer"; followed by "Nine dragons". Includes strong language. 2009. (Mickey Haller ; 2)
12-year-old Minguillo, who has already contrived to lose one sibling, is listening to the birth-cries of his new sister Marcella,…
a threat to his inheritance. Minguillo's jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But Marcella is not quite the soft target Minguillo imagines. Includes sex. 2011.
1860s. During the Civil War, a motley group of young people plan a cattle drive from Texas to Dakota. Among…
them are James Cason; Duke Faglier, seeking to avenge his family’s murder; and the Scattergood brood of four brothers and a sister, all suspected cattle thieves. Some violence. Sequel to "Alamosa trail", followed by "Amarillo trail". 2002.
In 1997, Matt Jackson quit his job, strode to the edge of the Trans-Canada Highway near Lake Louise, and began…
his journey. His plan was to hitchhike across Canada, expecting the trip to take three months - but didn't arrive in Newfoundland until three and a half years later. It's a good, old-fashioned road tale. 2004.
A battlefield guide to the Battle of Passchendaele, August-November 1917, one of the bloodiest and most futile battles of World…
War I. Includes a history of the battle, biographies of soldiers, and information about the Belgian town of Ypres, now known as Ieper. 1996. (For king & empire ; 4)