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The cradle will fall
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.The better mother
By Jen Sookfong Lee. 2011
In 1958, eight-year-old Danny Lim meets Miss Val, a burlesque dancer, who gives him a green silk belt. Years later,…
Danny spends his days working as a wedding photographer and his nights cruising Stanley Park. When he finds the belt, Danny realizes that the key to understanding himself and his family lies in his connection to Miss Val. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. c2011.Slander
By William Deverell. 1999
Fiery feminist trial lawyer Elizabeth Finnegan sets her sights on an arrogant Supreme Court judge, who has handed down a…
lenient sentence to a convicted rapist. When a woman comes to Finnegan claiming she was raped by the same judge, she jumps at the case. Her research looks damning, but is her client telling the truth? 1999.Le meurtre de Roger Ackroyd
By Agatha Christie. 1927
Le médecin d'un petit village anglais nous raconte le drame qui s'y déroule. La mort de Monsieur Ferrars et le…
suicide de sa femme font déjà jaser quand meurt, assassiné, Roger Ackroyd. 1988, c1927. Titre uniforme: The murder of Roger Ackroyd.Cougar Cove
By Julie Lawson. 1996
Eleven-year-old Sam's first visit to the remote west coast of Vancouver Island is not what she expected. She's teased by…
her cousins for being a "city kid", when they're not ignoring her. Then, while exploring the woods on her own, she comes face-to-face with a wild cougar and her two cubs and her summer vacation gets much more exciting. 1996.An island of my own
By Andrea Spalding. 1998
Fifteen-year-old Rowan is sent to spend a summer with her cousins in an isolated area in British Columbia while her…
parents are on assignment in Africa. In an attempt to keep herself busy she decides to camp out on a near-by island to study an endangered group of sea otters. With the help of her family, friends, journalists and a marine biologist Rowan fights for the protection of the otters. Grades 5-8. 1998.A recipe for bees
By Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 1998
As Augusta Olsen waits for news about the surgery of her beloved son-in-law, she reflects on a harsh, sometimes magical,…
life. Bereft after her mother's death, she marries Karl, her first suitor. Her marriage is difficult and she battles with Karl's father, but when they move to a farm of their own, she begins to find her independence. She is soon at work on her mother's old beekeeping equipment. 1998.The second time around
By Mary Higgins Clark. 2003
Lynn Spencer asks financial reporter Carley DeCarlo, her stepsister, to investigate the case of Lynn's missing husband, Nick. Nick's medical…
research company, which may have been on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer, has been left nearly bankrupt by Nick's disappearance along with substantial corporate assets. 2003.The murder at the vicarage (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 1)
By Agatha Christie. 1980
Stillwatch
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1984
Death of a bore: a Hamish Macbeth mystery (A hamish Macbeth Mystery Ser. #20)
By M. C Beaton. 2006
Minor writer John Heppel has a problem - he's by all accounts a consummate bore. When he's found dead in…
his cottage, there are plenty of suspects. But surely boredom shouldn't be cause for murder, or so thinks local bobby and sleuth Hamish Macbeth, whose investigation of Heppel's soap opera script uncovers much more than melodrama. 2006, c2005.The last of the lumbermen
By Brian Fawcett. 2013
Middle-aged Andy Bathgate clings to a precarious life in the logging town of Prince George, British Columbia. He fears the…
balance he currently enjoys - his relationship with a good woman, the uneasy truce with her eco-activist son, senior hockey with his friends - will come undone the moment the truth comes out: that he is not, in fact, Andy Bathgate. What he doesn’t realize is that the people of his community aren’t as clueless as he believes - and that honesty, decency, and fairness still have a place in the 21st century. 2013.I'll walk alone: A Novel
By Mary Higgins Clark. 2011
Zan Moreland's three-year-old son Matthew was kidnapped two years ago. Now pictures have emerged showing a Zan look-alike taking Matthew…
from his stroller as Matthew's babysitter sleeps in the park. Zan soon realizes that someone has stolen her identity as well as her son - but will anyone believe her? Bestseller. 2011.The shadow of your smile: a novel
By Mary Higgins Clark. 2010
On her deathbed, eighty-two-year-old Olivia Morrow considers disclosing a family secret involving her late cousin Catherine, a nun being considered…
for beatification. At seventeen Catherine gave up her illegitimate son for adoption. Now Catherine's granddaughter, the last of the family line, is targeted by an assassin. 2010 bestseller. c2010.Still missing
By Chevy Stevens. 2010
British Columbia realtor Annie O'Sullivan bitterly recounts to a therapist being kidnapped from an open house by a rapist and…
enslaved for a year in a remote cabin. As sessions continue, Annie learns shocking information about her captor's identity. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2010.Strangers among us
By L. R Wright. 1996
Karl Alberg finds his latest case one of his most troubling. Teenager Eliot Gardener has killed his parents and wounded…
his sister with a machete. The key is, why? Eliot won't talk to anyone about it, and Karl deals with his own sense of self-blame, even though no one could have foreseen the tragedy. Some violence and strong language.To the nines (Stephanie Plum novel ; #9)
By Janet Evanovich. 2003
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is assigned by her cousin Vinnie to track down guest worker Samuel Singh,…
who was expected to return to India. When Singh's acquaintances begin to be murdered, Plum's search leads her and skip-tracer Ranger to Las Vegas. Strong language and some violence. Sequel to "Hard eight" (EB74891), followed by "Ten big ones". 2003. (Stephanie Plum novel ; 9)Full speed (Full novels. #3.)
By Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes. 2003
Jamie Swift, owner of a local South Carolina newspaper, and her enigmatic partner, millionaire playboy Max Holt, pose as husband…
and wife as they become involved with a corrupt minister, gangsters, a hound dog named Fleas, and a wise-cracking computer whiz. Sequel to "Full tilt". 2003.Full house (Billie Pearce novels ; #1)
By Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes. 2002
Wealthy polo-playing Nicholas Kaharchek falls in love with single mother Billie Pearce. When a horse injures Billie's foot, Nick foists…
his eccentric cousins on her, ostensibly to help. Meanwhile, a burglar is targeting Billie's Virginia neighbourhood. Bestseller. 2002.Two for the dough (Stephanie Plum novel ; #2)
By Janet Evanovich. 1996
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the trail of Kenny Mancuso, a killer who has just shot his best friend.…
Mancuso is fresh out of the army and suspiciously wealthy. He is also distantly related to Joe Morelli, a vice cop with ethics that lean toward the grey zone and a habit of interfering with Stephanie's investigations. Sequel to "One for the money" (EB69676). Followed by "Three to get deadly" (EB67675). 1996. (Stephanie Plum novel ; 2)