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The delicate storm (John Cardinal series. #2.)
By Giles Blunt. 2003
When the dismembered corpse of an American tourist turns up half-eaten by bears in the woods near Algonquin Bay, Detective…
John Cardinal is assigned to the case. Usually his small-town cases practically solve themselves, but not only does he not have a single lead this time, but both the RCMP and CSIS get involved. Then a well-respected woman is found frozen under a glaze of ice, and Cardinal realizes that the two very different murders might well be linked. Some strong language. Sequel to "Forty words for sorrow", followed by "Blackfly season". 2003.The bridesmaid
By Ruth Rendell. 1989
Philip Wardman falls for a beautiful, enigmatic woman he meets at his sister's wedding. Philip abhors any depiction of violent…
death, but Senta believes they should each kill someone to prove their love for each other. Some descriptions of sex. 1989.Silent victims (Det.Inspector Jane Tennison. #3.)
By Lynda La Plante. 2013
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison expects hostility as she becomes the first female head of the vice squad in London’s…
Soho. Suddenly she is told how to handle the murder of a male prostitute, the newest case of her main assignment, Operation Contract. This is more than the hazing Tennison expected, and she is determined to discover why. Sequel to "A face in the crowd: Prime Suspect 2". 2013.S.E.C.R.E.T. revealed: a novel (S.E.C.R.E.T. novel. #3.)
By L. Marie Adeline. 2014
The only thing that Cassie Robichaud has ever really wanted is Will Foret, the love of her life. But when…
Will discovers that Cassie is part of S.E.C.R.E.T., an underground group devoted to helping women experience their deepest fantasies, Will breaks it off. Heartbroken, Cassie dries her tears and devotes herself to helping the latest S.E.C.R.E.T. recruit, Solange Faraday. Cassie also reignites her relationship with bad-boy Jesse, even if he can never love her as deeply as Will did. The final book in the trilogy. Sequel to "S.E.C.R.E.T shared". 2014.S.E.C.R.E.T. shared: a novel (S.E.C.R.E.T. novel. #2.)
By L. Marie Adeline. 2013
Still wounded from a recent heartbreak, Cassie Robichaud throws herself into service with S.E.C.R.E.T., the mysterious organization that changed her…
life last year by bringing her deepest fantasies to life, one step at a time. Now it’s Cassie’s turn to guide the group’s newest candidate, Dauphine Mason, recruiting men to execute a new set of fantasies. While it gets Cassie’s mind off Will, the man she truly loves, it also gives her the chance to help watch S.E.C.R.E.T. work its magic on someone new. Sequel to "S.E.C.R.E.T.". Bestseller. 2013.S.E.C.R.E.T
By L. Marie Adeline. 2013
Cassie Robichaud's life is filled with regret and loneliness after the death of her husband. She waits tables at the…
rundown Café Rose in New Orleans, and every night she heads home to her solitary one-bedroom apartment. But when she discovers a notebook left behind by a mysterious woman at the café, Cassie's world is forever changed. The notebook's stunningly explicit confessions shock and fascinate Cassie, and eventually lead her to S∙E∙C∙R∙E∙T, an underground society dedicated to helping women realize their wildest, most lurid fantasies. Includes sex and strong language. 2013.Saints of the Shadow Bible (Inspector Rebus.)
By Ian Rankin. 2013
Back on the force, but at a reduced rank, John Rebus suspects that the daughter of a powerful businessman isn’t…
coming clean about her car accident. Meanwhile, the reopening of a decades-old case could cause problems for Rebus and his old team. 2013.Promiscuous unbound: A Novel
By Bex Brian. 2003
Vivienne Yellow is an American, in a Paris hospital bed after being hit by a truck. Through hazy memories, coloured…
by her own morphine-stoked sexual longings, she recounts pieces of her past. The only link to the outside world is Sonia, a fellow patient, who brings Vivienne stories of what's happening outside of her hospital room. 2003.Poor Tom is cold (A detective Murdoch Mystery Ser. #Vol.3)
By Maureen Jennings. 2002
Constable Oliver Wicken dies in what appears to be a suicide. However, when new evidence is discovered, Detective William Murdoch…
is asked to investigate further. During the investigation, he begins to suspect that the suicide is not what it seems. 2002.Piece of my heart (Inspector Alan Banks mystery. #16.)
By Peter Robinson. 2006
As he launches a probe into the killing of a freelance music journalist, Detective Inspector Alan Banks finds his investigation…
journeying back in time more than thirty years and into the heart of the mystery surrounding a decades-old crime. 2006.Not in the flesh (Inspector Wexford mystery. #21.)
By Ruth Rendell. 2007
A man and his dog unearth something in a wood - a human hand, part of a body that has…
lain buried for ten years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton shroud. The post mortem cannot reveal the precise cause of death, and the only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs. Then, about twenty yards away from the woodland burial site, in the cellar of a disused cottage, another body is discovered. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Sequel to "End in tears", followed by "The monster in the box". 2007.Let darkness bury the dead: a Murdoch mystery / (Detective Murdoch mystery. #8.)
By Maureen Jennings. 2017
November 1917. The Great War is grinding on. Initially, Canadians are mostly eager to fight for the Empire, but the…
carnage is horrendous and with enforced conscription, the enthusiasm for war is dimming. William Murdoch is a widower, a senior detective who, thanks to the new temperance laws, spends his time tracking down bootleggers and tipplers. His wife, Amy, died giving birth to their second child, a girl who lived only a few hours more. Murdoch, racked by grief, withdrew from his four-year-old son Jack, which he deeply regrets. Now, Jack is twenty-one and has returned from France after being wounded. It is soon apparent that he is deeply troubled and bound by shared secrets to another soldier, Percy McKinnon. The night after Jack and McKinnon arrive home, a young man is found beaten to death in the impoverished area of Toronto known as the Ward. Soon after, Murdoch has to deal with a tragic suicide, also a young man. Two more attacks follow in quick succession. The only common denominator is that all of the men were exempted from conscription. Increasingly worried that Jack knows more than he is letting on, Murdoch must solve these crimes before more innocents lose their lives. Sequel to "A journeyman to grief". 2017.Let loose the dogs: a mystery
By Maureen Jennings. 2003
In 1890's Toronto, Detective Murdoch learns that his beloved sister, who long ago fled to a convent to evade their…
drunken and abusive father, is on her deathbed. At the same time, the father he has pushed out of his life, Harry, is convicted of murder, and he calls on his estranged son to prove his innocence. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.Except the dying: a Detective Murdoch mystery (A Detective Murdoch mystery #Vol. 1)
By Maureen Jennings. 1997
The Rhodes family are wealthy, turn-of-the-century Britons living in Toronto. Detective William Murdoch handles a case that exposes not only…
the dysfunctional nature of the family, whose young French-Canadian maid has been discovered dead, drugged, and pregnant in the snow, but also the peculiarities of a class-conscious society. Some descriptions of sex and violence and some strong language. 2004, c1997. (A Detective Murdoch mystery)Exit music (Inspector Rebus.)
By Ian Rankin. 2007
As he tries to tie up some loose ends before his retirement, Inspector Rebus investigates the murder of a dissident…
Russian poet. Although the death initially appears to have been a mugging gone wrong, the more he and DS Siobhan Clarke investigate, the more they are convinced that this is something more than a random killing. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2007.Fifty shades freed (Fifty shades triology. #3.)
By E. L James. 2012
When Ana Steele first encountered the driven, damaged Christian Grey, it sparked an affair that changed both their lives irrevocably.…
Ana must learn to share Grey's opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own integrity or independence; and Grey must overcome his compulsion to control and lay to rest the horrors that still haunt him. Sequel to "Fifty shades darker". Includes sex and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.Fifty shades of grey (Fifty shades triology. #1.)
By E. L James. 2012
When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him attractive and deeply intimidating. Convinced that their…
meeting went badly, she tries to put him out of her mind until he turns up at the store where she works part-time, and invites her out. Followed by "Fifty shades darker". Includes sex and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.Fifty shades darker (Fifty shades triology. #2.)
By E. L James. 2012
Daunted by the dark secrets of the tormented young entrepreneur Christian Grey, Ana Steele has broken off their relationship to…
start a new career with a US publishing house. But desire for Grey still dominates her every waking thought, and when he proposes a new arrangement, she cannot resist. Sequel to "Fifty shades of grey"; followed by "Fifty shades freed". Includes sex and strong language. Bestseller. 2012.End in tears (Inspector Wexford mystery. #20.)
By Ruth Rendell. 2005
The local media accuse Chief Inspector Wexford and his partner Mike Burden of being too old-fashioned, but the two policemen…
succeed in tying together the murder of a teenage girl with another killing. Now, Wexford worries about his daughter, a pregnant single mother. Sequel to "The babes in the wood", followed by "Not in the flesh". 2005.Crime machine (John Cardinal series. #5.)
By Giles Blunt. 2010
A year after the death of his wife, John Cardinal has fallen into an easy routine of work on cold…
case files and platonic movie nights with colleague Lise Delorme. But then the decapitated bodies of two people are found in a summer home on Trout Lake - visitors from Russia attending the annual fur auction. This is by no means a routine murder investigation as Cardinal soon discovers, but a horrific piece of a very twisted puzzle. Sequel to "By the time you read this", followed by "Until the night". 2010.