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The goddaughter's revenge (Rapid reads)
By Melodie Campbell. 2013
When jewellery-store owner Gina Gallo and her boyfriend Pete take a week's vacation, she leaves the store in the hands…
of her cousin from New York. After all, cousin Carmine is a certified gemologist—but Carmine is also in the Mob. When Gina gets back, she discovers that her cousin has spent his time switching real gems for fakes in the jewellery of some of her best customers. With her reputation on the line, what's a Mob goddaughter to do? Sequel to "The goddaughter". 2013.Sleuth Joanne Kilbourn is dismayed to find out that her friend Jill is marrying filmmaker Evan MacLeish. While he is…
famous, he has also exploited the lives - and deaths - of the two wives he lost to suicide by making acclaimed films about them. And now, he is on the point of releasing his most potentially explosive film yet, one that features his 17-year-old daughter Bryn. Some strong language. 2003.The full cupboard of life (Precious Ramotswe ; #5)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2003
Gaborone, Botswana. A wealthy woman hires Precious Ramotswe, head of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, to investigate the sincerity…
of several potential husbands. Precious resolves not only her client's quandary but also her own fiancé's reluctance to marry. Sequel to "The Kalahari typing school for men" (DC29230). Bestseller. 2003. (Precious Ramotswe ; 5). (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series)The ghost of Captain Briggs (Sam, dog detective.)
By Mary Labatt. 1999
Sam thinks the old stone mansion where he, Beth, and Jennie are spending their vacation, is haunted. She comes to…
his conclusion by witnessing the not-so-friendly housekeeper, weird notes, and funny noises coming from the attic. Could it be true? Grades 3-6. c1999. (Sam, dog detective)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 dead-house (Alexandra Cooper mystery.)
By Linda A Fairstein. 2001
New York D.A. Alexandra Cooper, last seen in “Cold Hit”, investigates the death of an anthropology professor being stalked by…
her ex-husband. New suspects emerge as Alex learns more about the woman’s colleagues and her interest in the ruins of a former island prison. Violence and strong language. 2001.The cat at the wall
By Deborah Ellis. 2014
A cat sneaks into a small Palestinian house on the West Bank that has been commandeered by two Israeli soldiers.…
The house seems empty, until the cat realizes that a little boy is hiding beneath the floorboards. Should she help him? After all, she's just a cat. Or is she? She was once a regular North American girl, but that was before she died and came back to life as a cat. When the little boy is discovered, the soldiers don't know what to do with him. It is not long before his teacher and classmates come looking for him, and the house is suddenly surrounded by Palestinian villagers throwing rocks, and the sound of Israeli tanks approaching. As the soldiers begin to panic and disaster seems certain, the cat knows that it is up to her to diffuse the situation. Grades 5-8. 2014.The carved box
By Gillian Chan. 2001
Fifteen-year-old Callum has just arrived from Scotland when he hands over his savings to a stranger in exchange for a…
filthy, half-starved dog and a carved box that he has been warned never to open. Callum is unprepared for the grinding physical labour of working on a farm; his only source of comfort is Dog, who seems to know all his secret wishes and fears. Then the mysterious carved box accidentally breaks open, and Callum is faced with some astonishing revelations and difficult decisions. Grades 5-8. 2001.The brutal heart (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries ; #11)
By Gail Bowen. 2008
Joanne Kilbourn is following the political campaign of Ginny Monaghan, a woman whose success depends not so much on the…
election-day poll, but on the outcome of a custody battle she's fighting. Joanne thinks this is perfect material for a TV program she's putting together on women and politics, but then a local call girl is murdered - a woman whose regular clientele included several of Regina's most prominent lawyers, including (until he met Joanne) her own husband Zach. With her new marriage under strain, Joanne investigates why the dead woman had started to threaten her clients with blackmail. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008. (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries ; 11)The blue roan child
By Jamieson Findlay. 2002
Syeira lives in Haysele, a land of horses and horse-sensitives. When the wild mare Arwin's tow colts are taken from…
her, Syeira decides to help Arwin rescue them, even if she must risk her life to do so. But their mission proves harder than they imagined. For junior high readers. 2002.Six minutes: une enquête de Maud Graham (Enquête de Maud Graham. #15.)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 2015
Quand Maud Graham est appelée à éclaircir le meurtre d'un homme trouvé gisant dans son sang, seul dans son appartement,…
elle ne peut se douter des motifs de ce crime. Qui pouvait bien en vouloir à ce point à cet homme sans histoire ? Avec ses coéquipiers McEwen, Joubert, Nguyen et Rouaix , la détective avance en plein brouillard jusqu'à ce que commence à se dessiner une toile complexe. La victime a été témoin d'une violence qu'on aurait voulu garder dissimulée à tout jamais. Et si l'enquête porte d'abord sur l'assassinat d'un homme, c'est sur la maltraitance subie par des femmes qu'on lèvera le voile en cours d'investigation. Alarmée par le danger qui menace ces femmes devenues des proies malgré elles, Graham se lance sur la trace de l'agresseur. Une poignante course contre la montre démarre. Suite de "Saccages", suivi de "Vrai ou faux". 2015.Sous surveillance (Enquête de Maud Graham. #11)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 2010
Après dix années d'absence, Gabrielle Leland revient vivre à Québec. Nouvelle vie, nouveaux défis? Quand arrive la première lettre anonyme,…
Gabrielle comprend que les démons de son passé reviennent la hanter. Elle sent que quelqu'un, tapi dans l'ombre, connaît son secret, la guette, la menace. Suite de "Promesses d'éternité", suivi de "Double disparition". 2010. (Une enquête de Maud Graham)The 9th judgment (Women's murder club. #9.)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2010
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends puzzle over motives in two cases they don't realize are linked. A well-known actor…
insists the Hello Kitty jewellery robber shot his wife, while the Lipstick Killer begins murdering mothers and children. Bestseller. 2010.The 8th confession (Women's murder club. #8.)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2009
The Women's Murder Club investigates the brutal death of street person Bagman Jesus. Meanwhile detective Lindsay Boxer reluctantly examines the…
high-profile case of young socialite couple Isa and Ethan Bailey, who mysteriously died in their sleep. 2009.Tarka the otter (Puffin Modern Classics Ser.)
By Henry Williamson. 1995
This tale of an otter's life and death in Devon, captures the feel of life in the wild as seen…
through the otter's own eyes. Grades 5-8. Originally published in 1927. 1995.Strange things done
By Elle Wild. 2016
Arriving in Dawson City, Yukon, journalist Jo Silver investigates the suicide of a local politician, a suicide that begins to…
look more and more like a murder. Before long, Jo becomes a suspect. Winner of the 2015 Unhanged Arthur Ellis Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel. 2016.Stone angel (Kathleen Mallory mystery. #4.)
By Carol O'Connell. 1997
Renegade police detective Kathleen Mallory left New York in search of answers about her past. Months later she turned up…
in a small Louisiana town with shocking evidence and a plan to seek revenge on the people who stoned her mother to death and the town which stood by and let it happen. Violence. Sequel to “Killing critics”, followed by “Shell game”. 1997.Southern cross (Andy Brazil Ser. #No. 2)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1999
Robbery, murder, incompetence and not enough parking spaces - just another day in the life of a big city's police…
department. Judy Hammer investigates as a virus crashes the police computer, freezing screens with a design of blue fish - the same one a gang called the Pikes claim is their symbol. Strong language. 1999.Silverwing
By Kenneth Oppel. 1997
When a newborn bat named Shade but sometimes called "Runt" becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in…
ways that prepare him for even greater journeys. Prequel to "Sunwing" (DC19512). Winner of the 1999 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. Winner of the 1998 Silver Birch Award. Grades 4-7. 1997.Seven up: A Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum novel. #7.)
By Janet Evanovich. 2001
Elderly mobster Eddie DeChooch slips through Trenton bail bondsman Stephanie Plum's fingers numerous times. As she searches the neighbourhood for…
him, she also becomes engaged to cop Joe Morelli, despite her attraction to fellow bounty hunter Ranger. Bestseller. 2000.