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The cat's table
By Michael Ondaatje. 2012
1950s. An eleven-year-old boy from Ceylon is sailing alone for England, and at mealtimes he is seated at the insignificant…
"cat's table" with two other boys and some strange fellow passengers, including a shadowy figure from the British Secret Service and a mysterious thief. The three boys rush from one wild adventure and startling discovery to another, experiencing the first stirrings of desire and spying on a notorious shackled prisoner. The secretive adult world is slowly revealed, and the prisoner's crime and fate will be a galvanizing mystery that will haunt and link them forever. Bestseller. 2012.The child finder: a novel
By Rene Denfeld. 2017
"Where are you, Madison Culver? Flying with the angels, a silver speck on a wing? Are you dreaming, buried under…
snow? Or--is it possible--you are still alive?" Three years ago, Madison Culver disappeared when her family was choosing a Christmas tree in Oregon's Skookum National Forest. She would be eight-years-old now--if she has survived. Desperate to find their beloved daughter, certain someone took her, the Culvers turn to Naomi, a private investigator with an uncanny talent for locating the lost and missing. Known to the police and a select group of parents as "the Child Finder," Naomi is their last hope. Bestseller. 2017.The cat who saw stars (Jim Qwilleran mystery. #21)
By Lilian Jackson Braun. 1998
Qwilleran and his cats Koko and Yum Yum always retreat to his lake cottage in July. Just before they go…
this year, Qwilleran learns a young hiker has disappeared in that area. Then shortly after their arrival, Koko makes a discovery on the beach that keeps Qwilleran busy. Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who sang for the birds”, followed by “The cat who robbed a bank”. 1998.The casual vacancy
By J. K. Rowling. 2012
In his early forties, councilman Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly of an aneurysm. The casual vacancy he leaves on the parish…
council has a huge effect on the remaining people in the town of Pagford. Bestseller. 2012.The branch and the scaffold: the true story of the west's legendary hanging justice (Lone Star audio)
By Loren D Estleman. 2009
Brutally efficient judge Isaac C. Parker is determined to rid Arkansas and the Indian Territory of all manner of criminals.…
But his quest for justice and liberal use of the gallows earn him just as many friends as enemies and take a toll on every aspect of his life. 2009.The Bozeman Trail: a Ralph Compton novel (Trail drive series. #16)
By Ralph Compton, Robert Vaughan. 2002
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.The bushwhackers
By Lee Floren. 1992
Cal Sherman came to Mad Horse Basin looking for a place to settle down after the civil war, but the…
basin was on the brink of war between cattleman Mel Powers and the sodbusters, and Cal was headed for a deadly showdown before he knew it. 1992.The Californios
By Louis L'Amour. 1974
In 1844, Eileen Mulkerin is about to lose her ranch in Malibu when an ancient Indian, survivor of the Old…
Ones, leads her to a hidden cache of gold. Some descriptions of violence. 1974.The blue jay
By Max Brand. 1926
The canyon of bones (Skye's West Ser. #15)
By Richard S Wheeler. 2008
1850s. Barnaby Skye and his Crow Indian wife Victoria agree that Skye should take a second Indian wife to produce…
a son. Skye marries Blue Dawn, a beautiful young Shoshone woman, and the trio is hired to guide English explorer and journalist Graves Mercer to see a mysterious canyon full of dinosaur bones. On the trek, they endure prairie fires, superstitious natives, and Mercer's arrogance, which endangers the whole party. Sequel to "Fire arrow", followed by "Virgin River". Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008. (Skye's West ; 15)The boat people
By Sharon Bala. 2018
When a rusty cargo ship carrying Mahindan and five hundred fellow refugees from Sri Lanka's bloody civil war reaches Vancouver's…
shores, the young father thinks he and his six-year-old son can finally start a new life. Instead, the group is thrown into a detention processing center, with government officials and news headlines speculating that among the "boat people" are members of a separatist militant organization responsible for countless suicide attacks--and that these terrorists now pose a threat to Canada's national security. As the refugees become subject to heavy interrogation, Mahindan begins to fear that a desperate act taken in Sri Lanka to fund their escape may now jeopardize his and his son's chance for asylum. Canada Reads 2018. Bestseller. 2018.The burning hills
By Louis L'Amour. 1956
Trace Jordan, slowly dying in the saddle from a bullet hole in his hip, sees the buzzards circling above him…
and slides down a canyonside to a cave under the rock wall. He crawls in and lies down with his rifle pointed at the entrance. When he awakens, he finds a woman kneeling beside him. Explicit descriptions of violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. 2009, c1955.The broken gun
By Louis L'Amour. 1966
An author of western fiction and history visits a remote Arizona town to research the disappearance of the original settlers…
almost a century before. He soon becomes involved in a ninety-year-old mystery and vendetta. Some descriptions of violence. c1966.The buffalo commons
By Richard S Wheeler. 1998
A wealthy benefactor dreams of restoring a vast Montana grassland to its natural state, where wolf and buffalo can roam…
freely. But his noble dream threatens the local ranchers and farmers, who oppose the plan in order to protect their traditional way of life. 1998.The book of negroes
By Lawrence Hill. 2007
Abducted as an 11-year-old child from her village in West Africa, Aminata Diallo is sent to live as a slave…
in South Carolina. Years later, she forges her way to freedom, serving the British in the Revolutionary War and registering her name in the historic "Book of Negroes", a record of freed Loyalist slaves who resettled in Nova Scotia, only to find that the haven they sought was steeped in an oppression all its own. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2008 OLA Evergreen Award. Winner of Canada Reads 2009. Also known as "Someone knows my name". Bestseller. 2007.The Bloodrock Valley War
By Ray Hogan. 1969
The bloody trail (Lone Star audio)
By Ralph Compton, Marcus Galloway. 2008
Jeremiah Correy gets more than he bargained for when he and the members of his expedition are terrorized by Sam…
Madigan - a cold-blooded killer who'll take anyone down without a single moment of remorse. 2008.The bloody Texans (Lone Star audio)
By Kent Conwell. 2009
Nathan Cooper is an expert scout and tracker. Arriving home one afternoon, he is shocked to find his wife, niece,…
and her betrothed violently murdered. Swearing revenge, Cooper sets off on a quest to track down the killers - and heaven help them when his righteous anger delivers them to their maker. 2009.The blind corral
By Ralph Beer. 1986
The Old West collides with the new in this story of family and territorial ties, set on a Montana ranch…
in the 1970s. Discharged from the army after an accident, Jackson returns to his home where his father and grandfather cling to their individualistic ways. His plans to return to the rodeo circuit and his girlfriend change when she finds someone else. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1986.The blondes
By Emily Schultz. 2012
New York in under attack! Random but deadly attacks, all by women with light hair, have begun terrorizing the city's…
inhabitants. As the days pass, it becomes clear that the attacks are symptoms of a strange contagion that is transforming blondes from all walks of life into rabid killers. Hazel flees the city and sets out to cross the border into Canada where she will find the one woman who might be able to help her in a world gone awry. c2012.