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The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)The fiend in human: a mystery
By John Gray. 2003
It's 1852 in London, and Edmund Whitty, dissipated tabloid correspondent, has just come up with the name Chokee Bill for…
the fiend who has been choking prostitutes with a white silk scarf. With the arrest of William Ryan for the crime, the city can breathe again, but Whitty discovers that the murders are continuing. While fighting off his creditors and his addictions, he endeavours to find the real Chokee Bill, greeted with hostility on all sides. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2003.The female of the species: tales of mystery and suspense
By Joyce Carol Oates. 2005
From adulterers to murderers, the women portrayed here possess a killer combination of venom and vice. In "The Haunting," a…
mother reinvents herself after her husband's suspicious death. Mysterious late-night phone calls prompt an unhappy young wife to seek vengeance on her volatile mate in "So Help Me God." Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. Contains strong language. 2005.The eleventh commandment: A Novel
By Jeffrey Archer. 1998
Connor Fitzgerald has worked for the CIA for twenty-eight years, although his family thinks he works for Maryland Insurance. Now…
his boss, Helen Dexter, is out to destroy him. After Connor manages to eliminate a Colombian presidential candidate, he is sent to Russia--supposedly at the president's request--to assassinate a candidate there. But Connor is the one scheduled to die. 1998.The house gun
By Nadine Gordimer. 1998
Harald and his doctor wife Claudia are faced with a son who has committed the unimaginable, who has disregarded the…
sanctity of human life. The parents and Duncan find themselves in the hands of a flamboyant black advocate, in a country where the death penalty is still on the statute book. 1998.The Goodfellow chronicles: book one : The sacred seal (Goodfellow chronicles. #1.)
By Judith Mills. 2001
Sam and his small companion Mr. Goodfellow embark on a journey to find a missing professor and a legendary scroll.…
Their adventures soon find them fighting off the evil Fen, the devious Professor Mandrake, and his nasty son Basil, all the while attempting to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Grades 4-7. (The Goodfellow chronicles ; 1) 2001.The client
By John Grisham. 1993
Just before committing suicide, a Mafia lawyer tells 11-year-old Mark Sway something that the police, the FBI and the Mafia…
want to know. With a one-dollar bill, Mark retains his own lawyer, feisty Reggie Love. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller 1993.The body of Christopher Creed
By Carol Plum-Ucci. 2000
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of…
the class outcast. As he searches for answers, he analyzes his own behaviour and discovers secrets in the victim's family. Some strong language. For Senior High readers. Michael L. Printz Honor. c2000.The ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad Ser. #No. 5)
By Sharyn McCrumb. 1998
Tennessee Sheriff Spencer Arrowood finds parallels between a nineteenth-century murder and one he investigated twenty years ago. In 1833 Frankie…
Silver was the first woman hanged in North Carolina. Another murderer is bound for the electric chair for a crime committed on the Appalachian trail. Both cases leave unanswered questions. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The rosewood casket" (DC16270). Followed by "The songcatcher". 1998. (Ballad novels ; 5)Terror in Florida (Screech Owls series. #6.)
By Roy MacGregor. 1997
The Screech Owls hockey team is on a trip to Florida, hoping for sand, sun and lots of ice. Not…
only are they going to go swimming, fishing, and to Disney World, but they hope to qualify for a peewee tournament held in the Tampa Bay Lightning's Ice Palace arena. But then Nish, with his X-ray glasses, ends up uncovering a plot to terrorize all of America, and the Owl's spring break turns deadly. Grades 4-7. 1997. (The Screech Owls series ; 6)Stone cold (Camel Club. #3.)
By David Baldacci. 2007
Ex-CIA agent Oliver Stone gathers Camel Club members to help con artist Annabelle Conroy escape an enemy. But Stone soon…
learns he, too, is on a hit list--comprised of those involved in a long-ago assassination. Bestseller. 2007.Stained
By Jennifer Jacobson. 2005
1975. Sixteen-year-old Jocelyn grapples with ambivalent boyfriend Benny and the frightening disappearance of Gabe, whom she's known from early childhood.…
Both Benny and Gabe seem to be influenced in some dark way by the local Roman Catholic priest, Father Warren, the link between the three of them. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005.Some reason in madness
By Cathy Vasas-Brown. 2004
Fifteen years after helping to send rapist Frank Ventresca to prison, guidance counsellor Samantha Quinlan has a nearly perfect life:…
a job she loves, a boyfriend she loves, and a son she loves even more. But when Frank turns up again -- still obsessing, still delusional, and still dangerous -- Samantha's nightmare begins all over again. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. 2004.Second wind
By Dick Francis. 1999
British television meteorologist Perry Stuart and a coworker find a sponsor to fund their lifelong dream of flying into the…
eye of a hurricane. They crash off Trox Island, where they wash ashore and encounter mysterious men in anti-radiation suits, who harbour a dread conspiracy. Some violence. Bestseller 1999.Pattern recognition
By William Gibson. 2003
Cayce Pollard, an American design consultant with an international reputation, is offered a very intriguing assignment. She is to find…
the creator of the haunting, enigmatic video clips being uploaded to the Internet by a party or parties unknown. But during her search, things start going wrong around her. Some strong language. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.One good turn (Jackson Brodie mystery)
By Kate Atkinson. 2006
After receiving an inheritance, British PI Jackson Brodie, from "Case Histories" (DC29826), retires and moves to France. While visiting his…
girlfriend in Edinburgh, Scotland, Brodie witnesses a road-rage accident. Later, as the bystanders are menaced, he investigates the incident. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 2006.Next: a novel
By Michael Crichton. 2006
Cancer survivor Frank Burnet and his daughter and grandson are targets of an unscrupulous drug company that wants to profit…
from their unique disease-fighting genes. Meanwhile other genetic-engineering experiments involving a boy/chimpanzee hybrid and a talking parrot have gone awry. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2006.Liars and thieves: a Tommy Carmellini novel (Tommy Carmellini Ser. #No. 1)
By Stephen Coonts. 2004
CIA agent Tommy Carmellini stumbles upon a massacre at a safe house. Three escape: Tommy, a beautiful translator, and Russian…
defector Mikhail Goncharov. Evading assassins and the FBI, Tommy locates Jake Grafton of "America" for help. Explicit strong language and descriptions of violence, descriptions of sex. 2004.Lost girls
By Andrew Pyper. 1999
Bartholomew Christian Crane is a dedicated criminal defence lawyer, but he's never had a murder trial. When a small town…
teacher is accused of murdering two of his female students, Bartholomew heads to the northern town to defend him. Barth begins to feel an eerie connection to the victims, whose bodies have yet to be found, and the distinction between dream and reality begins to fade. Strong language. 1999.Eminence (Panther Ser.)
By Morris West. 1999
Secret passions and conflicts divide the Vatican, as the Pope lies in a coma, dying. With the media rife with…
reports of the pontiff's personal diaries, full of doubts about his papacy and the future of the Catholic Church, Cardinal Rossini's dubious past threatens to rise up and engulf him. Includes violence. 1999.