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The good physician
By Kent Harrington. 2008
Mexico City. Dr. Collin Reeves has found a semi-comfortable niche performing occasional chores for the CIA, acting as a go…
to doctor for the U.S. embassy when American tourists need medical attention, and pursuing his avocation of painting. When CIA veterans Alex Law and Butch Nickels get wind of a possible terrorist bombing plot, they use any means to extract information that might prevent it. Reeves, pressed to keep alive suspects who are being tortured, faces both a moral dilemma and personal danger. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008.The first quarter of the moon
By Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The folks that live on the hill: a novel
By Kingsley Amis. 1990
Mild-mannered Harry Caldecote, a retired librarian, is determined to protect his time and privacy, but his sense of responsibility for…
an assortment of extended family members and friends leads to a life of adventure. Some strong language. 1990.The end of the alphabet
By C. S Richardson. 2007
Given less than a month to live, Ambrose Zephyr, alphabet-obsessed since childhood, decides to live out his last days traveling…
around the globe from A to Z. Ambrose and his wife begin in Amsterdam, and continue on to Berlin, Chartres, and the Great Pyramids. After Istanbul, the course of their journey takes an unplanned turn when Ambrose seeks out the destination most fittingly called home. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007.The Debba
By Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The hatbox letters
By Beth Powning. 2004
Fifty-two year-old Kate is about to face her second winter since the untimely death of her husband. Her children are…
all grown up and have moved away, leaving her alone in her New Brunswick home. When Kate's sister gives her a collection of hatboxes containing letters from her grandparents' home, she begins to dream of her childhood. But as she reads the letters, she learns a tragic truth about her family's past. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2004.The girl who kicked the hornets' nest (Millennium trilogy ; #3)
By Stieg Larsson, Reg Keeland. 2009
Salander is plotting her revenge - against the man who tried to kill her, and against the government institutions that…
very nearly destroyed her life. But it is not going to be a straightforward campaign. After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in Intensive Care, and is set to face trial for three murders and one attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must not only prove her innocence, but identify and denounce the corrupt politicians that have allowed the vulnerable to become victims of abuse and violence. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Sequel to "The girl who played with fire" (DC37532). 2009. (Millennium trilogy ; 3)The Gryphon project
By Carrie Mac. 2009
In the future, the Chrysalis Corporation can bring people back to life, called a "recon", when they fall victim to…
an early death. Due to a premature birth and a drowning accident at the age of six, teenager Phoenix has already been brought back to life twice, leaving her with only one more recon and a jaded perspective on life, death, and the people around her. When Phoenix's beloved brother Gryphon has a suspicious accident and may not be reconned, she races to solve the mystery of Gryphon's death and save his life. For junior and senior high readers. Some strong language. c2009.The deportees and other stories
By Roddy Doyle. 2007
Short stories, each taking a new slant on the immigrant experience in Ireland. In "Guess Who's Coming to the Dinner",…
a father who prides himself on his open-mindedness is forced to confront his feelings when one of his daughters brings home a black fella. In "57 per cent Irish" Ray Brady tries to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup, Riverdance and "Danny Boy". In "Deportees", Jimmy Rabbitte, the man who formed The Commitments, decides it's time to find a new band, and this time no White Irish need apply. Some descriptions of sex and violence, and strong language. 2007.The color of blood (M&S paperbacks)
By Brian Moore. 1987
In an Eastern European country, Cardinal Stephen Bem maintains a perilous balance between a totalitarian regime and a fanatical minority…
of church leaders. Short-listed for the 1987 Booker Prize. Strong language. Bestseller 1987. c1987.The convent
By Panos Karnezis. 2010
The crumbling convent of Our Lady of Mercy stands alone in an uninhabited part of Spain, its six inhabitants devoted…
to God and cut off from the world. This all changes the day the Mother Superior discovers a suitcase with air-holes at the entrance. She is to find that the box and its contents are to have consequences beyond her imagining, and that even in her carefully protected sanctuary she is unable to keep the world, or her past, at bay. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2010.The dancer and the thief
By Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver. 2008
After the fall of Pinochet's dictatorship, the government releases certain nonviolent criminals to lower the prison populace. Returning home, thief…
Ángel seeks out notorious criminal Nicolás with plans for an ambitious heist, but Nic has vowed to live a law-abiding life while mending his relationship with his estranged wife and son. Nicolás' bankruptcy, Ángel's persistence, and the presence of the latter's dancer girlfriend, Victoria, draws these three characters fatefully together. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence and explicit descriptions of sex. c2008. Uniform title: Baile de la victoria.The cellist of Sarajevo
By Steven Galloway. 2008
Sarajevo, 1992. A cellist plays Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor as a memorial on each of twenty-two days following a…
mortar attack that kills twenty-two citizens who are standing in a bread line. The music deeply affects a sniper, a father, and an older man. Inspired by historic events. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. Winner of the 2009 Evergreen Award. 2008.The chalk circle man (Commissaire Adamsberg series.)
By Sian Reynolds, Fred Vargas. 2009
When chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, the press and psychiatrists have a field day, but…
Police Commissioner Adamsberg insists on being kept informed of new circles and the increasingly bizarre objects which they contain: empty beer cans, four trombones, a badge proclaiming "I Love Elvis," a doll's head. Adamsberg senses the cruelty that lies behind these seemingly random occurrences, and soon a circle with decidedly less banal contents is discovered: the body of a woman with her throat savagely cut. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language, explicit descriptions of violence. 2009, c1996. (The Commissaire Adamsberg series) Uniform title: L'homme aux cercles bleus.The broken shore
By Peter Temple. 2007
Detective Joe Cashin has returned to his hometown to run its one-man police station while his wounds heal and the…
nightmares fade from his last case. His quiet life is interrupted by a brutal attack on Charles Bourgoyne, a prominent community member. Suspicion falls on three young men from the local Aboriginal community but Cashin's not so sure, as the case unfolds amid simmering corruption and prejudice. Strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2007.The birthday party
By Panos Karnezis. 2007
As dawn breaks on a small island late in the summer of 1975, a tycoon wakes up to oversee the…
final preparations for his daughter's birthday party. Finding out that she is pregnant, he tries to persuade her to end the pregnancy, as his private doctor - and oldest friend - is standing by to perform the procedure. Intersperses the events that unfold during the day of the party with the tycoon's rise to wealth and fame, from childhood in Asia Minor to old age, via Buenos Aires, New York, London and Paris. Some descriptions of sex. 2007.Terre et cendres
By Atiq Rahimi, Sabrina Nouri. 2000
Court roman en langue nouvelle, ce texte vibrant raconte, par la voix d'un grand-père, le drame de l'Afghanistan au début…
des années 1980. "La beauté de la douleur subie et narrée."Sous le soleil de Satan
By Georges Bernanos. 1994
Drame du péché et de la sainteté, mais d'abord le drame de la possession et de la menace que fait…
peser Satan sur l'oeuvre divine. Le face-à-face de l'abbé Donissan, hanté par le salut des âmes, et de Mouchette, une jeune révoltée mystique, meurtrière de son amant. 1994, c1926.Seras-tu là?
By Guillaume Musso. 2006
Et si l'on nous donnait la chance de revenir en arrière? Elliott, médecin réputé, père comblé, ne s'est jamais consolé…
de la disparition d'Ilena, la femme qu'il aimait, morte il y a trente ans. Un jour, par une circonstance extraordinaire, il est ramené dans le passé et rencontre le jeune homme qu'il était alors. Les années 1970 battent leur plein à San Francisco, Elliott est un jeune médecin passionné et plein d'ambition. Fera-t-il cette fois le geste décisif qui pourrait sauver Ilena? Saura-t-il modifier son implacable destin? 2006.The Beothuk saga: a novel
By Wayne Grady, Bernard Assiniwi. 2000
A portrait of three periods in the history of the Beothuk, from the spirit quest of the legendary leader Anin…
in the early ninth century, to the defense of their territory against European explorers and conquerors in the early days of colonization, to the tragic end of the Beothuk as English settlers capture and destroy the tribe. Uniform title: Saga des Béothuks.