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Revenir de loin: roman
By Marie Laberge. 2010
« Après dix-huit jours passés dans le coma, une femme se réveille. Son esprit, sa capacité de penser en formules…
percutantes semblent intacts, mais elle n’émet aucun son et refuse d’ouvrir les yeux. Les médecins, le personnel lui répètent qu’elle est sortie d’affaire, mais sa mémoire n’est plus qu’une page blanche. Une jeune femme à son chevet se prétend sa fille, un homme vient lui parler comme si elle était sa femme alors que toutes les forces vives en elle lui hurlent que c’est impossible. Il n’y a que ce jeune voyou qui soliloque près d’elle à longueur de nuit avec qui elle ressent une inquiétante complicité... » -- 4e de couvLes coeurs fêlés: roman
By Gayle Forman. 2010
" N'avez-vous jamais fait ce rêve étrange et glaçant : celui où vous savez pertinemment que vous n'êtes pas folle…
mais où personne autour de vous ne semble du même avis ? Pour Brit, du haut de ses seize ans, ce cauchemar devient réel quand son père la conduit de force à Red Rock, un centre de redressement qui prétend mater les enfants rebelles. Brit doit y suivre une thérapie pour guérir des maux qui n'existent que dans la tête de son père. Dans cet enfer d'humiliations et de brimades, Brit se raccroche à des amies qui vont l'empêcher de sombrer dans la folie. Des amies qui vont l'aider à survivre. Ensemble elles vont se redresser. Ensemble elles vont résister. " -- 4e de couvThe man within (Penguin classics)
By Graham Greene. 2005
Greene's first novel. Young Francis Andrews betrays his fellow smugglers and flees from them. He finds refuge in the cottage…
of a woman named Elizabeth, who persuades him to testify in court. Francis falls in love even as he is consumed by fear. Includes 2005 introduction by Jonathan Yardley. 1929Little Bee: A Novel
By Chris Cleave. 2009
Fourteen-year-old Little Bee flees Nigeria and spends two years in a British immigration detention center. Upon her release, Little Bee…
seeks out Andrew and Sarah O'Rourke, a couple she and her sister had previously encountered--with dire consequences--on an African beach. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2008The heart of the matter (Penguin classics)
By Graham Greene. 2004
Colonial West Africa. Trapped in a loveless marriage to his piteous wife Louise, Assistant Police Commissioner Scobie begins an affair…
with widowed shipwreck survivor Helen. The indiscretion precipitates a religious crisis and ultimately leads to dishonor, deceit--and death. Includes 2004 introduction by James Wood. 1948Deliverance
By James Dickey. 1994
Four men accustomed to city life take a canoe trip down a remote north Georgia river. They run afoul of…
sinister locals and, after a violent, nightmarish confrontation, find themselves in a fight for survival that changes their lives forever. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1970Clean cut: An Anna Travis Mystery
By Lynda La Plante. 2008
As Anna Travis begins questioning her live-in relationship with sloppy, selfish Detective Chief Inspector Langton, he is badly injured. While…
Langton recovers enough to track his assailant, Travis works a connected case and, still worried about Langton, secretly tries to cover some of his legwork. Violence and strong language. 2007The book of Jude
By Kimberley Burton Heuston. 2008
1989. Fifteen-year-old Jude and her Mormon family relocate to communist Czechoslovakia after Jude's mother wins a Fulbright fellowship to study…
art. But the move and the country's political turmoil overwhelm Jude until she is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and treated. For senior high readers. 2008Takeover (Theresa Maclean Novels Ser. #1)
By Lisa Black. 2008
Cleveland. Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean works a murder scene with her fiancé, homicide detective Paul Cleary. When Paul goes to…
the federal reserve bank where the victim worked, he stumbles upon a related robbery and becomes one of the hostages. Some violence and some strong language. 2008Wicked prey (Prey Ser. #19)
By John Sandford. 2009
Lucas Davenport learns that the Republican convention has attracted a redneck with a sniper rifle to St. Paul. Meanwhile thieves…
plan to steal millions in illegal cash from lobbyists, and a criminal who blames Davenport for his injury plots revenge involving Davenport's stepdaughter. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2009Dead connection
By Alafair Burke. 2007
NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher is temporarily transferred to homicide to help detective Flann McIlroy with what he thinks is a…
serial killing. Two women killed a year apart were both members of an online dating service. Soon a third victim strengthens Flann's theory--and Ellie goes undercover. Some violence. 2007Under the net
By Iris Murdoch. 1982
Follows the adventures of charming would-be writer Jake Donaghue in London and Paris. Jake falls in and out of love,…
resumes a friendship with a philosophy professor, kidnaps a canine movie star, and contemplates--at last--getting a real job. 1954Angel's tip: a novel (Ellie Hatcher Ser.)
By Alafair Burke. 2008
NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher, permanently working in homicide after the events of Dead Connection (BR 18336), investigates the case of…
a college student tourist who was murdered after leaving a club. Ellie soon realizes her late partner Flann McIlroy was looking into similar cases. Violence and some strong language. 2008The museum of Dr. Moses: tales of mystery and suspense
By Joyce Carol Oates. 2007
Ten macabre tales by National Book Award winner. In "Bad Habits" a serial killer's children attempt to understand their father's…
choice of victims. In the title story a woman tries to rescue her mother from a demented ex-coroner. Includes "Feral" and "Suicide Watch." Violence and strong language. 2007The witches of Eastwick: a novel
By John Updike. 2008
Eastwick, Rhode Island; 1960s. Thirtysomething divorced witches Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie would eventually like to conjure up new husbands for…
themselves. But their powers remain largely unfocused until a rich, vulgar, sexy stranger moves to town. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1984The disappeared
By Gloria Whelan. 2008
Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1977. Teenaged Silvia and her older brother Eduardo correspond after Eduardo is arrested and jailed by the…
government. Silvia describes her parents' anguish and the dates she has with General López's son in an attempt to help Eduardo's cause. Violence. For senior high readers. 2008Lit double: Pour Que L'amour Dure
By Janette Bertrand. 2012
" Janette Bertrand, qui a vécu en couple plus de soixante ans, nous transmet par le biais de la fiction…
des moyens pour tisser une relation de couple durable. Son roman réunit quatre couples qui sont les clients de Clara et Étienne, des septuagénaires qui exploitent une ferme de produits bio. Dans la vingtaine, Magali et Samuel confondent amour et folle passion. Nicolas ne partage pas le désir d'enfant de sa femme, Cindy, qui, à trente-huit ans, entend désespérément sonner son tic-tac hormonal. Robert n'a plus de désir pour Mireille, dont la libido s'est décuplée depuis le départ de leurs grands enfants de la maison. Et finalement, Charlène et Jean-Christophe expérimentent les aléas de la famille reconstituée. Comment s'y prennent les couples qui réussissent à traverser toutes les crises sur ce chemin parfois impossible de la vie à deux et qui, malgré tout, continuent de s'aimer? Avec ses personnages hauts en couleur et attendrissants, l'auteure nous dévoile le secret bien gardé de ces unions dites gagnantes . On rit, on pleure, on retient son souffle... " -- 4e de couvLush life: A Novel
By Richard Price. 2008
New York, Lower East Side. Frustrated actor-writer Eric Cash claims two teens mugged him and his drinking companions as they…
stumbled home, shooting Ike, an aspiring writer. But when Ike dies, detectives Matty Clark and Yolonda Bello arrest Eric for homicide. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2008Breakable you
By Brian Morton. 2006
While novelist Adam leaves Eleanor, his fifty-nine-year-old psychologist wife, for a younger woman, their troubled doctoral-student daughter Maud begins an…
affair with grieving Arab-American Samir. Eleanor ponders a new vocation and Adam makes a questionable move to revive his. Explicit descriptions of sex and strong language. 2006Secret prey
By John Sandford. 1999
Fighting off depression after breaking up with his fiancée, Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport throws himself into his latest investigation. A…
bank executive has been shot, and his murder may be linked to past deaths. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1998