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By Michael Crummey. 2015
For twelve generations, the inhabitants of this remote island in Newfoundland have lived and died together. Now they are facing…
resettlement, and each has been offered a generous compensation package to leave. But the money is offered with a proviso: everyone has to go; the government won't be responsible for one crazy coot who chooses to stay on alone. That coot is Moses Sweetland, who refuses to leave. But in the face of determined opposition from his family and friends, Sweetland is eventually swayed to sign on to the government's plan. Then a tragic accident prompts him to fake his own death and stay on the deserted island. As he manages a desperately diminishing food supply, and battles against the ravages of weather, Sweetland finds himself in the company of the vibrant ghosts of the former islanders, whose porch lights still seem to turn on at night. Bestseller. 2015.By F. H Batacan. 2015
By Robert Majzels, France Daigle. 2013
"For Sure" is among other things a labyrinth, a maze, an exploration of the folly of numbers, a repository, a…
defense and an illustration of the Chiac (French Acadian) language. It is also the continuing story of Terry and Carmen, familiar to us from previous works, their children Etienne and Marianne, and all those who gravitate around the Babar, the local bar in Moncton - the Zablonskis, Zed, Pomme - artists and ordinary people who question their place in the world from a distinct point of view that is informed by their geography, and by their history, politics, and culture. 2013. Uniform title: Pour sûr.By Darren Greer. 2014
In the small town of North River, every day that goes by bleeds into the next. Poverty begets hopelessness, hopelessness…
begets violence, violence begets despair. The only way to change fate, a minister tells his son, is to leave. The minister’s son, Jake MacNeil, chooses to ignore his father’s advice. Only when he realizes what has become of his life - working a gruelling dead-end job, living with a drunk, friends with a murderer - does he decide to make something of himself. But nothing comes without a cost. c2014.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2014
Just after noticing an odd row of shiny 1981 pennies on her garden wall, Dr. Kay Scarpetta is notified that…
a homicide occurred five minutes away. It appears to be the work of a skilled serial sniper, who leaves only bits of copper behind. 2014.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2000
Un cadavre décomposé est retrouvé à bord d'un cargo belge faisant étape à Richmond. Malgré une autopsie minutieuse, Kay Scarpetta…
ne parvient à déterminer ni l'identité du mort ni les causes du décès. Seuls indices: un tatouage et des poils blonds. Encore hantée par la mort de Benton (Combustion), en butte aux intrigues de collègues rivaux, Kay, flanquée de son fidèle Marino et toujours proche de Lucy, sa nièce, se lance dans une enquête qui la mènera en France, des bureaux lyonnais d'Interpol à la morgue de Paris, avant de la ramener en Virginie où l'attend un tueur monstrueux, le Loup-garou. Titre uniforme: Black notice.By Andrea Kane. 2012
Amanda Gleason's infant son Justin suffers from a rare immune deficiency. His best chance for survival died with his father,…
Paul, who was murdered before Justin was born. But when a recent photo surfaces of a man who looks like a very-much-alive Paul, Amanda hires Forensic Instincts to investigate. 2012.By Jeffery Deaver. 2013
When a U.S. government sniper kills a suspected American terrorist, private investigator Lincoln Rhyme is tasked with building a case…
against those involved. Violence and strong language. Sequel to “The burning wire”, followed by “The skin collector“. 2013.By Margaret MacPhail. 1970
After the death of his mother, impressionable Hamish is sent to live with the McNab family at Loch Bras d'Or.…
Life there includes superstitions, ceilidhs and wakes as well as endless toil for the women, journeys to the Grand Banks for the young men and the onslaught of the modern age on an isolated community. A humourous, nostalgic look at Cape Breton Island during the late 1800s. 1970.By Jeffery Deaver. 2013
When a U.S. government sniper kills a suspected American terrorist, private investigator Lincoln Rhyme is tasked with building a case…
against those involved. Violence and strong language. Sequel to “The burning wire”, followed by “The skin collector“. 2013.By Budge Wilson, Susan Tooke. 2001
Everyone in Angus' family has his own instrument and knows how to make music, but Angus can only hum along…
to his family's playing. When the time comes for him to choose an instrument of his very own, he picks the fiddle. Will he ever be able to master such a difficult instrument? Grades K-3. 2001.By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2009
Despite their troubled past, detective Pete Marino works again with pathologist Kay Scarpetta, her husband, and her niece, to expose…
the sadistic sexual psychopath who killed a graduate student who was a dwarf. Meanwhile someone trashes Scarpetta’s reputation online. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2009.By Donna Morrissey. 2012
For two traumatic days, Livvy Higgs is besieged by a series of small heart attacks while the ghost of her…
younger self leads her back through her past. She must pick apart the lies and secrets told by her greedy, prideful father, Durwin Higgs, who judges her a failure, and her formidable Grandmother Creed, who has mysteriously aligned herself with Livvy's father, despite their mutual hatred. 2012.By Kathy Reichs. 2012
A hospital report sends forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan to a patient’s apartment, where she finds the corpses of three newborns.…
Tempe and her two ex-lovers search for the infants’ mother. In remote Northern Canada the investigators stumble upon a related mystery involving diamond rights. Strong language and some violence. 2012. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery ; 15)By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Andrea H Japp. 2010
Kay Scarpetta est experte en sciences légales sur CNN et conseillère auprès du médecin en chef de l'institut médico-légal de…
New York. Le producteur de CNN souhaite que Scarpetta lance une nouvelle émission. Mais cette notoriété accrue semble déclencher une série d'événements inattendus. Alors qu’elle intervient en direct au sujet d'une affaire très médiatisée, la disparition et la mort présumée d'une millionnaire, Kay reçoit un appel surprenant d'une téléspectatrice, qui se révèle être une ancienne patiente de son mari Benton Wesley, et, de retour chez elle, elle trouve un inquiétant paquet. Scarpetta, dont la vie est menacée, se lance alors dans une enquête qui implique un acteur célèbre, qu’on accuse d'un crime sexuel, et sa nièce Lucy, qui aurait eu des liens avec la millionnaire disparue. Livre comportant des passages de nature sexuelle, de la violence, et du langage grossier. 2010. (Une enquête de Kay Scarpetta) Titre uniforme: The Scarpetta factor.By Kathy Reichs, Viviane Mikhalkov. 2010
Tempe et Ryan on accompagné les restes d'une riche héritière de Chicago trouvée morte dans les Laurentides. Et tout à…
coup, Tempe se souvient d'avoir été accusée d'une faute professionnelle. Le corps de deux autres femmes d'un certain âge sont retrouvés dans les bois et d'autres indices permettent de croire que quelque'un en veut à sa réputation. Tempe et Ryan sont sur le point de faire des liens entre ces disparitions mais ses ennemis invisibles resserrent l'étau. Qui aurait intérêt à saboter son travail? Livre comportant de la violence et du langage grossier. 2010. Titre uniforme: 206 bones.By D. R MacDonald. 2012
When Anna Starling flees a dissolving marriage in California to save herself and her artistic career in Cape Breton, her…
life intersects with that of Red Murdock, a cabinetmaker who has recently lost the great love of his life. Surrounded by old ghosts and echoes of those who once lived in this isolated, now depleted community, Anna and Murdock discover that the present is inextricably linked with the past, and that both can lead to moral dilemmas. Includes sex, strong language and violence. 2012.By Kathy Reichs, Viviane Mikhalkov. 2002
Un avion vient de s'écraser au coeur des Smoky Mountains, en Caroline du Nord, faisant 88 victimes. Parmi les corps,…
on trouve un pied n'appartenant à aucun des passagers. L'enquête mène Temperance Brennan vers un mystérieux chalet et sur la piste d'une société secrète impliquant des personnalités locales. Livre comportant de la violence et du langage grossier. 2002. Titre uniforme: Fatal voyage.By Jeffery Deaver. 2009
Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things…
out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under false pretenses, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes, planting incontrovertible evidence. Rhyme, Sachs and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge, ominous data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain - known only by a number to us - realizes he's being pursued and turns his knowledge of data and information into a weapon. Sequel to "The cold moon"; followed by "The burning wire". Includes strong language. 2009. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 8)By Jill MacLean. 2010
An alcoholic mother, a distracted father, a best friend who spends all his time with his new "girlfriend," and three…
relentless schoolyard bullies: Prinny Murphy's past, present, and future certainly are "tense." Adding to her misery, she still can't read well enough to escape from remedial lessons with the dour Mrs. Dooks. But with the help of a kindly substitute teacher, Prinny discovers that life can be full of possibilities - and poetry. Sequel to “The nine lives of Travis Keating”. Followed by “The hidden agenda of Sigrid Sugden”. Grades 3-6. 2010.