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The fifth rule
By Don Aker. 2011
Reef is back in Halifax, which brings back memories of Leeza and the terrible way their relationship ended - with…
a restraining order. Leeza is feeling stifled by her mother's "concern" and wishes she was studying out of town. Despite Reef's best efforts to stay away, circumstances quickly unfold to push him and Leeza ever closer together, so Reef must face his demons and make some tough choices - or else risk losing everything, including the only girl he has ever loved. Sequel to "The first stone" (DC41431). For junior and senior high readers. Some descriptions of violence and strong language. c2011.The hand of Robin Squires
By Joan Clark. 1981
The nymph and the lamp
By Thomas H Raddall. 1968
Tide Road
By Valerie Compton. 2011
When Stella disappears, leaving her toddler and husband behind, her mother Sonia struggles with the possibility that her daughter may…
not have slipped through the ice but was pushed. Confronted with her own history of choices and failures, Sonia must revise her perception of her daughter's life and dramatically change the way she lives her own. Some strong language, and some descriptions of violence. c2011.His Majesty's Yankees (New Canadian library ; #133)
By Thomas H Raddall. 1942
The cold moon (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #7)
By Jeffery Deaver. 2009
Quadriplegic New York criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs search for a sadistic serial killer called the Watchmaker who…
leaves clocks beside his victims. Amelia is also involved in proving a businessman's suicide is actually a homicide and finds herself targeted for murder. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to “The twelfth card“, followed by “The broken window“. 2006. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 7)Les vacances de Jane
By L. M Montgomery. 1990
Rapt: roman (Romans, Nouvelles, Recits (domaine Etranger) Ser. #Vol. 6072631)
By Robin Cook, Michel Ganstel. 2003
Au large des Açores, un mystérieux signal venu des profondeurs de l'Atlantique amène une équipe de plongeurs et d'océanographes à…
découvrir un phénomène que les scientifiques ne parviennent pas à expliquer. Et qui pourrait bien changer tout ce que nous croyons savoir de la vie sur la Terre. Quelques descriptions de nature sexuelle, quelques descriptions de violence et quelques passages où le langage est grossier. 2005, c2000. Titre uniforme: Abduction.Spider bones: a novel (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)
By Kathy Reichs. 2010
Medical examiner Temperance Brennan and her daughter, along with Brennan's ex-lover and his daughter, become entangled in a case where…
past and present collide. Three bodies are identified as John Lowery - an American soldier declared dead in 1968 in Vietnam. Violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Dr. Temperance Brennan mystery)What is left the daughter
By Howard A Norman. 2010
Nova Scotia, 1967. Loner Wyatt Hillyer decides to write a memoir in the form of a letter on the occasion…
of his estranged daughter Marlais' twenty-first birthday. He slowly discloses the events of his parents' scandalous deaths in 1941, his teenage years living with his aunt and uncle, the joys of fatherhood, and what led to his abandoning his only daughter and her mother. 2010.The death of Donna Whalen
By Michael Winter. 2010
In her home on Empire Avenue, Donna Whalen was stabbed 31 times. Her friends, family, and neighbours believed it was…
her abusive boyfriend, Sheldon Troke, but the evidence is all circumstantial, providing a daunting challenge for police and prosecutors - and the course of justice takes many unpredictable twists and turns before the truth is finally revealed. Based on a true story. Explicit strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2010.Seeing red
By Anne Louise MacDonald. 2009
Frankie Uccello seems like just another average, normal fourteen-year-old boy, until he discovers that he can dream the future, especially…
when something bad is about to happen. But seeing the future is only cool in movies and TV; in real life, not only does everyone think you're a whacko, but the future doesn't look good. And then Maura-Lee starts hanging around: she can read minds, and she seems to be reading his. For junior high readers. 2009.Not suitable for family viewing
By Vicki Grant. 2009
Thanks to her mother, famous talk show host Mimi Schwartz, Robin's got the money, the means and the connections to…
do anything she wants. With the discovery of an old high school ring, Robin ditches New York for a tiny Nova Scotian fishing village. She discovers love, the truth of her own background - and the shocking secret that helped make her mother a star. For senior high readers. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. Winner of the 2011 Red Maple Fiction Award. c2009.Annabel
By Kathleen Winter. 2010
Coastal Labrador, 1968. A mysterious child is born: a baby who appears to be neither fully boy nor girl, but…
both at once. Together the parents and a trusted neighbour, Thomasina, make a difficult decision: to raise the child as a boy named Wayne. But as Wayne grows to adulthood within the hyper-masculine hunting culture of his father, his shadow-self - a girl he thinks of as Annabel - is never entirely extinguished, and indeed is secretly nurtured by the women in his life. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2010.The long stretch
By Linden MacIntyre. 1999
In one apocalyptic night, John Gillis and his estranged cousin Sextus confront a half century of half-truths and suppositions that…
have shaped and scarred their lives, their families and their insular Cape Breton community. They begin to realize that they were damaged before they were born, their fathers and a close friend forming an unholy trilogy in a tragic moment of war. Among the roots of a complex and painful relationship, they uncover the truth of a fateful day John has spent 20 years trying to forget. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2006, c1999.Book of the dead (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; #15)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2007
Dr. Kay Scarpetta leaves Florida and moves to Charleston, South Carolina, to open a private forensic pathologist practice along with…
niece Lucy and investigator Pete Marino. The team takes on the case of a teenaged tennis star murdered in Rome. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2007. (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; 15)The Blythes are quoted
By L. M Montgomery. 2009
Adultery, illegitimacy, misogyny, revenge, murder, despair, bitterness, hatred, and death - usually not the terms associated with L.M. Montgomery. In…
this her last work, Montgomery brought these topics to the forefront, in stories featuring a grown up Anne and her family around the time of the First World War. 2009.The summer the whales sang (A Time of our lives book)
By Gloria Montero. 1985
La séquence des corps
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell, Andrea H Japp. 2006
Black Mountain, petite bourgade de Caroline du Nord. La vie s'écoule paisiblement. Pourtant, Emily Steiner, ravissante fillette de onze ans,…
est enlevée, torturée et assassinée. Le mode opératoire ressemble en tout point à celui du tueur en série Temple Gault, que Kay Scarpetta traque depuis des années. Épaulée par Mari et Wesley, elle démêle un à un les fils qui la rapprochent du meurtrier. Elle doit affronter l'hostilité d'une communauté frappée par l'horreur, et le chagrin d'une mère qui ne comprend pas qu'on veuille exhumer sa fille. Descriptions régulières de violence. 2006, c1994. Titre uniforme: The body farm.February
By Lisa Moore. 2009
Helen is a woman shattered by the drowning death of her husband, Cal. Now in her mid-50s and reconciled to…
loneliness, Helen sews prom and wedding dresses for a living and cares for her grandchildren. After having spent half a lifetime picking up the pieces after Cal's death, she has taken the major step of renovating the house, and finds herself unexpectedly stirred by the presence of her carpenter, Barry. 2009.