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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)Shipwreck (Detective Murdoch mystery.)
By Maureen Jennings. 2010
1873, Nova Scotia. A storm has wrecked a ship on the shores of a fishing village, and people work bravely…
to rescue the crew - but many die. When young Will Murdoch and the local priest examine the bodies, they discover gold and diamonds. They suspect that the shipwreck was not responsible for all the deaths. Some descriptions of violence. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. 2010.Death spiral
By James W Nichol. 2009
Wilf McLauchlin, a celebrated WWII Canadian Spitfire fighter pilot, returns home to a hero's welcome. Almost immediately afterwards, a series…
of bizarre murders begin occurring, and Wilf finds himself trying to solve them - and wondering if he is somehow causing them. Wilf follows his own trail back to when he was shot down over Germany, and makes the shattering connection. 2009.Forfeit
By Dick Francis. 1968
Cold fear
By Rick Mofina. 2001
While camping with her family in Montana's Glacier National Park, a 10-year-old girl disappears. As a multi-agency task force launches…
a massive search, the little girl fights to survive in the wilderness while her mother enters her own life-and-death race to rescue her child. Because someone else who knows a dark secret from the past wants to find her daughter, too. 2001.Blind alley (Eve Duncan series. #5.)
By Iris Johansen. 2004
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan reconstructs a victim's face - one who eerily resembles Eve's adopted daughter Jane. While a serial…
killer targets Jane look-alikes, Jane's recurrent nightmares track the path of the murderer to her door. Bestseller. 2004. (Eve Duncan series ; 5)Weep no more, my lady
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1987
Before testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering her beloved sister, a distraught Elizabeth goes to a…
California spa. She is surprised to find the accused murderer there, and suspects she is being manipulated. Bestseller 1987.The 7 professors of the far north
By John Fardell. 2004
Sam's holiday with his friends Zara and Ben is interrupted when a bedraggled traveller blows in on a storm, reawakening…
a mystery from their Great Uncle Alexander's past. For thirty years, the remote Arctic island of Nordbergen has remained desolate and uninhabited, but now, strange aircraft have been seen landing and armed guards patrol the island's fringes. And Professor Murdo has returned to Nordbergen to complete his secret and deadly work. Sam, Zara and Ben embark on a desperate rescue mission to the frozen Arctic Ocean. To make the journey, they must discover one of the most extraordinary secrets in the world, and to survive, they must rely on their courage, their ingenuity and the assistance of strangers. Grades 4-7. 2004.Une plage trop chaude ((Ado ; 40) #Vol. 40)
By Chrystine Brouillet. 2008
"Natasha et son cousin pierre passent les vacances de Noël chez leurs grandsparents, en Floride. Ils se font vite des…
amis. Pierre tombe amoureux de Maia, tandis que Natasha s'éprend de Jeremy, si beau, si mystérieux. Mais les vacances prennent une drôle de tournure quand on repêche le cadavre d'un champion de natation. Soudain, les amis de Natasha et de Pierre deviennent très secrets, et même un peu étranges... Une plage trop chaude, une aventure policière brûlante oû Natasha prouve qu'elle n'a pas froid aux yeux." -- 4e de couv.Virus à l'hôpital: roman jeunesse (L'heure évasion ; #4)
By Sophie Jama. 2005
Un virus dans le plus grand hôpital de Montréal ! Mais de quel type de virus sagit-il ? Avec ses…
amis, Déborah Klein va tenter denrayer la panique générale en menant lenquête et en dénonçant la situation aux médias. Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire.Time flies when you're chasing spies: a Halifax mystery
By Allison Maher. 2012
Andrew's mother, Marion, works for a security company that makes high-tech spy gear to keep world leaders safe. When she…
goes missing on the eve of a G8 summit in Halifax, Andrew and his father work desperately to find her. Luckily, Andrew and his best friend, both thirteen, are no strangers to danger, and they follow Andrew's instincts -- which run directly counter to the instructions his father gave him. When the two friends are nearly caught in a huge explosion at Citadel Hill, Andrew realizes his mother could be in even deeper trouble than he thought. For junior and senior high readers. Includes violence. 2012.Trace (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries. book XIII #No. 13)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 2004
Former medical examiner Kay Scarpetta returns to Richmond, Virginia, to advise on the mysterious death of a teenage girl whose…
father is associated with Homeland Security. Meanwhile Kay's lover, Benton, and niece Lucy investigate another case - which later appears connected to Kay's. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Bestseller. 2004. (Dr. Kay Scarpetta mysteries ; 13)The mommy quest (Harlequin superromance ; #1334)
By Lori Handeland. 2006
Life has never been easy for Tim. Abandoned and left to fend for himself, he's finally found a home with…
Dean Luchetti. But something's missing - Tim thinks he needs a mother and Dean needs a wife, and he's got the perfect candidate in Stella O'Connell, his school's principal. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. 2006. (Harlequin superromance ; 1334)The thief
By Ruth Rendell. 2006
What you do in childhood may come back to haunt you. Stealing things from people who had upset her was…
something Polly did quite a lot. There was her Aunt Pauline; a girl at school; a boyfriend who left her. And there was the man on the plane... Humiliated and scared by a total stranger, Polly does what she always does - she steals something. But she never could have imagined that her desire for revenge would have such terrifying results. 2006.Cleanskin (Quick reads)
By Val McDermid. 2006
When career criminal Jack Farrell's body is found washed up on a Suffolk shore, it looks to the police like…
a clear-cut case. Heartbroken at his daughter's death, he has drowned himself-- good riddance and one less crime to solve, according to CID. Then again, maybe not. For, one by one, Farrell's enemies are being killed. And the horrific manner of their deaths makes drowning look like a day at the beach. 2006.A judgement in stone
By Ruth Rendell. 1978
The author alternates between a journalistic dissection of the mass murder and a dramatic evocation of character to tell the…
story of the suburban Coverdales, their maid, Eunice, and Eunice's friend, a former prostitute turned religious fanatic.The horror at Camp Jellyjam (Goosebumps. #33.)
By R. L Stine. 1995
While Wendy and Elliot are on a boring car trip with their parents, they ask if they can ride in…
the trailer. But the trailer comes loose, and Wendy and Elliot crash into an unusual summer camp. Camp Jellyjam's motto is "only the best," and the children are encouraged to win. But Wendy's roommate wins and then disappears. And all of the counsellors seem to be in a trance. Sequel to "The Barking Ghost". Followed by "Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes". Grades 4-7. 1995. (Goosebumps ; 33)Haunted Hospital (Orca Currents)
By Marty Chan. 2020
Xander thinks the George Wickerman Hospital would be the perfect setting for Spirits and Specters, a role-playing game where players…
go on “missions” to find evidence of paranormal activities. According to local legend, tuberculosis patients were used as test subjects in medical experiments that ended tragically, and their disfigured ghosts walk the hallways of this now-abandoned building. What better location to go ghost hunting? Even though they didn’t really believe the rumors, Xander and his friends soon begin to suspect that they are not alone. Is this place actually haunted by ghosts? Or something even more terrifying?L'incendiaire de Sudbury (Noir)
By Chloé LaDuchesse. 2022
Emmanuelle se terre à Sudbury depuis quelques années et joint les deux bouts grâce à des contrats de design web…
pour des clients plus ou moins réglos. Lorsqu'elle retrouve le vieil agenda de son ancien amant, qui a mystérieusement disparu de la carte il y a huit mois, elle se met en tête d'apprendre ce qui lui est arrivé. Sa femme, la redoutable docteure Herman, l'aurait-elle banni, voire éliminé en découvrant ses infidélités? Plusieurs autres hommes manquent à l'appel, surtout des paumés des cobayes parfaits pour l'étude clinique de Herman. Emmanuelle mène l'enquête, jamais tout à fait sobre, prenant de plus en plus de risquesThe warning: a short story
By Sophie Hannah. 2015
Single mom Chloe leaves her nine-year-old daughter's audition music in the car. They are rescued when a bicyclist offers to…
retrieve it. After Chloe brings him a thank-you gift at his work, she receives an odd warning from the receptionist about how dangerous he is. Strong language. 2015