Read the mystery series Booklist called "brimming with historical verisimilitude ... with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery." This collection includes all three...
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Author: McFetridge, JohnSummary:
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Author: Kalbfleisch, JohnSummary:
For centuries Montreal reigned as Canada's most beguiling city. Inspired by the pages of the Gazette, Canada's oldest daily newspaper (founded in 1778), here are seventy-five true tales...
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Author: Wallace, StoneSummary:
"The smoke had barely cleared from the booze-fueled gun battles of Prohibition and the Roaring 20s when a new breed of gangster stepped onto the American stage. Unlike the slick mobsters of New...
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Author: Schroeder, AndreasSummary:
Scams! reveals 10 true tales of trickery that will mesmerize young readers. They will discover how the Germans planned to destroy the British economy during World War II by flooding the world with...
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Author: Jamieson, JohnSummary:
The personal finance model we all have been taught of putting money into 401k plans and borrowing from banks is officially broke. Today 95 percent of Americans die without any real wealth because...
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Author: Sandford, JohnSummary:
Police Chief Lucas Davenport knows he must stop the madman who swears revenge on the officers who gunned down his bank-robbing wife during a shoot-out. Another title in the Prey series.
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Author: Butts, EdwardSummary:
This book picks up where The Desperate Ones: Canada's Forgotten Outlaws left off. Here are more remarkable true stories about Canadian crimes and criminals -- most of them tales that have...
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Author: Sharkey, Joe.Summary:
This collection by a New York Times journalist gathers three horrifying true accounts of crimes of passion, ambition, and fear. Author Joe Sharkey delivers three gripping accounts of betrayal and...
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Author: McFetridge, JohnSummary:
“An extremely good crime novel, brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” — Booklist on Black Rock
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Author: McFetridge, JohnSummary:
Read the mystery series Booklist called “brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” This collection includes all...
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Author: Hiller, James K.Summary:
Was Robert Bond really “Newfoundland’s only statesman”?First elected to Newfoundland’s House of Assembly in 1882, Robert Bond served as a member of government and opposition—and notably as prime...
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Author: Simas, RichardSummary:
Tamara is struggling to find the confidence to play her accordion in front of an audience. She learns the tunes well enough, and can play them when she's alone--but as soon as she tries to...
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Author: Buell, JohnSummary:
An orphaned boy watches as his older brother and idol graduates from petty thievery into big-league crime. A bank heist goes awry, leaving loose threads and dangerous links back to the brothers....
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Author: RENDELL, RuthSummary:
There hadn't been anything like this kind of rain in living memory. The River Brede had burst its banks, and not a single house in the valley had escaped flooding. The Subaqua Task Force...
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Author: McClure, Sir Robert, Dalton, AnthonySummary:
For centuries, colonial powers searched for a sea passage that would link the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The route, known as the Northwest Passage, would cut thousands of miles from sea travel and...