Against the vivid backdrops of a killer hurricane that nearly destroyed the Florida Keys in 1935, the Spanish Civil War, post-war Hollywood and the first days of the Castro regime in Cuba, Hector Lassiter--legendary crime novelist--...
Hurricanes
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Auteur:McDonald, CraigSommaire: -
Auteur:Lynes, JeanetteSommaire:It’s 1954 and young Sadie Wilder gets her big break at last – a chance to babysit for the posh Bannister family whose regular babysitter, Wanda Keeler, is down with the mumps. Sadie is certain she can deal with any obstacle, but little...
- Auteur:MacGregor, Kerry, MacGregor, RoySommaire:
The team's second adventure has them travelling to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in the middle of a storm, as a young Sidney Crosby teaches the Ice Chips about perseverance and creativity - showing them that you don't need fancy equipment to...
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Auteur:Brinkley, DouglasSommaire: -
Auteur:Ely, ScottSommaire:An unprecedented series of hurricanes has swollen the Mississippi River to unheard-of levels and is threatening to put New Orleans and most of the low-lying areas of the South under water. Fifteen-year-old Stephen is spending the summer...
- Auteur:Hiaasen, CarlSommaire:
The aftermath of Hurricane Andrew draws individuals who prey on the storm's victims. They find easy targets for their insurance scams, but are unprepared for their opposition led by a tough ex-governor.
- Auteur:Maron, MargaretSommaire:
When the victim of a murder at a motel turns out to be the wife of a prominent lawyer, the news comes as a thunderclap. People begin looking suspiciously among themselves for the culprit Judge Deborah Knott learns that her cousin has a...
- Auteur:Riordan, RickSommaire:
Newly married and about to be a father, Tres gives up the dangerous life of a private detective. But while honeymooning on Rebel Island, he discovers a dead body that triggers memories of his own shady past.
- Auteur:Leaman, RebeccaSommaire:
In 1954 Hurricane Hazel caused such destruction around Lake Ontario that it’s a vivid memory half a century later. In 2003 Hurricane Juan so devastated the Halifax, Nova Scotia area that complete recovery will take decades. In the fall...
- Auteur:Grisham, JohnSommaire:
“In American icon John Grisham’s new novel, Camino Winds , an odd assortment of mystery and crime authors, some of them felons themselves, discover one of their colleagues has been murdered during the fury of a massive hurricane—the...
- Auteur:Bush, CatherineSommaire:
"For those who loved Barbara Kingsolver's Flight Behavior comes a new climate-themed, Shakespeare-inspired novel from bestselling author Catherine Bush. The time is now or an alternate near now, the world close to our own. A...
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Auteur:Rose, ChrisSommaire:The author, a Pulitzer-winning columnist for the Times-Picayune, chronicles the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his collection of candid essays.
