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  • Author:
    Dumont, Claudine, Hamilton, David Scott
    Summary:

    In the spirit of Emma Donoghue’s international bestseller Room, Captive throws readers into the mind of a woman who wakes to find herself in a terrifying and surreal situation: she’s confined to a small grey room and she has no idea why...

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    Bérubé, Sophie
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    Christophe est à la maison, Shaya, sa fille de trois ans, dort dans sa chambre, Kaï, sa compagne, est sortie pour la soirée. Christophe entend des pas dans l’escalier. La porte s’ouvre. Il regarde Kaï et se rend vite compte que quelque...

  • Author:
    Hage, Rawi
    Summary:

    Winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. In the Carnival city there are two types of taxi drivers -- the spiders and the flies. The spiders...

  • Author:
    DeMeulemeester, Linda
    Summary:

    In this thrilling conclusion to the Grim Hill series, Cat has lost everything she holds dear. Sookie has gone over to dark magic and is a diabolical threat. A sinister carnival has crept into town and has everyone under its thrall. Only...

  • Author:
    Ford, April L.
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    Margot Wright has led a deliberate life. At 18, she left her unusual and abusive family situation and never looked back, and then two years later she devoted herself wholly to Estelle Coté, her first and only love. But now, at 45,...

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    Yahgulanaas, Michael Nicoll
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    The ragged edges of the temperate rainforest reach far out onto an island in the western seas. It is a place where one chooses to go ahead or turn back... In a prequel to the award-winning Red: A Haida Manga, acclaimed artist Michael...

  • Author:
    Zuehlke, Mark
    Summary:

    When a freighter smuggling illegal immigrants sinks, Tofino coroner Elias McCann finds himself at the heart of a mystery. A relative of his girlfriend - Vhanna, turns up among the ships survivors, bringing up memories of her dark past...

  • Author:
    Dowding, Philippa
    Summary:

    Carter discovers a creepy maze at the fair and travels farther and farther back in time. How will he ever get back to the present? The fair is dull, dull, dull, and nothing interesting will ever happen to Carter again … until Carter...

  • Author:
    Pasquella, A. G.
    Summary:

    Cassandra, the woman who broke Jack Palace's heart, is suddenly back in his life. She owes $600,000 to a brutal gangster who has threatened her life, and she needs Jack's help. Things start to get violent when Cassandra suddenly...

  • Author:
    Belgue, Nancy
    Summary:

    Casey will have to do a lot of pet-sitting to earn the money she needs to buy Lightning, a beloved horse. Her hopes of buying Lightning are dashed when she learns that his owner has found a buyer and must sell the horse immediately....

  • Author:
    Molnar, Gwen
    Summary:

    In Hate Cell, thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford. One night Casey seeks refuge from a snowstorm in an abandoned farmhouse and stumbles upon his nearly frozen, unconscious...

  • Author:
    Portico, Bowman S.
    Summary:

    "Was it the death of her dog, Bloom, or was she just tired of her routine as a dentist? Or perhaps her depression was the result of her (mostly) unrequited love for her former piano teacher, Bruno? As Robin contemplates a sabbatical to...

  • Author:
    René Forget
    Summary:

    Cassandre, de Versailles à Charlesbourg est le quatrième volet de la série historique retraçant la vie d'une fille du Roy, Eugénie, venue s'établir en Nouvelle-France en 1666. La fille d'Eugénie s'est...

  • Author:
    Burn, K. C.
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    Thirty-five-year-old Rick Haviland is a well-respected speech pathologist, but while his friends are all settling into relationships, he refuses to give up his no-strings-attached club boy sex life. For him, relationships are dangerous...

  • Author:
    Bennett, Holly
    Summary:

    Fourteen-year-old Ava is thrilled when she lands a part in a play based on the true story of orphans sent to Canada in the 1800s to work on farms. But is she good enough to hold her own in a professional production? As the rehearsal...

  • Author:
    Hagey, Mary
    Summary:

    This debut short-story collection showcases Mary Hagey's uncanny ability to capture the essence of being human. These richly satisfying stories, told with wry humour, intelligence, and verve take us into fictional territory that is...

  • Author:
    Barnes, Mike
    Summary:

    It is 1984. The latest recession is said to be over, and in the steel city of Hamilton, things are picking up. For Paul, however, an ex-rock guitarist and current art gallery attendant, life has slowed to the pace of a still life on a...

  • Author:
    Walters, Eric
    Summary:

    Taylor and his mother have moved from a small northern town to the heart of Toronto. The differences are dramatic as Taylor becomes part of a classroom of kids as diverse as the city itself. While taking a shortcut across a junkyard...

  • Author:
    Scott, Genevieve
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    An Atlantic Books Today Editor's Pick. Lorna always wanted to stand out, but her career as a competitive swimmer was cut short by a knee injury. Cara, her daughter, tries hard to blend in, but when she has to fill in for her...

  • Author:
    Olsen, Sylvia
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    The year is 1957, and Bobby lives on the Tsartlip First Nation reserve on Vancouver Island where his family has lived for generations and generations. He loves his weekend job at the nearby marina. He loves to play marbles with his...

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