In this third book in the series, can Moretti and Falla solve a mysterious case of vampirism? While investigating the apparent suicide of a hermit, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his partner, Liz Falla, of the Guernsey Police have...
Canadian fiction
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Author:Downie, JillSummary: - Author:Moss, JohnSummary:
Detective Miranda Quin is not only fighting crime, she’s fighting for her life. The summer before 9/11, Toronto homicide detective Miranda Quin wakes up to find her lover dead beside her, yet has no memory of going to bed with him....
- Author:Pésémapéo Bordeleau, VirginiaSummary:
Blue Bear Woman (Ourse bleue) is the first novel in Quebec written by an Indigenous woman. The story of a young Cree woman's search for her roots and identity, this is also the author's debut novel, originally published in...
- Author:Marcotte, Danielle S.Summary:
The captivating story of how the Blue Camas, a flower that has been cultivated on Canada's west coast since time immemorial, came to symbolize the meeting of two contrasting ways of life and the perseverance of traditional knowledge...
- Author:Levine, EliseSummary:
When her friend Jane dies while exploring an underwater cave with her husband Rand, Marilyn takes up diving again, to honour - and outdo - her late friend. Marilyn drags Rand with her as she increasingly pushes herself far past her...
- Author:Stewart, ElizabethSummary:
Coltan, or “blue gold,” is a rare mineral used in making cell phones and computers. Across continents, the lives of three teen girls are affected by the “blue gold” trade. Sylvie’s family had to flee the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
- Author:Halvorson, MarilynSummary:
Bobbie Joe didn't set out to buy a limping blue roan mare -- she wanted a colt she could train to barrel race. But the horse is a fighter, just like Bobbie Joe. Now all she has to do is train the sour old mare that obviously has a past...
- Author:King, JamesSummary:
Late in her life, acclaimed novelist Elizabeth Delamere makes a request of her therapist, Doctor Newman: she asks him to oversee the publication of her last book after she dies. It is a memoir in which she reveals that she is Evelyn...
- Author:Leavitt, MartineSummary:
When young Tuk is born on the mountain, life is simple for a young bighorn. Run, jump and play with his bandmates, eat and grow strong. But soon it will be up to Tuk to lead the herd to a new mountain he has seen far to the west. It...
- Author:Henighan, StephenSummary:
These eleven short stories cover a wide range of territory - from Toronto to Cuba to Eastern Europe. And, wide-ranging over geography as they are, they also cover an array of characters and situations that can only be situated in the...
- Author:Ladha, YasminSummary:
In the early 1960s, a young girl and her brother move to their grandparents’ flourmill in Dodoma in newly-independent Tanzania. Her grandfather bellows his love for East Africa, where he and other Indian merchants have thrived. But the...
- Author:Preston, AlisonSummary:
In the spring of 1964, troubled teenager Cookie Blue is found dead in the Red River. Blue Vengeance follows her younger brother Danny and Cookie's friend Janine through a lazy Winnipeg summer, as they plot to kill the despised...
- Author:Delany, VickiSummary:
Paramedic Ashley Grant is settling into her new life in the Caribbean, although sometimes she still feels like a fish out of water. The ambulance is called to a fire at a prestigious resort, and Ashley recognizes the victim as a hotel...
- Author:Creighton, HelenSummary:
Bluenose Magic, first published in 1968, is considered a classic of Maritime literature, and its author, Dr. Helen Creighton, is one of Canada's best-loved and most respected folklorists. This fascinating and engaging companion to the...
- Author:Thomas, ErinSummary:
Ryan is determined to be a professional snowboarder but he's learned from what happened to his whistle-blower father that doing the right thing doesn't always pay off. When his parents leave Kamloops, Ryan decides to stay with relatives...
- Author:Bala, Sharon, Charron, Marc, Lessard, VéroniqueSummary:
Traduit de l'anglais par Véronique Lessard et Marc Charron Résumé Mahindan et son fils de six ans accostent en Colombie-Britannique avec cinq cents compatriotes réfugiés, portés par le rêve de laisser derrière eux la...
- Author:Kootstra, Kara, Orr, BobbySummary:
Even hockey legends start with hand-me-downs. A beautifully illustrated true childhood story about hockey great Bobby Orr, who eats, sleeps and breathes hockey. So when his birthday is coming up, he only wants one thing: new skates. He'...
- Author:Strange, MarcSummary:
Ex-boxer Joe Grundy is embroiled in the intrigues of his own boss, millionaire Leo Alexander, the owner of Vancouver's Lord Douglas Hotel. Somebody has murdered Leo's live-in servant and not-so-secret lover, and Grundy has to...
- Author:McNicoll, SylviaSummary:
A fatal collision — who’s to blame? Two bodies, two souls switch in search of justice. When fifteen-year-old Hallie gets knocked flying by a Hurricane SUV, her life ends without her ever having kissed a boy. At an otherworldly...
- Author:Macpherson, MargaretSummary:
Body Trade weaves together two stories of survival. The main narrative follows Rosie and Tanya, two young Canadian women who decide to leave the Northwest Territories and head south on an ill-conceived road trip through California,...
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