After unscrupulous collector S. Wendell Palamino cons him out of a valuable baseball card, sixth-grader Griffin Bing puts together a band of misfits to break into Palomino's heavily guarded store and steal the card back, planning to use...
Crime
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Author:Ross, OaklandSummary:An unlikely friendship between a Canadian teenager and a South African girl sparks a journey to untangle an unsolved murder. Eighteen-year-old Hilary Anson's startling good looks and wanton ways scandalize the denizens of sleepy Kelso...
- Author:Huddy, JohnSummary:
This is the true story of a sixteen-month crime spree in 1998, when a Cuban-born former Red Army lieutenant launched a series of raids on the Las Vegas Strip, hitting five world-class hotels, three armored cars, and a department store...
- Author:LOVELL, AvonSummary:
A fortune of gold bullion was mysteriously swindled from the Royal Mint in the Australian west coast city of Perth in 1982. No-one saw the swindler - No violence occurred, and no individual victim suffered loss. A true story of...
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Author:Pacholik, BarbSummary:Compiled by Regina Leader-Post crime and court reporters Barb Pacholik and Jana Pruden, this volume contains accounts of 40 unique crime stories that have taken place in Saskatchewan over the course of the past century. Some of the...
- Author:Deverell, WilliamSummary:
'Smart, beautifully written, and really, really, funny satire featuring Arthur Beauchamp.' –– The Globe and Mail Finalist for the Stephen Leacock Humour Award In this zany political thriller, the leader of the despotic Asian nation of...
- Author:COURTENAY, BryceSummary:
Thommo returns from Vietnam to an Australia that regards him as a mercenary guilty of war crimes. He begins to develop all kinds of physical and mental problems.
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Author:Miyabe, MiyukiSummary:Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as the "father" in a fantasy "family."...
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In this fast-paced novel about a man who returns to university following the death of his wife, David Edwards is drawn into a criminal web of drugs, sexual slavery, and political intrigue that threatens the very future of Canada.
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Author:Dekker, JamesSummary:Megan’s brother, Danny, is dead. Killed in an apparent robbery in a bar. It seems like a terrible but simple case of mistaken identity, of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But as the truth comes out, Megan realizes that Danny...
- Author:Doumont, Jean-LucSummary:
Clark Thompson est journaliste politique au New York Times. Après une soirée avec une urgentologue, il retrouve un carnet de notes mystérieux à l'arrière de son véhicule. Au même moment, le NYPD et le FBI sont toujours à la...
- Author:Keefe, Patrick RaddenSummary:
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of SAY NOTHING and EMPIRE OF PAIN, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time "I read everything he writes....
- Author:Keefe, Patrick RaddenSummary:
From the prize-winning, New York Times bestselling author of SAY NOTHING and EMPIRE OF PAIN, twelve enthralling stories of skulduggery and intrigue by one of the most decorated journalists of our time "I read everything he writes....
- Author:Solovkine, AïkoSummary:
Au départ c'est un jeu. Une manière de tuer le temps. Trouver une proie, en l'occurrence une conductrice esseulée sur une route de campagne, puis la prendre en chasse. Faire crisser les pneus sur l'asphalte, serrer de...
- Author:Corris, PeterSummary:
With his PEA licence restored and strapped for cash, Hardy is reluctantly drawn into a scheme to claim the reward on a 17-year-old abduction case. Hardy is distracted by a new lover, but when one of the schemers turns up dead, the case...
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Author:GASH, JonathanSummary:Dr Clare Burtonall could not have forseen how the death of a young patient would throw her once more into the dangerous and sordid crime underworld of Manchester.
- Author:CORRIS, PeterSummary:
Sacked by the Federal Security Agency, Crawley plays dangerous games in the Melbourne underworld. Arms deals, drugs, cross and double-cross, and a radical punk girl are all woven together in this seamy and steamy novel.
- Author:Swinson, KikiSummary:
National bestselling author Kiki Swinson never lets up with relentless characters, unpredictable twists, and a merciless depiction of Southern striving, scheming--and dying. Now she takes you to the explosive beginnings of wild-card...
- Author:Lee, Yoon HaSummary:
Gyen Jebi isn't a fighter or a subversive. They just want to paint. One day they're jobless and desperate; the next, Jebi finds themself recruited by the Ministry of Armor to paint the mystical sigils that animate the...
- Author:Macpherson, M.A.Summary:
The Canadian West has a history littered with tales of robbers and murderers. These frontier days were long before faxes, DNA analysis and e-mail, and the bad guys could hide in plenty of empty country before they met up with the mighty...
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