Tom Seymour is a child psychiatrist who has worked in the north of England for many years. One day, while walking on a beach in Northumberland, he rescues a young man from drowning, and realizes that it's Danny Miller, a child...
Crime
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Author:BURKE, JanSummary:Parrish kills for fun. Now he wants to make a deal : his death sentence for the body of Judith Sayre, buried in the Sierra Nevada mountains. In exchange for his life, he will lead the law to the body.
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Author:Michaud, Andrée A.Summary:Été 67. Le soleil brille sur Boundary Pond, un lac frontalier rebaptisé Bondrée par Pierre Landry, un trappeur dont le souvenir ne sera bientôt plus que légende. Le temps est au rire et à l'insouciance. Sissy et Zaza dansent le hula...
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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:Canales, Juan DíazSummary:
Private investigator John Blacksad puts one of his nine lives on the line in this sizzling story of hot jazz and cold-blooded murder. Writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido join creative forces once again to deliver A...
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Author:BURKE, James LeeSummary:Billy Bob Holland delves deep into Montana - paradise to some, to others, a savage wilderness.
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Author:Grippando, JamesSummary:Believing himself settled into a quiet life, lawyer Jack Swyteck is horrified when a former client turns up dead, placing Jack under suspicion and forcing him to find the real killer before he becomes the next victim.
- Author:RANKIN, IanSummary:
Twenty-one stories stretching from suburban murders of loved ones, the sinister workings of a serial killer's mind and of a bent cop with a terminal approach to his work. These tales not only explore the human condition but also...
- Author:Pelletier, Jean-JacquesSummary:
Certes, la découverte – au beau milieu de la vitrine d'une galerie d'arts de Montréal – d'un cadavre reposant dans une baignoire remplie de sang a fait sourciller l'inspecteur Dufaux. Mais ce qui l'a ébranlé, c...
- Author:ROBERTS, BarrieSummary:
Aussie social historian Sheila McKenna is in the UK to research a book when she buys an old penny - one that has been used as a farewell token by a Victorian convict about to be transported. Someone tries to stop her from tracking down...
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Il s'appelle Michaël Walec et il rêve de publier un roman noir – un bon, un vrai ! Alors depuis trois ans, le soir, après avoir donné ses cours de français aux détenues de l'Établissement Joliette pour femmes, il bûche sur son...
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Author:Scott, JoelSummary:Crime and adventure on the high seas
Jared Kane is a West Coast commercial fisherman whose life has been plagued by bad luck and blackout drinking. When he inherits Arrow, an old 46-foot wooden sailboat, he sees...
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Author:Harper, KennSummary:Kenn Harper shares the tales of murderers, thieves, and fraudsters--as well as the wrongfully accused--in the early days of Northern colonization. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, settler and Inuit ideas of justice clashed,...
- Author:Carter, GlenSummary:
In the mountains of Colombia, an old man stumbles sweating and breathless into the Jaguar Forest. Cursed, he feels forced to commit a savage act, and a family is destroyed – his own. From Luis Mendoza’s insanity survivors emerge, but...
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Author:MARSDEN, William & SHER, JulianSummary:The Hell's Angels - misunderstood folk heroes or violent subculture responsible for drug trafficking, murders, shoot-outs and intimidation? This book uncovers the the global crime empire and the dangerous covert operations of the...
- Author:Dubiel, CariSummary:
We are all lonely in different ways. In this short story collection of crime fiction, people who long for something are confronted with death. Some mysteries are solved and others aren't, but that's the way life is.
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Author:CORNWELL, Patricia DanielsSummary:When the bodies of young courting couples start turning up in remote woodland areas, Dr Kay Scarpetta's task is made more difficult by the effects of the elements. But when the daughter of a powerful woman goes missing, Kay becomes...
- Author:Doyle, Debbie J.Summary:
Like its predecessors in the Durvile True Cases series, After the Force features true cases and investigations, this time by police officers who have served in municipal, provincial, and federal police services. Stories in this...
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Author:RENDELL, RuthSummary:Jock Lewis was supposed to have died in the Paddington rail crash - Minty had received a letter from Great Western. But, curiously, the police hadn't been in touch. Jock had gone off with all her savings.
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Author:Pavlich, George, Unger, Matthew P.Summary:Much critical scholarship has detailed the punitive effects of accusations that lead to criminalization. Less well documented is the founding role that accusation plays in creating potential criminals. In an attempt at redress, this...
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