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Things are looking good for Abby: she's top pick to be the next District Attorney, and her musician boyfriend Ty…
has moved in, despite her upper crust family's objections. But a serial killer is on the loose, and with two college-aged girls dead and another missing, time is running out. When the sons of a prominent government official are linked to the murders, Abby pushes back, stopping at nothing to find justice for the girls. This time, the killer could be right under her nose, and she may be the next victim. Sequel to "Mission Hill". 2017.
Ten stories from Inuit oral tradition include portrayals of tundra wildlife - puffins, a wolverine, a seagull, a narwhal, and…
geese. The Biblical Noah appears in "Noah Hunts a Woolly Mammoth." In the title piece, a young girl's ability to help maintain the village food supply by dreaming about geese is challenged by a shaman. Grades 4-7. 1997.
Defense attorney Mickey Haller, from "The Lincoln Lawyer", now focuses on foreclosure work. But when his client Lisa Trammel is…
accused of murdering the banker who has been trying to take her house, Mickey once again has a high-profile case. Bestseller. 2011.
Alice, a single mother raising her three young daughters on the rez where she grew up, has never had an…
easy life, but has managed to get by with the support of her best friend, Gideon, and her family. When an unthinkable loss occurs, Alice is forced onto a different path, one that will challenge her belief in herself and the world she thought she knew. 2014.
1964 Justice, Mississippi, is a town divided. White and black. Rich and poor. Rule makers and rule breakers. Right or…
wrong, everyone assumes their place behind a fragile façade that is about to crumble. When attorney Coop Lindsay agrees to defend a black man accused of murdering a white teenager, the bribes and death threats don't intimidate him. As he prepares for the case of a lifetime, the young lawyer knows it's the verdict that poses the real threat--innocent or guilty, because of his stand Coop is no longer welcome in Justice. As he follows his conscience, he wonders just how far some people will go to make sure he doesn't finish his job? 2017.
Tells the story of the Nez Perce War, with flashbacks to the Civil War. Defrauded and intimidated at every turn,…
the Nez Perces finally went on the warpath in 1877, subjecting the U.S. Army to its greatest defeat since Little Big Horn as they fled from northeast Oregon across Montana to the Canadian border. The main character is not the legendary Chief Joseph, but his pursuer, General Oliver Otis Howard, the brave, shy, tormented, devoutly Christian Civil War veteran. 2015. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.
Jared’s plane has crashed in the Alberta wilderness, and Kyle is first on the scene. When Jared insists on hiking…
up the highest hill in search of cell phone reception, Kyle hesitates; his Cree grandmother has always forbidden him to go near it. There’s no stopping Jared, though, so Kyle reluctantly follows. After a night spent on the hilltop - with no cell service - the teens discover something odd: the plane has disappeared. Nothing in the forest surrounding them seems right. In fact, things seem very wrong. And worst of all, something - a creature that should only exist in legend - is hunting them. For senior high readers. 2016.
Depicts the lonely world of Bernadette, a woman who has spent the last forty years living alone on the periphery…
of a remote West Coast First Nations reserve, serving as a nurse for the community. Only weeks from retirement, Bernadette finds herself unsettled, with no immediate family of her own. And then a shocking announcement crackles over the VHF radio of the remote medical outpost: Chase Charlie, the young man that Bernadette loves like a son, is missing. Winner of the 2017 Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. 2016.
Chris Nicola has his share of ups and downs starting sixth grade at the junior high and at home on…
the Penacook reservation. Chris uses his pride in his heritage to good advantage and finds himself emerging as a leader. Grades 5-8. 1998.
Simon, a Native American, is released from prison after serving ten years for murder. As he settles into the American…
Indian neighborhood of Minneapolis where his troubles began, we witness the events that both haunt and shape his family. Some descriptions of sex, descriptions of violence, some strong language. 1999.
The sequel to "Old City Hall" finds Toronto Detective Ari Greene investigating the murder of an heir to a Canadian…
food conglomerate. Although the victim's ex-wife swears to her lawyers that she's innocent, evidence to the contrary quickly mounts. Followed by "Stray bullets". 2011.
In July 1994, third-year law student Allison (Esther) Rosenthal learns of her father's arrest on the charge of illegally selling…
military supplies to Bosnian Muslims. The prosecutor turns out to be her intimate friend from Martha's Vineyard, and Allison applies her own brand of justice to save her father. Some strong language. 1998.
Abandoned by her mother years ago, and with her emotionally distant father on military duty in occupied Japan in 1946,…
Clearice, twelve, comes to live with her Tlingit grandmother in Alaska. After what seems like a cold welcome, Clearice adopts an icy attitude toward everything around her. But her feelings change as she becomes friends with Mark and learns more about her Indian heritage. Grades 5-8. 1997.
While on an expedition with his father to get lumber to take back to Greenland, Thrand is captured by the…
native Osweet, who have taken him to replace one of their own who was killed by a Greenlander. For junior and senior high readers. 1995.
Max Macarthur, a young Vancouver lawyer, gets the break of his career when he assists in the trial defence of…
Shiva Ram Achrya, a cult leader charged with the brutal slaying of his followers. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. c1984.
Just before committing suicide, a Mafia lawyer tells 11-year-old Mark Sway something that the police, the FBI and the Mafia…
want to know. With a one-dollar bill, Mark retains his own lawyer, feisty Reggie Love. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller 1993.
Doc Swift - half Cherokee, half Irish, part medical doctor, past healer - seeks the supernatural creature who guards the…
treasures and wisdom of his tribal ancestors. But first he needs to find the German settler named Gruber who had reportedly encountered the beast deep in the lands of Comancheria. 2001.
Down-at-heels lawyer Mickey Haller has inherited his old colleague's clients. That means some serious cash. The only problem is that…
the other lawyer was murdered, and the tough-minded detective handling the case - one Harry Bosch - thinks the killer is one of his clients, and that Mickey could also be in danger. Sequel to "The Lincoln lawyer"; followed by "Nine dragons". Includes strong language. 2009. (Mickey Haller ; 2)