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The guardian: a tale of Andrew Murray (Guardians series. #3.)
Par Jack Whyte. 2014
The continuing story of two heroes who reshaped and reconfigured the entire destiny of the kingdom of Scotland, by defying…
the might and power of Edward Plantagenet, the king of England, who called himself the Hammer of the Scots. Wallace the Braveheart would become the only legendary, heroic commoner in medieval British history and the undying champion of the common man. The other, Robert Bruce, earl of Carrick, would perfect the techniques of guerrilla warfare developed by Wallace and use them to create his own place in history as the greatest king of Scots who ever lived. Bestseller. Sequel to "The renegade". 2014.The Guermantes way (In search of lost time ; #3)
Par Marcel Proust. 1920
Recollections of life in France at the time of the Dreyfus case. Sequel to "Within a budding grove" (DC31598). Followed…
by "The cities of the plain" (DC31600). 1920. (In search of lost time ; 3)The good daughter: a novel
Par Karin Slaughter. 2017
Twenty-eight years ago, Charlotte and Samantha Quinn's happy small-town family life was torn apart by a terrifying attack on their…
family home. It left their mother dead. It left their father--Pikeville's notorious defense attorney--devastated. And it left the family fractured beyond repair, consumed by secrets from that terrible night. Charlie has followed in her father's footsteps to become a lawyer herself--the ideal good daughter. But when violence comes to Pikeville again--and a shocking tragedy leaves the whole town traumatized--Charlie is plunged into a nightmare. Bestseller. 2017.The golden son: a novel
Par Shilpi Somaya Gowda. 2015
A young Indian doctor leaves his village for a residency in the US. But he grapples with the expectation that…
as the oldest son, he is expected to inherit the mantle of arbiter for all village disputes. And he finds himself torn between a beautiful American girl and his old childhood friend. Bestseller. 2015.The Earth (Penguin classics)
Par Émile Zola, Douglas Parmě. 1980
This novel measures the agricultural seasons against the human cycle of birth, marriage and death. Describes the harsh struggles of…
a farming community to look after their land and control their sometimes wayward society. 1980. Uniform title: Terre.The drop: a novel (Harry Bosch series. #15.)
Par Michael Connelly. 2011
Detective Harry Bosch and his partner David Chu have DNA evidence implicating a sex offender in a 1989 rape and…
murder--but the suspect was eight at the time. They also investigate the mysterious death of a councilman's son. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. Sequel to "Nine dragons", followed by "The black box". 2011.The Duke's children (Palliser novels.)
Par Anthony Trollope, Hermione Lee. 1991
Plantagenet Palliser, Duke of Omnium and Prime Minister of England, attempts as a widower to launch his grown children into…
life. All three of the high-spirited children come near to breaking their father's heart. Sequel to "The Prime Minister". Sixth and last in the series of Palliser novels. 1991.The Creed legacy (Montana Creeds. #7.)
Par Linda Lael Miller. 2011
When a chance encounter with his long-estranged twin brother brings him "home" for the first time in years, rodeo cowboy…
Brody Creed meets his match in Carolyn Simmons, who is even more restless than he is. Bestseller. Sequel to "Creed's honor". 2011.The demonologist
Par Andrew Pyper. 2013
Professor Ullman is a leading authority on Christian religion and myth but he sees what he teaches as nothing more…
than fiction. It's why when he's offered a trip to Venice to be a consultant on a case study based on his expertise as a 'demonologist' he accepts. But what he witnesses will change what he believes forever. Bestseller. 2013.The debacle: (1870-71) (Penguin classics)
Par Émile Zola, Leonard William Tancock. 1972
The story is set against the background of the political and military events that ended the reign of Napoléon III…
and the Second Empire in 1870, in particular the Franco-Prussian War, the Battle of Sedan and the Paris Commune. 1972.The demon crown (Sigma Force novel #13.)
Par James Rollins. 2017
An ancient horror is free once more, developed into a weapon of incalculable strength and malignancy, ready to wreak havoc…
on an unsuspecting world. To stop its spread, Commander Grayson Pierce of Sigma Force must decipher a deadly mystery, one that traces back to the founding of the Smithsonian Institution. With each new discovery, the menace they hunt is changing, growing, spreading-- adapting and surviving every attempt to stop it from reconquering a world it once ruled. Running out of time and options, Commander Grayson Pierce will be forced to make an impossible choice. To eradicate this extinction-level threat and expose those involved, he will have to join forces with Sigma’s greatest enemy--the newly resurrected Guild--even it if means sacrificing one of his own. Sequel to "The seventh plague". Bestseller. 2017.The choice
Par Nicholas Sparks. 2007
North Carolina. After just one whirlwind weekend, Gabby Holland falls hard for her new neighbour Travis Parker and must choose…
between him and her longtime boyfriend. Years later, a tougher choice could end the relationship between Gabby and Travis forever. Bestseller. 2007.The cold moon (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #7)
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2009
Quadriplegic New York criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and detective Amelia Sachs search for a sadistic serial killer called the Watchmaker who…
leaves clocks beside his victims. Amelia is also involved in proving a businessman's suicide is actually a homicide and finds herself targeted for murder. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to “The twelfth card“, followed by “The broken window“. 2006. (Lincoln Rhyme ; 7)The cast
Par Danielle Steel. 2018
Kait Whittier has built her magazine column into a hugely respected read followed by fans across the country. She loves…
her work and adores her grown children, treasuring the time they spend together. But after two marriages she prefers to avoid the complications and uncertainties of a new love. Then, after a chance meeting with Zack Winter, a television producer visiting Manhattan from Los Angeles, everything changes. Inspired by the true story of her own indomitable grandmother, Kait creates the storyline for a TV series. And when she shares her work with Zack, he is impressed and decides to make this his next big budget project. Within weeks, Kait is plunged into a colorful world of actors and industry pros who will bring her vision to life. As secrets are shared, the cast becomes a second family for Kait. But in the midst of a charmed year, she is suddenly forced to confront the greatest challenge a mother could ever know. Bestseller. 2018.The break
Par Katherena Vermette. 2016
When Stella, a young Métis mother, looks out her window one evening and spots someone in trouble on the Break…
- a barren field on an isolated strip of land outside her house - she calls the police to alert them to a possible crime. In a series of shifting narratives, people who are connected, both directly and indirectly, with the victim - police, family, and friends - tell their personal stories leading up to that fateful night. Lou, a social worker, grapples with the departure of her live-in boyfriend. Cheryl, an artist, mourns the premature death of her sister Rain. Paulina, a single mother, struggles to trust her new partner. Phoenix, a homeless teenager, is released from a youth detention centre. Officer Scott, a Métis policeman, feels caught between two worlds as he patrols the city. Bestseller. Canada Reads 2017. Winner of the 2017 McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award, the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction, the 2017 Evergreen Award and the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. 2016.The burial hour (Lincoln Rhyme novel. #13.)
Par Jeffery Deaver. 2017
A traveling businessman is snatched off of an Upper East Side street in broad daylight--or so it appears to the…
eight-year-old girl who is the crime's only witness. The perp leaves a token at the site of the kidnapping--a miniature noose. A crime scene this puzzling demands forensic expertise of the highest order, so Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are called in to investigate. Things take an unexpected turn when a similar kidnapping occurs across the Atlantic in Italy. The killer's MO is bizarre and frightening - obsessed with music, the man records the final breaths of his victims, then uses a keyboard sampler to compose an otherworldly tune that is then posted online. The search for the killer will become a complex case of international cooperation--yet not all is as it seems, and soon Sachs and Rhyme find themselves playing a dangerous game with shadowy parties from across the globe. Bestseller. Sequel to "The steel kiss". 2017.The chemist
Par Stephenie Meyer. 2016
She used to work for the U.S. government, one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't…
even have a name. And when they decided she was a liability, they came without warning, and they killed the only other person she trusted. When her former handler offers her a way out, it is her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. But the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. And now she finds herself falling for a man who can only complicate her likelihood of survival. As she sees her choices being rapidly whittled down, she must apply her unique talents in ways she never dreamed of. Bestseller. 2016.The Canterbury tales: A Retelling (Recorded Books classics library)
Par Geoffrey Chaucer, Peter Ackroyd. 2011
Based on Geoffrey Chaucer's immortal work, this retelling of "The Canterbury Tales" follows a party of travelers as they tell…
stories amongst themselves about love and chivalry, saints and legends, travel and adventure. Through allegory, satire, and humour, the tales help pass the time during their journey. 2011.The bone clocks: a novel
Par David Mitchell. 2014
Following a huge fight with her mother, fifteen-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is…
no typical teenage runaway: a sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life. For Holly has caught the attention of a cabal of dangerous mystics - and their enemies. But her lost weekend is merely the prelude to a shocking disappearance that leaves her family irrevocably scarred. This unsolved mystery will echo through every decade of Holly's life, affecting all the people Holly loves - even the ones who are not yet born. Bestseller. 2014.The cat who had 60 whiskers (Jim Qwilleran mystery. #29.)
Par Lilian Jackson Braun. 2007
With his companion Polly in Paris, Qwill keeps himself occupied by writing an absurdist play called "The Cat Who Got…
Elected Dog Catcher." Meanwhile, things are spicing up in Pickax. Huge inheritances from old families are suddenly and mysteriously pouring in to town, but nobody is quite sure why. Except Koko, that is - and she's not telling. Then things get really interesting when one resident drops dead from an apparent bee sting. Can Qwill and his cats get to the bottom of things? Bestseller. Sequel to “The cat who dropped a bombshell”. 2007.