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The clearing (Southern voices audio)
Par Tim Gautreaux. 2004
Randolph Aldridge travels to a snake-infested Cypress mill in Louisiana to find his brother Byron, a troubled veteran of World…
War I. Once there, Randolph finds that By is a shell of his former self - and that the murderous cartel controlling the mill's casino won't give them any peace. 2004.The day the falls stood still: a novel
Par Cathy Marie Buchanan. 2009
1915. Seventeen-year-old Bess Heath has led a sheltered existence as the youngest daughter of the director of the Niagara Power…
Company. After graduation day at her boarding school, she arrives home to find that her father has lost his job, her mother is reduced to taking in sewing from the society ladies she once entertained, and Isabel, her vivacious older sister, is a shadow of her former self. Then Bess meets Tom Cole by chance on a trolley platform. She finds herself inexplicably drawn to him - against her family's strong objections. He is not from their world - rough-hewn and fearless, he lives off what the river provides, and he has an uncanny ability to predict the whims of the falls. His daring river rescues render him a local hero and cast him as a threat to the power companies that seek to harness the power of the falls for themselves. As their lives become more fully entwined, Bess is forced to make a painful choice between what she wants and what is best for her family and her future. 2009.The convict lover: a true story
Par Merilyn Simonds. 1996
In the early 1900s, an unlikely relationship begins between a prisoner in the Kingston Penitentiary and a young girl who…
lives near the prison. They can never meet, but they hide letters for each other near the quarry where the prisoner works during the day. Winner of the 1997 CNIB Talking Book of the Year Award. 1996.The devil laughs again
Par Régine Deforges. 1988
As World War II escalates, Léa copes with the deaths of friends, including Camille, and the ruin of the family's…
vineyards. Yet she continues working for the Resistance, joins the Red Cross, and travels to Berlin, returning to Paris on the eve of liberation. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. Sequel to "Léa" (DC19861). 1988. Uniform title: Diable en rit encore.The devil's door (Catherine LeVendeur mystery ; #2)
Par Sharan Newman. 2004
France, A.D. 1140. Countess Alys, victim of a brutal beating, is cared for by Catherine LeVendeur at a convent. The…
convent inherits land upon Alys' death, which her husband claims they stole and which the local monastery wants. Catherine and her new husband search for information on the bequest, and soon stumble on another mystery: the discovery of a headless corpse that may ignite the anti-Semitism that is running high during this Easter season. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "Death comes as epiphany". Followed by "The wandering arm" (DC27543). 2004. (Catherine LeVendeur mystery ; 2)The devil to pay (MacLachlan Family and Friends. #1.)
Par Liz Carlyle. 2005
By day, Sidonie Saint-Godard is a respectable young widow, but at night she becomes the Black Angel, robbing wealthy men…
who mistreat women. Sidonie, aware of the plight of unwed mothers, believes she can right society's wrongs. Her successful run falters when she targets the marquess of Devellyn, the notorious Devil of Duke Street. Some descriptions of violence and descriptions of sex. 2005.The death of the adversary: A Novel
Par Hans Keilson, Ivo Jarosy. 1962
An unnamed young man grows up in Germany during the ascendance of National Socialism in the 1920s and 1930s. He…
becomes obsessed with--and horrified by--the movement's leader as civil liberties are curtailed and the young man is increasingly ostracized. Originally published in German. 1962. Uniform title: Tod des Widersachers.The death of Attila
Par Cecelia Holland. 1974
As Hun, Goth and Roman battle in the fifth century, Dietric, young son of a German chief, forms a perilous…
friendship with Tacs, an ordinary Hun soldier. Includes strong language. 1974.The Detling murders
Par Julian Symons. 1982
Is Bernard Ross really a suitable husband for Dolly Detling, daughter of Tory Sir Arthur? Why is the name of…
a murdered painter found in Bernard's pocket? Behind the smooth surface of Victorian snobbery there is something sinister about the Detling family. 1982.The dead republic (Last roundup. #3.)
Par Roddy Doyle. 2010
Henry Smart, his leg severed in an accident with a railway boxcar, crawls into the Utah desert to die, only…
to be discovered by John Ford, who's there shooting his latest Western. Ford decides to use Henry by turning his story - a boy volunteer at the GPO in 1916, a hitman for Michael Collins - into a film. Ten years later and back in Ireland, Henry is caught in a bomb blast and becomes a poster boy for the Provos, but finds that he will have other uses too, when the peace process begins in deadly secrecy. Sequel to "Oh, play that thing" (DC26405). Explicit strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2010. (The last roundup ; 3)The city and the dream
Par Ernest Raymond. 1958
The crystal rose
Par Rebecca Brandewyne. 2006
Rose Windermere's family returns to England from India in 1835 after close friends are murdered. Fifteen years later Rose receives…
a cryptic message and discovers she's being stalked by businessman Raj Khanna. They fall in love while investigating the past and uncover a plot to assassinate Queen Victoria. Some descriptions of violence. 2006.The corvette (Nathaniel Drinkwater Ser. #Bk. 5)
Par Richard Woodman. 1985
Commander Drinkwater is dispatched in haste to replace the captain of HMS "Melusine", who has been shot in a duel.…
"Melusine" sails as escort to the whaling fleet from Hull on its annual expedition to the Greenland Sea. During the whale hunt the loss of one of the vessels sets off a train of misfortune, disaster, death and treachery in this remote sea. Sequel to "The bomb vessel" (DC29184). 1985.The course of honour
Par Lindsey Davis. 1997
The full sweep of Roman history in the turbulent period from AD 31 to AD 69 is the background for…
this compelling love story. It is told from the viewpoint of Antonia Caenis, first a slave, then a scribe and mistress to Emperor Vespasian. 1997.The custodian of paradise
Par Wayne Johnston. 2006
Sheilagh Fielding - a striking, unconventional, six-foot-three Newfoundland columnist - has holed up on the island of Loreburn after her…
mother dies. There, Fielding senses the presence of her mysterious "Provider," who has shadowed her all her life and whom she has never met face-to-face. As Fielding tells her life story and keeps her secrets, her Provider draws closer. Sequel to "The colony of unrequited dreams" (DC17664). 2006.The contract surgeon
Par Dan O'Brien. 2001
Fictionalized account of the friendship between Dr. McGillycuddy and Sioux leader Crazy Horse. McGillycuddy, a private physician working under contract…
for the army, must decide whether to act as a doctor or a friend when the seriously wounded chief faces cruel imprisonment. Some violence and some strong language. 2001, c1999.The coming of the king
Par Nikolai Tolstoy. 1988
The kings of Britain have ceased their warring and are assembling their forces for the last great battle that will…
sweep the heathen back into the sea and make their country free and mighty again. Ahead of their host goes Merlin, at once child and man, poet and demi-god, travelling alone to read the runes of the heavens and the seas - a visionary epic of the Dark Ages. 1988.The conformist: a novel
Par Alberto Moravia, Angus Davidson. 1983
As a young boy Marcello feels a conflict between pleasure in violent acts - like killing lizards - and his…
desire to be "normal." His struggle continues into adulthood during the Mussolini era, until he receives an assignment that causes him to lose control. Basis for the 1970 film by Bernardo Bertolucci. Some violence. 1983, c1951. Uniform title: Conformista.The cinder path: a novel
Par Catherine Cookson. 1993
The cinder path from the Northumberland farmhouse symbolised defeat for Charlie Macfell. People saw him as a born loser, who…
always got the dirty end of the stick. At the root of it were boyhood humiliations by his brutal father, but was that all there was to Charlie? Then an opportunity emerged for him to display his inner strengths and integrity and to give the lie to those who thought him of no account. 1993.The cure for death by lightning
Par Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 1996
Living on her family's farm in British Columbia in the 1940s, 15-year-old Beth Weeks escapes her abusive father and her…
troubled mother in a friendship with Nora, a young Native woman. Beth struggles to cope, even as she feels haunted by the fear that something is following her. Nora's grandmother believes it is the murderous Coyote spirit, responsible for mysterious deaths in the community. Strong language and some descriptions of violence and sex. c1996.