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The first quarter of the moon
Par Michel Tremblay. 1994
Marcel and his cousin experience the mystical arrival of summer on the final day of exams at Ecole Saint-Stanislas. While…
Marcel is in the class for "slow learners," his cousin is part of the "gifted" program. It is only towards the end of exams that Marcel's cousin recognizes Marcel's own special type of genius. Sequel to "The fat woman next door is pregnant." 1994. Uniform title: Premier quartier de la lune.The delicate storm (John Cardinal series. #2.)
Par Giles Blunt. 2003
When the dismembered corpse of an American tourist turns up half-eaten by bears in the woods near Algonquin Bay, Detective…
John Cardinal is assigned to the case. Usually his small-town cases practically solve themselves, but not only does he not have a single lead this time, but both the RCMP and CSIS get involved. Then a well-respected woman is found frozen under a glaze of ice, and Cardinal realizes that the two very different murders might well be linked. Some strong language. Sequel to "Forty words for sorrow", followed by "Blackfly season". 2003.The Christmas pearl
Par Dorothea Benton Frank. 2007
Charleston, South Carolina. Ninety-three-year-old matriarch Theodora lives in her ancestral house, where her malcontented family gathers for the holidays. Theodora…
longs for a peaceful celebration similar to the events in her 1920s childhood that the family's Gullah housekeeper Pearl created. But then Pearl's ghost returns and restores harmony. 2007.Poor Tom is cold (A detective Murdoch Mystery Ser. #Vol.3)
Par Maureen Jennings. 2002
Constable Oliver Wicken dies in what appears to be a suicide. However, when new evidence is discovered, Detective William Murdoch…
is asked to investigate further. During the investigation, he begins to suspect that the suicide is not what it seems. 2002.Piece of my heart (Inspector Alan Banks mystery. #16.)
Par Peter Robinson. 2006
As he launches a probe into the killing of a freelance music journalist, Detective Inspector Alan Banks finds his investigation…
journeying back in time more than thirty years and into the heart of the mystery surrounding a decades-old crime. 2006.Next episode (New Canadian library)
Par Sheila Fischman, Hubert Aquin. 2001
As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where…
he has been detained. He also reflects on his dissent and distress, and on the political realities of Quebec of the 1960's. First published in 1965. Winner of Canada Reads 2003. 2001. Uniform title: Prochain épisode.Let loose the dogs: a mystery
Par Maureen Jennings. 2003
In 1890's Toronto, Detective Murdoch learns that his beloved sister, who long ago fled to a convent to evade their…
drunken and abusive father, is on her deathbed. At the same time, the father he has pushed out of his life, Harry, is convicted of murder, and he calls on his estranged son to prove his innocence. Some strong language and descriptions of sex and violence. 2003.Gambler's fallacy
Par Judith Elaine Cowan. 2001
A collection of seven stories set in Trois-Rivières, Québec. They feature an erratic cast of ordinarily forgotten folks who have…
fallen through the cracks. These include a woman called Raymonde, who is anxiously awaiting guests to her lover's book launching, and Jacques, a man of simplicity, observing the often unnoticed and underappreciated aspects of daily life. 2001.End in tears (Inspector Wexford mystery. #20.)
Par Ruth Rendell. 2005
The local media accuse Chief Inspector Wexford and his partner Mike Burden of being too old-fashioned, but the two policemen…
succeed in tying together the murder of a teenage girl with another killing. Now, Wexford worries about his daughter, a pregnant single mother. Sequel to "The babes in the wood", followed by "Not in the flesh". 2005.Dancing through the snow
Par Jean Little. 2007
Min has nothing - no mother, no birth certificate, no baby pictures, not even a real birthday. After four different…
foster families, she's not surprised to be dumped back with Children's Aid the week before Christmas. Still, a small part of her can't help aching for a miracle - and now she's found an injured dog that needs one too. Some strong language. Grades 4-7. 2007.Black bird: a novel
Par Michel Basilières. 2003
Holed up in a shambling house at the base of Mount Royal is the family Desouche: three generations of English-…
and French-Canadians caught in the gears of a national crisis. When one of the eldest, an Anglo Montrealer, dies at the hand of one of the youngest, a militant separatist, so begins a transformative year of misfortune. 2003.Alone in an untamed land: the filles du Roi diary of Hélène St. Onge (Dear Canada)
Par Maxine Trottier. 2002
Hélène St. Onge is a recently orphaned thirteen-year-old girl from France, who sets off for Quebec, or Nouvelle France, in…
1666 as a companion to her older sister Catherine. When Catherine dies on the way, Hélène goes to live at her aunt's tavern, where she learns important skills like how to skin a muskrat, while meeting many of the famous people of the new colony. She hopes the friendships she has made, like with her half-Mohawk friend Kateri, will help her to survive the harsh life and bitter winters of seventeenth century Montreal. Grades 5-8. 2003.Aftershock: Skinner's World Is Shaken To The Core... (Bob Skinner. #18)
Par Quintin Jardine. 2008
Still reeling from the tragic death of their much-loved colleague, Skinner's men are about to discover that a disturbed serial…
killer is still at large and very close to home. It's the second week of July Trades Holiday in Edinburgh and things seem very quiet. Until, that is, DCC Bob Skinner and his men get a call informing them that the body of a young woman has been found on a golf course. The way she has been laid out is uncannily familiar. The body has been 'composed', just like the bodies of three other young women in a previous case. Sequel to "Death's door", followed by "Fatal last words". 2008.A pioneer Thanksgiving: a story of harvest celebrations in 1841
Par Heather Collins, Barbara Greenwood. 1999
With a mix of fiction and non-fiction, interesting facts, and hands-on activities, you can follow the Robertsons, a Canadian pioneer…
family, as they prepare for a special Thanksgiving in 1841. Grades 2-4. 1999.Knots & crosses: an Inspector Rebus novel (Inspector Rebus ; #1)
Par Ian Rankin. 1987
Once a Para in the elite SAS, now an Edinburgh policeman, John Rebus spends his time evading his memories, and…
right now ignoring a series of crank letters. As murders occur under his nose, he realises he can no longer ignore the killer's presence. Some strong language. 1998. c1987. (Inspector Rebus ; 1)The complete short stories: "the Hanging Garden", "beggars Banquet"
Par Ian Rankin. 2005
Rankin's two critically acclaimed short story collections - A Good Hanging and Beggars Banquet - come together in one volume,…
along with Atonement - a new Rebus story, written especially for this collection. A Good Hanging contains twelve Inspector Rebus mysteries. Beggars Banquet contains twenty-one stories, ranging from suburban murders to the sinister workings of a serial killer's mind. 2005. Good hanging -- Beggars banquet -- Atonement. Playback -- Dean curse -- Being Frank -- Concrete evidence -- Seeing things -- Good hanging -- Tit for tat -- Not Provan -- Sunday -- Auld lang syne -- Gentlemen's club -- Monstrous trumpet -- Trip trap -- Someone got to Eddie -- Deep hole -- Natural selection -- Facing the music -- Principles of accounts -- Only true comedian --- Herbert in motion -- Glimmer -- Unlucky in love, unlucky at cards -- Video, nasty -- Talk show -- Castle dangerous -- Wider scheme -- Unknown pleasures -- In the frame -- Confession -- Hanged man -- Window of opportunity -- Serpent's back -- No sanity clause.Fleshmarket Close: an Inspector Rebus novel (Inspector Rebus.)
Par Ian Rankin. 2004
Edinburgh Detective Inspector John Rebus investigates the murder of an illegal immigrant seeking asylum. Meanwhile colleague Detective Sergeant Siobhan Clarke…
looks into the case of missing eighteen-year-old Ishbel Jardine, whose disappearance coincides with the release of her sister's rapist from prison. Violence and some strong language. 2004. (Inspector Rebus series)A question of blood (Inspector Rebus Novels Ser.)
Par Ian Rankin. 2003
A shooting incident at a private school just north of Edinburgh. Two seventeen-year-olds are killed by an ex-army loner who…
has gone off the rails. As Detective Inspector John Rebus puts it, there's no mystery, except the why. But this question takes Rebus into the heart of a shattered community. 2003.Bleeding hearts (A jack Harvey Novel Ser.)
Par Ian Rankin, Jack Harvey. 2001
Deadly assassin Michael Weston completes another job successfully. One mistake was enough, a long time ago when a young girl…
caught his fatal bullet. Ever since, her father has made him the target, hiring a private eye named Hoffer to track him down. Weston knows that Hoffer is never far behind.Witch hunt (A jack Harvey Novel Ser. #Vol. 1)
Par Ian Rankin. 2000
Retired British secret service agent Dominic Elder is called into service after an international female assassin known as "Witch" appears…
in England. Elder joins Michael Barclay in tracking the woman to a gypsy encampment, where they learn of a possible personal vendetta. Some violence and some strong language. 1993.