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The glass coffin: a Joanne Kilbourn mystery (Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Ser. #No. 8)
Par Gail Bowen. 2002
Sleuth Joanne Kilbourn is dismayed to find out that her friend Jill is marrying filmmaker Evan MacLeish. While he is…
famous, he has also exploited the lives - and deaths - of the two wives he lost to suicide by making acclaimed films about them. And now, he is on the point of releasing his most potentially explosive film yet, one that features his 17-year-old daughter Bryn. Some strong language. 2003.The full cupboard of life (Precious Ramotswe ; #5)
Par Alexander McCall Smith. 2003
Gaborone, Botswana. A wealthy woman hires Precious Ramotswe, head of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, to investigate the sincerity…
of several potential husbands. Precious resolves not only her client's quandary but also her own fiancé's reluctance to marry. Sequel to "The Kalahari typing school for men" (DC29230). Bestseller. 2003. (Precious Ramotswe ; 5). (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series)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 dead-house (Alexandra Cooper mystery.)
Par Linda A Fairstein. 2001
New York D.A. Alexandra Cooper, last seen in “Cold Hit”, investigates the death of an anthropology professor being stalked by…
her ex-husband. New suspects emerge as Alex learns more about the woman’s colleagues and her interest in the ruins of a former island prison. Violence and strong language. 2001.Stone angel (Kathleen Mallory mystery. #4.)
Par Carol O'Connell. 1997
Renegade police detective Kathleen Mallory left New York in search of answers about her past. Months later she turned up…
in a small Louisiana town with shocking evidence and a plan to seek revenge on the people who stoned her mother to death and the town which stood by and let it happen. Violence. Sequel to “Killing critics”, followed by “Shell game”. 1997.Southern cross (Andy Brazil Ser. #No. 2)
Par Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1999
Robbery, murder, incompetence and not enough parking spaces - just another day in the life of a big city's police…
department. Judy Hammer investigates as a virus crashes the police computer, freezing screens with a design of blue fish - the same one a gang called the Pikes claim is their symbol. Strong language. 1999.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.Almost blue
Par Oonagh Stransky, Carlo Lucarelli. 2003
A serial killer is terrorising the students of Bologna. Rookie female detective Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case.…
Only one witness can positively identify the killer...and he's blind. Simone spends his days in solitude, listening to Elvis Costello's Almost Blue and scanning the radio waves of the city to eavesdrop on other people's lives. He likes to imagine what people are like - based on the tone and 'colour' of their voice - and his acute hearing sets alarm bells ringing upon hearing the voice of the killer. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2003. Uniform title: Almost blue.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.Hoot to kill (Robyn Devara Mystery Ser.)
Par Karen Dudley. 1998
When Robyn Devara goes into the field to research spotted owls near the remote logging town of Marten Valley she…
really doesn't expect any trouble. Then she discovers the body of a murdered logging foreman in the woods and things start to get scary. Robyn must deal with angry townspeople, her attractive male colleague, and the suspicion that she herself may have been involved in the murder. 1998.Eleven on top (Stephanie Plum novel. #11.)
Par Janet Evanovich. 2005
New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum quits her job, tired of being mistreated. While trying her hand at various menial…
occupations, she receives threatening notes from a criminal who is supposed to be dead. Stephanie investigates with the help of former colleague Ranger. Bestseller. 2005.By the time you read this (John Cardinal series. #4.)
Par Giles Blunt. 2006
Detective John Cardinal of remote Algonquin Bay, Ontario is in mourning for his wife, an apparent suicide, when he starts…
receiving hate-filled notes gloating over his loss. Believing that his wife may have been murdered, he begins looking into who might be behind it. Meanwhile, his partner Lise Delorme is trying to track down the pedophile responsible for a cache of appalling photos featuring a possibly local girl. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. Sequel to "Blackfly season", followed by "Crime machine". 2006.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.A most dangerous woman
Par Lee Jackson. 2007
London, 1850's. When the mysterious Sarah Tanner opens her Dining and Coffee Rooms, few doubt that she has a past.…
When an old friend is brutally murdered, she is unable to turn to the police, and reluctantly finds herself drawn back into London's underworld. Assisted by unlikely friends and dogged by the greatest villain in the city, Sarah must unravel a web of treachery and deceit. Some descriptions of violence. 2007.4th of July (Women's murder club. #4.)
Par James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2006
San Francisco police lieutenant Lindsay Boxer retreats to her sister's house in Half Moon Bay while fighting a charge of…
police brutality. But a killer is loose, and Lindsay enlists the help of the Women's Murder Club to catch him. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller 2005. (Women's Murder Club ; 4)2nd chance: a novel (Women's Murder Club Ser. #No. 2)
Par James Patterson, Andrew Gross. 2002
The tragic end of the honeymoon murder case left Lindsay Boxer unsure if she could ever return to work. But…
when a little girl is shot outside a San Francisco church, she knows it's time to reconvene the Women's Murder Club. Working with reporter Cindy Thomas, assistant DA Jill Bernhardt and medical examiner Claire Washburn, Lindsay starts to track a mystifying killer who quickly turns her pursuers into his victims. 2002.Twelve sharp (Stephanie Plum novel. #12.)
Par Janet Evanovich. 2006
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's typically chaotic life is thrown into greater turmoil by the appearance of a mysterious female stalker…
with a close connection to Ranger. Sequel to "Eleven on top", followed by "Lean mean thirteen". 2006.3rd degree: a novel (Lindsay Boxer ; #3)
Par James Patterson, Andrew Gross. 2005
Detective Lindsay Boxer is jogging along a beautiful San Francisco street as a fiery explosion rips through the neighbourhood. A…
townhouse is engulfed by flames and when Lindsay plunges inside to search for survivors, she finds three people dead and a sinister note signed "August Spies". Soon a wave of violent incidents, all with links to political terrorism, sweeps through the city. Lindsay asks her three friends, the Women's Murder Club, to help her figure out who is committing these murders - and why they are intent on killing someone every three days. 2005. (Lindsay Boxer ; 3)