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The ghost of the Stanley Cup (Screech Owls series. #11.)
Par Roy MacGregor. 2000
The spirit of former Governor General Lord Stanley seems to be haunting the festivities at the Little Stanley Cup Pee…
Wee Tournament in Ottawa -- literally! As the Screech Owls hockey team tour the nation's capital, they encounter his ghost everywhere. Then they start meeting some other ones, like Tom Thomson and Joe Hall, not to mention a former prime minister! But what are these historical figures trying to tell the players? Grades 4-7. (The Screech Owls series ; 11)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 fiend in human: a mystery
Par John Gray. 2003
It's 1852 in London, and Edmund Whitty, dissipated tabloid correspondent, has just come up with the name Chokee Bill for…
the fiend who has been choking prostitutes with a white silk scarf. With the arrest of William Ryan for the crime, the city can breathe again, but Whitty discovers that the murders are continuing. While fighting off his creditors and his addictions, he endeavours to find the real Chokee Bill, greeted with hostility on all sides. Some strong language and descriptions of violence. 2003.The female of the species: tales of mystery and suspense
Par Joyce Carol Oates. 2005
From adulterers to murderers, the women portrayed here possess a killer combination of venom and vice. In "The Haunting," a…
mother reinvents herself after her husband's suspicious death. Mysterious late-night phone calls prompt an unhappy young wife to seek vengeance on her volatile mate in "So Help Me God." Explicit descriptions of sex and violence. Contains strong language. 2005.The eleventh commandment: A Novel
Par Jeffrey Archer. 1998
Connor Fitzgerald has worked for the CIA for twenty-eight years, although his family thinks he works for Maryland Insurance. Now…
his boss, Helen Dexter, is out to destroy him. After Connor manages to eliminate a Colombian presidential candidate, he is sent to Russia--supposedly at the president's request--to assassinate a candidate there. But Connor is the one scheduled to die. 1998.The house gun
Par Nadine Gordimer. 1998
Harald and his doctor wife Claudia are faced with a son who has committed the unimaginable, who has disregarded the…
sanctity of human life. The parents and Duncan find themselves in the hands of a flamboyant black advocate, in a country where the death penalty is still on the statute book. 1998.The Goodfellow chronicles: book one : The sacred seal (Goodfellow chronicles. #1.)
Par Judith Mills. 2001
Sam and his small companion Mr. Goodfellow embark on a journey to find a missing professor and a legendary scroll.…
Their adventures soon find them fighting off the evil Fen, the devious Professor Mandrake, and his nasty son Basil, all the while attempting to solve one of the greatest mysteries of all time. Grades 4-7. (The Goodfellow chronicles ; 1) 2001.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.The client
Par John Grisham. 1993
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.The body of Christopher Creed
Par Carol Plum-Ucci. 2000
Torey Adams, a high school junior with a perfect life, struggles with doubts and questions surrounding the mysterious disappearance of…
the class outcast. As he searches for answers, he analyzes his own behaviour and discovers secrets in the victim's family. Some strong language. For Senior High readers. Michael L. Printz Honor. c2000.The ballad of Frankie Silver (Ballad Ser. #No. 5)
Par Sharyn McCrumb. 1998
Tennessee Sheriff Spencer Arrowood finds parallels between a nineteenth-century murder and one he investigated twenty years ago. In 1833 Frankie…
Silver was the first woman hanged in North Carolina. Another murderer is bound for the electric chair for a crime committed on the Appalachian trail. Both cases leave unanswered questions. Some descriptions of violence. Sequel to "The rosewood casket" (DC16270). Followed by "The songcatcher". 1998. (Ballad novels ; 5)Terror in Florida (Screech Owls series. #6.)
Par Roy MacGregor. 1997
The Screech Owls hockey team is on a trip to Florida, hoping for sand, sun and lots of ice. Not…
only are they going to go swimming, fishing, and to Disney World, but they hope to qualify for a peewee tournament held in the Tampa Bay Lightning's Ice Palace arena. But then Nish, with his X-ray glasses, ends up uncovering a plot to terrorize all of America, and the Owl's spring break turns deadly. Grades 4-7. 1997. (The Screech Owls series ; 6)Stone cold (Camel Club. #3.)
Par David Baldacci. 2007
Ex-CIA agent Oliver Stone gathers Camel Club members to help con artist Annabelle Conroy escape an enemy. But Stone soon…
learns he, too, is on a hit list--comprised of those involved in a long-ago assassination. Bestseller. 2007.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.Stained
Par Jennifer Jacobson. 2005
1975. Sixteen-year-old Jocelyn grapples with ambivalent boyfriend Benny and the frightening disappearance of Gabe, whom she's known from early childhood.…
Both Benny and Gabe seem to be influenced in some dark way by the local Roman Catholic priest, Father Warren, the link between the three of them. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. For senior high readers. 2005.Some reason in madness
Par Cathy Vasas-Brown. 2004
Fifteen years after helping to send rapist Frank Ventresca to prison, guidance counsellor Samantha Quinlan has a nearly perfect life:…
a job she loves, a boyfriend she loves, and a son she loves even more. But when Frank turns up again -- still obsessing, still delusional, and still dangerous -- Samantha's nightmare begins all over again. Some descriptions of sex and some descriptions of violence. 2004.Second wind
Par Dick Francis. 1999
British television meteorologist Perry Stuart and a coworker find a sponsor to fund their lifelong dream of flying into the…
eye of a hurricane. They crash off Trox Island, where they wash ashore and encounter mysterious men in anti-radiation suits, who harbour a dread conspiracy. Some violence. Bestseller 1999.