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Simon Malmain, the Earl of Falconer and chief enforcer of the Guardians, must confront Lord Drayton, a rogue Guardian. But…
the diabolical lord gains the upper hand, using his evil magic to transform Simon into a unicorn. Saved by Lord Drayton's servant Meg, Simon returns the favour by releasing Meg from the spell she is under. Together, they vow to bring Lord Drayton down before his wicked plans turn disastrous. And meanwhile, their mutual attraction grows stronger each day. 2006.
Early one frigid Minnesota morning, three men break into a hospital pharmacy and rob the place blind. But during the…
getaway they hit a snag, and the thieves lose one of their number. Not only that, they also encounter a woman who may be able to identify them. To clean up their tracks, they'll have to take down the witness. There's only one problem: she's the wife of investigator Lucas Davenport. Sequel to “Wicked prey”, followed by “Buried prey”. 2010.
Since 1980, 1,200 Canadian aboriginal women have been murdered or have gone missing. This alarming figure reveals a national tragedy…
and the systemic failure of law enforcement and of all levels of government to address the issue. Journalist Emmanuelle Walter spent two years investigating this crisis and has crafted a moving representative account of the disappearance of two young women, Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, teenagers from western Quebec, who have been missing since September 2008. Via personal testimonies, interviews, press clippings and official documents, Walter pieces together the disappearance and loss of these two young lives, revealing these young women to us through the voices of family members and witnesses. 2015. Uniform title: Soeurs volées : enquête sur un féminicide au Canada.
As she turns fifty and begins experiencing odd lapses of memory, Harvard psychology professor Alice Howland gets the life-altering diagnosis…
of early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Her lecturing and traveling for work, and her relationships with her scientist husband and grown children, morph along with the disease. Bestseller. 2009.
DI Alex Morrow is an up-and-coming Glasgow cop, just about to be presented with the case that could make her…
career. On a peaceful Sunday evening a suburban neighbourhood is brutally shattered by a vicious attack. 2009.
On a sunny morning in June, a young woman and her six-year old daughter are run over by a car…
on the road to Uppsala. Both are killed immediately. Is it an accident, or did someone kill them on purpose? The same morning the husband of the deceased young woman disappears. During the police investigation, it turns out that the husband had recently bought a property in the Dominican Republic, something that nobody knew about. A few days later a macabre discovery is made in a forest nearby. 2016. Uniform title: Stenkistan.
Susan and Al have successfully launched their sheep ranch in British Columbia's Cariboo area and are starting a family when…
discoveries about Al's past complicate their life. c1983. (British Columbia mysteries ; 2)
Mary John describes her childhood on the Stoney Creek Reservation in British Columbia. She details the rituals of the tribe,…
the poverty of daily reserve life, and the power of the Indian Department. She reveals the horrors she and other students suffered at a residential school as a result of a different culture, language, and religious beliefs. 1988.
A retelling of the events in Jesus' life and the stories he told, as they may have been heard in…
his own time. Includes such stories as "Elizabeth and Mary", "Jesus is Born", "Walking on Water", and "The Risen Jesus". Grades 3-6. 2004.
Jennifer Terry is hired as an assistant to the owner of a Christian radio station in West Virginia. Left sightless…
by a drunken driver, Daniel Kaine is a composer as well as an ex-Olympic swimmer. While they gradually fall in love, their happiness is threatened by attempts on Dan's life. Prequel to "The captive voice" (DC19249). 1995. (Daybreak mysteries ; 1)
Ex-bounty hunter Jim Ryan returns home to ranch his family's spread. But he is soon accused of killing a neighbour,…
his sweetheart's father. Jim finds himself on the wrong side of the law while trying to uncover the truth. Some violence. 2000.
The author describes the wide variety of events and people that formed his everyday life while serving as Canadian ambassador…
to Washington during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations. Sequel to "Diplomatic Passport" (DC03281). c1983.
A transport ship is carrying prisoners to Tasmania, Pastor Bob Cookson offers solace to the men; Angus McLeod, a rights…
worker; farmer Lester Harris; Sean Shanahan, separated from the love of his life. Cookson is shocked that the offences are trivial; he suspects a conspiracy to empty British prisons, but finds a more sinister motive. 2005.
The call is brief, but to the point. There has been a murder in the family of Lt. Decker's half…
brother, Rabbi Jonathan Levine. Ephram Lieber, a Hassidic Jew and former drug addict, was found naked in a seedy Manhattan hotel, a single gunshot wound to his head, and Jonathan's niece, Shaynda, is missing. The Rabbi pleads with Decker to come to New York and help the family. He reluctantly agrees only to find that Shaynda's parents have changed their minds about involving him in the case. Faced with a hostile family, a strange city and a local police force mired in international problems. Decker is on his own, thrust into a world divided mercilessly into killers and victims. 2002.
When three hungry soldiers in a strange land ask some villagers for food, they are told there is none. So…
the soldiers decide to show the townspeople how to make soup from water and three round stones. Grades K-3. Caldecott Honor Book. 1947.
This popular television personality and authority on wellness explains how people can take control of their lives for better health…
and self-esteem through diet, mental fitness and the power in creating a positive image of themselves. 1993.
Screenplay for a TV miniseries. General store owner Mike Anderson recounts what happened when a blizzard struck Little Tall Island,…
Maine, and Andre Linoge arrived for a horror-filled visit. Eighty-year-old Martha Clarendon was the first to see the stranger, and he killed her with his wolf-headed cane. Some violence. c1999. Uniform title: Storm of the century (Motion picture)