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When Lily Bard, a reclusive cleaning lady with a penchant for karate, finds and reports a dead body, her shady…
past and connections to potential perpetrators make her a leading suspect. Followed by "Shakespeare's champion". 2009.
Jonah, Katherine, Chip, and Alex suddenly find themselves in 1483 at the Tower of London, where they discover that Chip…
and Alex are Prince Edward V and Richard of Shrewsbury, imprisoned by their uncle, King Richard III, but trying to repair history without knowing what is supposed to happen proves challenging. Author's note includes historical facts about the princes and king. Sequel to "Found", followed by "Sabotaged". Grades 5-8. 2009.
Recently divorced Holly Frick is still in love with her ex and woefully depressed, but that doesn't mean her friends…
will stop asking her for relationship advice. Her best friend is on the verge of having an affair, and another woman wants her help too - getting with Holly's ex! So what's a girl to do? Get two new men at once, of course - one a lovable dog, and the other a much younger lover. 2009.
Nevare Burvelle was born to be a soldier in the Gernian army. But as Nevare's career takes off, his worldview…
alters considerably. Corruption and nepotism reign, and now Nevare questions his own ideals, wondering why he continues fighting for the empire. Followed by "Forest Mage". 2009.
As New York Giants redneck star Billy Clyde Puckett records the outrageous buildup to his team's Super Bowl clash with…
cross-town rivals the Jets, his best friend's voluptuous main squeeze puts some knee-buckling moves on him that he finds difficult to dodge. Followed by "Life Its Ownself". 2008.
Dolores Reese, a master at keeping secrets, attempts to pull off the ultimate deception as she juggles two husbands -…
one in prison, and one at home - and becomes trapped in a web of love, dishonesty, and jealousy, when her first husband is set free due to new evidence. 2008.
Now living in the Victorian funeral home she inherited, Jennifer struggles to rebuild her post-divorce life in Florida. But when…
this busy mother, mortuary student, and embalmer's apprentice learns her new friend's true identity, her faith is severely tested. Sequel to “Doesn’t she look natural?”. Followed by "She's in a better place". 2008.
John McBride purchases a restaurant in the eerily named town of Suicide. But marauding Apaches, rampaging outlaws, and even the…
townsfolk are driving tensions sky high - and McBride isn't exactly a welcome newcomer. 2009.
Back at his post as a doctor in the twentieth legion in Roman-occupied Britain, Ruso uncovers a new danger even…
closer to home than the neighbouring barbarians. As mysterious injuries, and even deaths, begin to appear in the medical ledgers, it's clear that all is not well amongst the native recruits to Britannia's imperial army. Is the much-decorated centurion Geminus preying on his weaker soldiers? And could this be related to the appearance of Emperor Hadrian? Ruso begins to ask questions nobody wants to hear, while his barbarian wife Tilla is finding out some of the answers - and marked as a security risk by the very officers Ruso is interrogating. With Hadrian's visit looming large, the fates of the legion, Tilla, and Ruso himself hang in the balance. Sequel to "Caveat emptor", followed by "Tabula rasa". 2015.
After God intervenes with a miracle of global proportions, the tide is turned on international atheism and the National Peace…
Organization (NPO). The underground church has grown to the extent that Christians are becoming the majority. Agent Paul Stepola and his wife Jae are exposed and forced to become international fugitives. The NPO will stop at nothing to capture Paul and eliminate the underground church--until God intervenes and the final judgment is at hand. Sequel to "Silenced". 2005.
Ex-Texas Ranger Jeremiah Spur is reluctant to cooperate when the CIA asks for his assistance on a special investigation. But…
when they mention the name Benjamin Farkas, Spur's curiousity is piqued. Farkas once knew Spur's father - whom he hasn't seen since childhood. Meanwhile, Spur's friend, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Thomas, focuses on solving a drug-deal turned savage murder that shocks a typically quiet rural town. 2005.
“Secrets of the Widow's Son” is a revealing look at the themes that will be explored in “The Solomon Key”,…
Dan Brown's upcoming sequel to the “The Da Vinci Code”. Shugarts provides what Brown's widespread admirers crave most - an enlightening glimpse into the secrets behind Brown's eagerly anticipated new book. This is not a plot spoiler – rather it will pique readers' interest in “The Solomon Key”. 2005.
Arizona Territory, 1871. When seventeen-year-old Ned Thorne arrives for duty, Corporal Brickner, a conniving old mule driver, takes advantage of…
the young "shavetail", a name applied to untrained mules and soldiers. Outranked but not outwitted, Ned faces scorpions and Indians in a battle for survival. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and explicit descriptions of violence. Spur Award. c2008.
It is the summer of 1812 and Richard Sharpe, newly recovered from the wound he received in the fighting at…
Salamanca, is given an easy duty; to guard a Commissary Officer posted to an obscure Spanish fort where there are some captured French muskets to repair. But unknown to the British, the French are planning a lightning raid across the River Tormes, and they reckon the obscure Spanish fort, which guards an ancient bridge across the river, will be lightly guarded. Sharpe is in for a fight. 2002.
Details the lives of some of Canada's most famous and infamous women, showcasing explorers, spies, criminals, and pioneers in a…
variety of career fields. From Marguerite de la Roque de Roberval, a sixteenth-century aristocrat who dared to love a lowly commoner, to four women who flew military planes during World War II, these accounts introduce 15 women who ventured into behaviour considered inappropriate for women in their time. Grades 5-8. Some descriptions of violence. 2005.
Kwani, a young woman of the Anasazi tribe, believed to be a witch by her own people, is rescued by…
Kokopelli, a legendary figure who trades among the tribes. Set in 13th century Southwest America. 1988.
Ariel Baxter has just moved into the neighbourhood of her dreams. Then she meets her neighbour, Justine Miller, who ushers…
Ariel into a world of clutter-free houses designed to make marriage and parenting manageable. But when rumours start to circulate about Justine’s real home life, Ariel must choose whether to believe Justine or consider the possibility that “perfection” isn’t always what it seems to be. 2011.
One night in 1986 an abandoned baby girl is found in a cleaning cupboard at Heathrow airport. A year earlier,…
three girls, Martha, Clio and Jocasta had met by chance, at the start of a backpacking adventure. It would be a long time until they met again: when Kate, the foundling, is a teenager, and the three women are all leading successful lives. Which of them is Kate's mother? Why was she desperate enough to do such a thing, and how did she survive it? 2005.
On the eve of the Second World War, Hitler plans to distract the British while the blitzkrieg takes place. A…
German archaeologist is summoned to Berlin. In Dahrein the Spanish held port on the Gulf Gavin Kane and Ruth Cunningham embark on a search to find Ruth's archaeologist husband who has disappeared. Surviving the desert, they finally reach their destination and stumble upon a conspiracy that could have devastating consequences for the world. 1994.
Fifteen-year-old Ian decides to work at "The Club" for his community service - but it turns out to be a…
soup kitchen in a bad part of town, and he is nearly mugged going there. He's saved by a pipe-wielding homeless man, a former soldier named Jacques who was stationed in Rwanda. Can Ian help Jacques, a man who has lost everything but his nightmarish memories? Some descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. Winner of the 2007 White Pine Award. 2006.