Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Alien road

    Creator

    McIsaac, M. J.

    Abstract

    In this high-interest accessible novel for middle readers, thirteen-year-old Ridge goes on a boat trip through the legendary Bermuda Triangle.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, BC, Canada

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Blood donor

    Creator

    Bass, Karen

    Abstract

    In this high-interest accessible novel for teen readers, at-risk teenagers are being kidnapped and forced to donate their blood.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Victoria, British Columbia

    Orca Book Publishers

    Non spécifié
  • Tenure

    Creator

    Egan, Kieran

    Abstract

    Saved from certain death on the Whistler-Vancouver highway after his luxury car malfunctions, Mark Morata feels honour-bound to reward his rescuer, Geoff Pybus, with a token of his undying gratitude. Geoff, a frustratingly humble university professor, happy with his family's lot in life, only wants the impossible: for his modest, straightforward wife to get tenure at her university. Luckily, Mark is a man for whom impossible is just another word.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    NeWest Press

    Non spécifié
  • The running man

    Creator

    Bachman, Richard

    Abstract

    A desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. "Tomorrow at noon, the hunt begins. Remember his face!" Ben Richards is a desperate man. With no job, no money, no way out, and a young daughter in need of proper medical attention, he must turn to the only possibility of striking it rich in this near-future dystopian America: participating in the ultra-violent TV programming of the government-sanctioned Games Network.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Non spécifié
  • Operation Vanished

    Creator

    Escott, Helen C.

    Abstract

    In 2018, the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary executed Operation Wormwood, an investigation into a mysterious disease that targeted some of the worst criminals this province has ever seen. At the same time, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were executing Operation Vanished, a special task force whose duty was to solve the historical murders of women and children. RCMP Corporal Gail McNaughton has just transferred into the Major Crime Unit. As its newest investigator, she is given a stack of missing and murder files dating back to the 1950s.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    St. John's

    Flanker Press

    Non spécifié
  • The woman in the attic

    Creator

    Hepditch, Emily

    Abstract

    On the coast of rural Newfoundland, Hannah Fitzgerald's mother has lived her life in near total isolation. When Hannah returns to the lonely saltbox house to prepare her mother for the transition into assisted living, her childhood home is anything but welcoming. Dilapidated from years of hoarding and neglect, the walls are crumbling, leaving Hannah's wellness crumbling along with them. While packing her mother's things, Hannah discovers a trap door to the house's attic, the one she believed for most of her life had been permanently sealed shut.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    St. John's

    Flanker Press

    Non spécifié
  • Point blank : Alex Rider series, book 2

    Creator

    Horowitz, Anthony

    Abstract

    Recently recruited and trained as a special agent by MI6, the British secret service, 14-year-old West Londoner Alex Rider is sent to infiltrate an ultra-private school where the rich and powerful send their uncontrollable, rebellious sons. What he discovers in the mountaintop fortress of the campus are enough armed guards to repel an invasion—and new classmates who have become eerie copies of each other in their compliant attitudes and actions. This fast-paced yarn delivers technological wizardry and James Bond-like action.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Prince Frederick

    Recorded Books Inc.

    Non spécifié
  • Stormbreaker : Alex Rider series, book 1

    Creator

    Horowitz, Anthony

    Abstract

    They said his uncle Ian died in a car accident. Alex Rider knows that's a lie, and the bullet holes in his uncle's car confirm the truth. But nothing can prepare him for the news that the uncle he always thought he knew was really a spy for Britain's top-secret intelligence agency. Enlisted to find his uncle's killers and complete Ian's final mission, Alex suddenly finds himself caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse, with no way out. The original novel that started the worldwide phenomenon is now a major motion picture!

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Listening Library (Audio)

    Non spécifié
  • A cold dark place : cold justice, book 1

    Creator

    Anderson, Toni

    Abstract

    An assassin risks everything when he falls in love with an FBI agent hunting her sister's killer. Former CIA assassin Alex Parker works for a clandestine government organization hell-bent on taking out serial killers and pedophiles before they enter the justice system. Alex doesn't enjoy killing, but he's damn good at it. FBI Special Agent Mallory Rooney has spent years hunting the lowlife who abducted her identical twin sister eighteen years ago. Now, during an on-going serial killer investigation, Mallory begins to suspect there's a vigilante operating outside the law.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Toni Anderson

    Non spécifié
  • Bad guys : Zack Walker, book 2

    Creator

    Barclay, Linwood

    Abstract

    Fans of the crime caper will rejoice that Linwood Barclay is back with the hilarious follow-up to his riotously funny and irreverent debut, in which paranoid pop Zack Walker plotted to transplant his city-savvy wife and two teenage kids to the tranquillity of the burbs where planned communities prevail and fathers rest easy. Well, not quite and now the Walkers have moved home only to find themselves living in the precarious crosshairs of urban sprawl once again, and Zack can't help but be worried, really worried that just around the corner lurks the presence of some really bad guys.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Bantam Books

    New York

    Non spécifié