Canadian fiction

  • The Plagues of Kondar

    Creator

    Kositsky, Lynne

    Abstract

    Arien holds the key to healing her planet. Planet Kondar has a light side that faces the sun and a dark side in eternal night. Lightsiders have never met those on Darkside, known as Oscura. Arien lives in Kattannya on Lightside. When her parents fall through thin ice and drown, she is sold in the marketplace. The chief seer of Vor, Yaddair, purchases her. Vor is very close to Edge, a grey wall of fog that divides Lightside from Oscura. The Oscurans are suffering from a deadly plague and some fly into Vor, bringing the disease with them. How will the Vorians cure it?

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Thaddeus Lewis Mysteries 3-Book Bundle 47 Sorrows / On the Head of a Pin / Sowing Poison

    Creator

    Kellough, Janet

    Abstract

    This ebook bundle contains the first three novels of the Thaddeus Lewis Mystery series. During the wild era before Confederation, Thaddeus Lewis, a "saddlebag" preacher, mourns the mysterious death of his daughter Sarah as he rides to his new posting in Prince Edward County. But soon other deaths hang over Lewis’s head.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • The Resurrection of Mary Mabel McTavish

    Creator

    Stratton, Allan

    Abstract

    Bony Blithe Light Mystery Award 2015 — Nominated Faith healers, movie moguls, and social-climbing fraudsters collide in Depression-era Los Angeles It’s the Great Depression and Mary Mabel McTavish is suicidal. A drudge at the Bentwhistle Academy for Young Ladies (aka Wealthy Juvenile Delinquents), she is at London General Hospital when little Timmy Beeford is carried into emergency and pronounced dead. He was electrocuted at an evangelical road show when the metal cross on top of the revival tent was struck by lightning. Believing she’s guided by her late mother, Mary Mabel lays on hands.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Fields of Exile

    Creator

    Gold, Nora

    Abstract

    2015 Canadian Jewish Literary Awards — Winner, Fiction Judith finds the courage to stand up for her beliefs and protest anti-Semitic hypocrisy. Judith is a young woman who lived in Israel for a decade, was a peace activist there, and defines herself as "left-wing," yet in graduate school back in Canada, she discovers that vilification of Israel is the expected norm.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Mister Jinnah Mysteries 2-Book Bundle Securities / She-Demon

    Creator

    Hauka, Donald J.

    Abstract

    This double edition of the Mister Jinnah Mysteries series presents Donald J. Hauka’s Mister Jinnah Securities and She Demons. Hakeem Jinnah is a politically incorrect but relentless crime reporter for the Vancouver Tribune who finds himself embroiled in an increasingly bizarre series of police investigations. Fast-paced, funny, and suspenseful, the Mister Jinnah series feature the larger-than-life crime reporter, flirtatious and always resourceful. Jinnah has to use every ounce of his investigative genius to solve a crime and make a few extra dollars on the side.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Silver Totem of Shame A Meg Harris Mystery

    Creator

    Harlick, R.J.

    Abstract

    On Haida Gwaii, Meg unravels a story of betrayal that reaches back more than a century. While visiting Vancouver, Meg Harris encounters the crime scene of a murdered Haida carver. She and her husband Eric are forced to confront Eric’s painful past when the young victim’s identity is discovered. The repercussions send them up the coast to the islands of Haida Gwaii, land of the Haida, in search of the murdered boy’s family and his killer. As the search progresses, a totem pole carver sets out to depict the ancient tale of a long-ago chief’s treasure and how it incited deception and shame.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Jack Taggart Mysteries 7-Book Bundle Corporate Asset / Birds of a Feather / Dead Ends / and more

    Creator

    Easton, Don

    Abstract

    Now available in one bundle for the first time, the first seven books of the Jack Taggart Mystery series are gathered together, including the latest mystery, Corporate Asset. "Ripped from the headlines … Easton, an ex-Mountie, knows his police work." - Globe and Mail "One of the best hard-nosed series in Canada." - Hamilton Spectator "Swift action, sudden violence and compassion told in a style that keeps you turning the pages.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Moretti and Falla Mysteries 2-Book Bundle Daggers and Men's Smiles / A Grave Waiting

    Creator

    Downie, Jill

    Abstract

    This double edition of the Moretti and Falla Mystery series presents Jill Downie’s Daggers and Men’s Smiles and A Grave Waiting.Daggers and Men’s Smiles: Lights! Camera! Action! On the English Channel island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his new partner, Liz Falla, investigate vicious attacks on Epicure Films.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • City Wolves Historical Fiction

    Creator

    Heffron, Dorris

    Abstract

    A moving historical tale and remarkable literary achievement, City Wolves is the story of Canada’s first woman veterinarian, Meg Wilkinson. Born in 1870 on a farm near Halifax, Meg’s childhood experience with wolves makes her determined to be a veterinarian. Supported by the seemingly eccentric Randolph Oliphant and inspired by the ancient Inuit who first turned wolves into sled dogs, Meg surpasses the horse doctors at vet college and becomes the notorious ’dog doctor of Halifax’ in the 1890s.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié