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Quelques mois après la disparition du caïd Sir Chuck, Antoine Aubin se trouve impliqué malgré lui dans l'histoire d'un psychopathe en phase terminale qui veut partir avant de subir son procès pour meurtre. Avec l'assistance du lieutenant-détective Donald McGraw, Antoine tente d'empêcher le monstre d'arriver à ses fins. Pour le policier, une enquête prend une drôle de tournure : un tueur – probablement en série – s'en donne à cœur joie en assassinant des criminalistes de manière très très créative.

Mon prénom, Bào Vi, illustrait l'intention de mes parents de protéger la plus petite . Si l'on traduit littéralement, je suis Précieuse minuscule microscopique . Comme dans la plupart des cas au Vietnam, je n'ai pas su être à l'image de mon nom. Souvent, les filles qui s'appellent Blanche ou Neige ont le teint très foncé, et les garçons nommés Puissance ou Fort craignent les grandes épreuves. Quant à moi, je grandissais sans cesse, dépassant de loin la moyenne et, du même élan, me projetant en dehors des normes.

World War I widow, Maggie Conrad Benson, loses a second suitor to The August Gale of 1927 and her father to a heart attack. Turning thirty, and left on her own, she resolves to make a life for herself and her younger brother, Ivan. Wanting to pay off family debts, Maggie takes whatever jobs she can find, and Ivan works for the rum runners and bootlegs along the local coast. When war-veteran and Prohibition Preventative agent, John Murdock McInnis, arrives undercover as the new school teacher, he is referred to Maggie for room and board.

After her beloved grandfather's death, Emmaline Moore is shocked to discover that her "deceased" father is actually living in Canada. Having no other family, Emma decides she must find him, and so embarks on a journey across the ocean, accompanied by her best friend, Jonathan. Unfortunately, Randall Moore and his well-to-do family aren't thrilled by her arrival, fearing her sudden appearance will hinder his chance at becoming mayor of Toronto in 1919. Despite everything, Emma remains determined to earn their affection.

Available for the first time as an ebook, this illustrated edition of W.O. Mitchell's prairie classic Who Has Seen the Wind is a delight to discover again -- or for the first time.Since its publication in 1947, Who Has Seen the Wind -- a classic tale about a boy growing up on the Saskatchewan prairie -- has been read and loved by millions. With his unique blend of poetry and humour, W.O. Mitchell perfectly captures childhood and small-town life.

When Grace Abernathy's sister is rejected by the Easton family because of her low social class, Grace uses an assumed name to take on a position as nanny for her nephew Christian to see to his well-being, and soon ends up falling for the boy's guardian.

In her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2021, guest editor Jesmyn Ward says that the best fiction offers the reader a "sense of repair." The stories in this year's collection accomplish just that, immersing the reader in powerfully imagined worlds and allowing them to bring some of that power into their own lives.

After spinning an enthralling world in Witchmark, praised as a "can't-miss debut" by Booklist, and as "thoroughly charming and deftly paced" by the New York Times, C.L. Polk continues the story in Stormsong. Magical cabals, otherworldly avengers, and impossible love affairs conspire to create a book that refuses to be put down. Dame Grace Hensley helped her brother Miles undo the atrocity that stained her nation, but now she has to deal with the consequences.

From the #1 bestselling author of the Scotiabank Giller Prize-shortlisted The Glass Hotel and the internationally bestselling Station Eleven comes a new novel of dazzling imagination. In this captivating tale of imagination and ambition, a seemingly disparate array of people come into contact with a time traveller who must resist the pull to change the past and the future.

Écrit sur un ton féminin, sensible et très original, Ru dénote un grand talent dans l'art de raconter, où le souvenir devient prétexte tantôt au jeu, tantôt au recueillement.