Canadian fiction

  • Bird's Eye View

    Creator

    Florence, Elinor

    Abstract

    A Toronto Star Bestseller! Rose, a Canadian intelligence officer in Britain in World War II, struggles with conflicting feelings about the war and a superior’s attention. Rose Jolliffe is an idealistic young woman living on a farm with her family in Saskatchewan. After Canada declares war against Germany in World War II, she joins the British Women’s Auxiliary Air Force as an aerial photographic interpreter. Working with intelligence officers at RAF Medmenham in England, Rose spies on the enemy from the sky, watching the war unfold through her magnifying glass.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Belle Palmer Mysteries 5-Book Bundle Northern Winters Are Murder / Blackflies Are Murder / Bush Poodles Are Murder / Murder Eh? / Memories Are Murder

    Creator

    Allin, Lou

    Abstract

    Presenting the five novels of the acclaimed Belle Palmer literary mystery series by Lou Allin, in a definitive ebook bundle. Belle is a realtor living a peaceful life just outside the northern city of Sudbury, Ontario. But crime has a way of finding her, and the vast forests of the Canadian Shield are a great place to conceal a murder…. Often, Belle must use all of her resourcefulness to survive harrowing encounters with murderers in the unforgiving wilderness of Canada’s near north.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Granville Island Mysteries 2-Book Bundle Depth of Field / Overexposed

    Creator

    Blair, Michael

    Abstract

    Presenting two novels in the Granville Island series by Michael Blair. Commercial photographer Tom McCall sees a lot of Vancouver in his job, but he sees more than he’d like to when murderers strike. Witty and fast-paced, these stories make Canada’s largest Western city as much a character as the criminals lurking therein. In Depth of Field, McCall’s business partner is killed, and in Overexposed a corpse shows up at McCall’s own home."Blair has a great eye for the small details of place, and his view of Vancouver is a delight.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Seasons of War 2-Book Bundle Come Looking for Me / Second Summer of War

    Creator

    Cooper, Cheryl

    Abstract

    This two-ebook bundle presents both books of Cheryl Cooper’s Seasons of War saga. Set against a backdrop of the naval War of 1812, the Seasons of War series revolves around the central character of 18-year-old Emily, a granddaughter of King George III and niece of the Prince Regent. Finding the royal House of Hanover dull and disagreeable to her spirited nature, she searches for the adventure and forbidden freedom. She risks a crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in June of 1813, hoping for an adventure in Canada. But she never arrives.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • The Indifference League

    Creator

    Scarsbrook, Richard

    Abstract

    Can anyone be a hero in an age where the lines are so blurred? Sexy, racy, hilarious, and even moving, The Indifference League is a story of what happens when the starry-eyed optimism of the Greatest Generation crashes into the obsessions and fears of the New Lost Generation. Under the faded banner of Superman, Wonder Woman, and other heroes past steps the Indifference League: The Statistician, Time Bomb, Hippie Avenger, SuperKen, SuperBarbie, Miss Demeanour, Mr. Nice Guy, Psycho Superstar, The Drifter, and The Stunner.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • A Hole in My Heart

    Creator

    Charles, Rie

    Abstract

    Starting a new life after the death of her mother, Nora learns how to be strong. Are there wounds too deep to heal, pains too sharp to share? And if a family survives by cutting the ties that bind them, can they ever be whole again? After losing her mother to illness and her father to his work, Nora Mackenzie must leave her home in the interior of B.C. for a North Vancouver school. Estranged from her classmates, her family, and the life she’s lost, Nora walls herself off from the people around her.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified