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When his stepfather, Phil, is shot dead in an apparent robbery, David becomes the prime suspect. Where was David that night, and what does he know about Phil? David has figured out the truth about his stepfather, and the day his kid brother died. What will it take for him to tell? And how did he know?

Quentin and JD have been friends forever. Hanging out together, Quentin learns JD has a gun, and when they are caught in a robbery, JD uses the gun–with deadly results. Trying to cover up the crime and get away with it, Quentin gets in even deeper than he expected and learns that the only person he can trust is himself. Especially when his freedom–and his future–is at stake.

Tegan was in the backseat when her two best friends were gunned down in front of her. Was it an argument over drugs? An ongoing feud? Or something more random? Tegan says she didn't see who did it. Or know why. Nobody will believe her. Not the police; not her friends; not the families of the victims; and not even Kelly, her own sister. Is she afraid that the killer will come back? Or does she know more than she is saying? Shunned at school and feeling alone, Tegan must sort through her memories and try to decide what is real and what is imagined.

Nicole Patterson is a young, green and very eager probationary constable with the Ontario Provincial Police. Although she spends much of her time breaking up bar fights, giving out traffic tickets and finding lost kids, she dreams of one day becoming a detective. Late one bitterly cold winter night, she comes across the body of a young woman lying on the edge of a snow-covered field on the outskirts of town. The girl appears to have been strangled. Nicole recognizes the victim as a local high school student with a somewhat sullied reputation, the daughter of the town drunk.

Piano tuner Frank Ryan is paid in kind by an aging music teacher with an old manuscript that turns out to be Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony. Launched into a world of intrigue and violence, Ryan, an unlikely sleuth, realizes he must use his wits to conquer his enemies and solve the mystery of the manuscript. In the process Ryan discovers whom he can trust and what he is made of. The first in a series featuring Frank Ryan, Beethoven’s Tenth is a smart page-turner.

À Chesterville P.Q., la petite communauté du monastère du Précieux-Sang est secouée par un meurtre ignoble : le Frère Adrien est retrouvé mort dans la grange… un crucifix enfoncé dans la gorge. Le seul témoin du meurtre semble être le garçon de ferme, mais Zacharie, un simple d’esprit, a disparu cette nuit-là. Le sergent Roméo Dubuc mène l’enquête, avec son éternel comparse, Lucien Langlois. Malheureusement pour eux, les indices se multiplient et brouillent les pistes : tatouages mystérieux, secte hérétique, passages secrets.

Lorsque le désir naît…Enfin libérée d’un mariage suffocant, la jeune veuve Daisy Ellis Craigmore entend bien se jeter à corps perdu dans les plaisirs de la vie qu’on lui a trop longtemps refusés. Hélas, sa liberté toute neuve sera de courte durée. Une succession de meurtres inexplicables la met en péril jusque dans sa propre demeure, l’obligeant à se tourner vers le plus improbable des protecteurs… La passion ne connaît plus de limites…Ian Ranulf, marquis de Northrup, a passé sa vie à dissimuler sa nature primitive à la société londonienne.

Pour son 18e anniversaire, Alice Bonham voit ses vacances en Australie prendre fin abruptement à cause d’un meurtre inexpliqué. Alors qu’Alice tente de comprendre ce qui s’est passé, elle remet en question certains choix qu’elle a faits, en particulier les plus permanents.

Une véritable course contre la montre qui vous tiendra en haleine du début à la fin! Un assassinat a été commis à l'île-des-Moulins, cœur touristique de la tranquille municipalité de Terrebonne. Sauf qu’il ne s’agit pas d’un simple homicide, mais du troisième d'une série qui promet d'être longue, étant donné que l'assassin laisse une carte à jouer sur chaque cadavre qu’il laisse derrière lui. D'abord l'as de cœur, puis le deux… et maintenant le trois. Compte-t-il se rendre au roi de cœur, ou passer à travers la totalité du jeu de cartes?

A wealthy family and a group of select guests find themselves at the mercy of an ice storm assailing the ancestral Quebecois country home. The situation soon becomes dire; it is a crucial time in the lives of these people who no longer love each other, as personal problems start taking their toll on already tense relationships. Burdened by cruel memories of the past and forced to hide their true feelings from one another, each of them tries to remain calm under the mounting pressure of the stressful atmosphere.