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1968. Jean a six ans quand il est confié du jour au lendemain à sa grand-mère. Pour l'été. Pour toujours. Il n'a pas prévu ça. Elle non plus.Mémé Lucette n'est pas commode, mais dissimule un coeur tendre.

Maud is an irascible eighty-eight-year-old Swedish woman with no family, no friends, and ... no qualms about a little murder. This funny, irreverent story collection by Helene Tursten, author of the Irene Huss Investigation series, features two-never-before translated stories that will keep you laughing all the way to the retirement home.

Quinn delivers an original short story answering the question on all his fans' minds: How exactly did Chet (the dog) and Bernie (the PI) meet? Everyone knows that Chet met Bernie on the day he flunked K-9 police school, but the details--including a cat, some blood, and a dangerous gang of thieves--have to be heard to be believed.

Del Sol, New Mexico is known for three things: its fry-an-egg-on-the-cement summers, its strong cups of coffee - and, now, a nationwide manhunt? Del Sol native Sunshine Vicram has returned to town as the elected sheriff - thanks to her adorably meddlesome parents who nominated her - and she expects her biggest crime wave to involve an elderly flasher named Doug. But a teenage girl is missing, a kidnapper is on the loose, and all of this is reminding Sunshine why she left Del Sol in the first place.

Lissa is a nurse in a gritty, hectic London neighborhood. Always terribly competent and good at keeping it all together, she's been suffering quietly with PTSD after helping to save the victim of a shocking crime. Her supervisor quietly arranges for Lissa to spend a few months doing a much less demanding job in the little town of Kirrinfeif in the Scottish Highlands, hoping that the change of scenery will help her heal. Lissa will be swapping places with Cormack, an Army veteran who's Kirrinfeif's easygoing nurse/paramedic/all-purpose medical man.

A woman trapped in a plastic suit sprays poisons onto schoolyards in the deserted small hours of morning. Another aims her rage over the loss of her daughter to cancer at a small group of children on Christmas Eve. A teenage boy sees an apparition that may or may not be his estranged father. When the seemingly stable surfaces of their lives rupture, the characters in Scott's award-winning collection discover in their efforts to cope an intimacy on which they hadn't bargained: a disturbing intimacy with the self.

Stick Dog and the gang are on the hunt for food when they see children dressed up as creepy witches and spooky ghosts, all carrying big orange buckets. Their search leads them to something unexpected and delicious--candy! Once they get a taste, they must get some more. The gang will have to avoid terrifying witches and escape creepy houses, but will Stick Dog's smarts, courage, and patience be enough to lead his buddies to the best treats ever?

It's not every afternoon that an enigmatic blond named Stilton (like the cheese) walks into the scruffy gin joint where Sammy "Two Toes" Tiffin tends bar. It's love at first sight, but before Sammy can make his move, an Air Force general named Remy arrives with some urgent business.

Miles Murphy was his town's best prankster, so he's not happy to be moving to Yawnee Valley, a sleepy town that already has a brilliant prankster. If Miles is going to take the title from this mystery kid, he'll have to raise his game--or perhaps join forces for the greatest prank ever.

Stick Dog and his canine crew have discovered something even more delicious than hot dogs--pizza! They won't be satisfied until they get slices of their own, but it won't be easy. There's a kitten to rescue, a plan to make, and the messiest game of catch they've ever played.