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Même les meilleures amies ne se disent pas tout (surtout côté sexe). Même les filles les plus gentilles deviennent parfois (très) méchantes. Même les épouses aimantes peuvent souhaiter une mort (vraiment) atroce à leur mari. Maryse, alias Karma-Mamma, en sait quelque chose. Son salaud de mari s’en est bien tiré en mourant de manière opportune et ça ne calme en rien le volcan qui gronde en elle. L’heure de la vengeance a sonné. Mais par où commencer?

La suite de L'infiltrateur. Les portes du pénitencier de Saint-Anne-des Plaines se referment derrière Vincent Savoie... ex-policier. À sa sortie, Élise aura 10 ans! Commence alors un long périple pour Vincent Savoie. D'abord survivre à la prison; ensuite reprendre ses études et surtout retrouver sa fille Élise, sa puce, sa raison de vivre. Mais le retour vers la lumière est semé d'embûches. Qui pourra l'aider à reprendre sa vie en main? Son ami et ancien patron, Pierre Gendron? Ou plutôt André Bélanger, l'avocat des criminels?

La petite Mélodie Cormier, 10 ans, a disparu. Elle s’est volatilisée, un jeudi matin ordinaire. Ses parents l’ont vue monter dans l’autobus scolaire, mais elle ne s’est jamais rendue jusqu’à la cour d’école. Le mystère est total. Ailleurs dans la ville, Marco Genest reçoit des messages étranges. Un correspondant anonyme affirme détenir des renseignements sur la mort accidentelle de ses parents, survenue plusieurs mois plus tôt. Accidentelle, vraiment? Alors que Marco et l’enquêteur Héroux tentent de démêler leurs intrigues respectives, les liens entre elles deviennent troublants.

A military thriller set on a submarine during the Cold War. The year is 1962 and the Cuban Missile Crisis is brewing. Naval lieutenant Ted Hawkins is sent to sea aboard the HMCS Alert. The submarine’s mission is to shadow an aggressive Soviet submarine. Hampered by claustrophobia caused by a trauma, Ted is forced to deal with both his fears and a superior, Alert's executive officer, who hates him. Terror on the Alert is an exciting thriller set on a submarine during the compelling Cold War era. Ted’s battle with his nemesis propels the action to a shattering conclusion.

Resting on what was left of the bench was something else, lighter in shade than the background, round, about the size of a cabbage. There were two large holes close together, a smaller pair below, then two rows of wedge-shaped objects. The pattern suddenly coalesced: in atavistic and chilling familiarity... In a remote British Columbia lake, an ancient auto wreck is discovered. Inside are the half-century-old remains of a traveler long lost and long forgotten.

When his best friend, and advocate for the homeless, Denman Scott asks him to help stop the demolition of the Lucky Strike—a once majestic hotel in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside that is now home to nearly three hundred of the city's least fortunate residents—Cole Blackwater gets more than he bargained for. Working with Vancouver Sun reporter Nancy Webber and street nurse Juliet Rose, Cole and Denman discover that homeless people in the area have been disappearing without a trace.

The sound of the river, ever-present, had finally intruded on his consciousness. If Nate was playing by himself outside, that damn river was too close for comfort. Instantly forgetting everything else, John hurried to the door, pushed it right open, stepped to the edge. John Quarry is on vacation with his small son, Nate, when a tragedy occurs: during an overnight stop in the Fraser Canyon, the child disappears and is presumed lost to the river. The coroner's verdict is death by drowning, although the body is never recovered.

Elizabeth and Tom Drummond are living quietly in Mill Bay, B.C., when their tranquil existence is disrupted by a singular event: out of the ashes of 9/11, borne by a person believed long dead, come riches beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But with the wealth comes danger-lies, secrets, insidious temptation and relentless pursuit by a grim figure whose motives may be a lot darker than justice. Fear, guilt and loyalty mean that Elizabeth and Tom are on their own. All they desire, finally, is to be rid of the dreadful fortune-and to survive the attentions of those who would be rid of them.

I knew that if I dived deep enough, the bullets would lose their killing velocity. I heard, or sensed, another explosive blast. My left arm was useless. I kept diving, down and out into deeper, blacker water . . . Coast Salish investigator Silas Seaweed is back in another suspenseful page-turner. What begins as a missing-person investigation takes a nasty turn when party girl Jane Colby is found drowned, strangulation marks around her neck. Silas soon discovers that some of Jane's friends would benefit by her death.

Hal Bannatyne is a successful actor in town to shoot a big-budget film. Spotting an old flame, Mattie, he immediately becomes involved with her family. When Mattie’s father-in-law tries to protect his land from the hands of a fervent land developer, Bannatyne soon finds he is mixed up in the conflict. Thus the intrigue begins, with a crooked land-development scheme, where someone is willing to stop at nothing to get what is wanted. Things take a turn for the worse with an attempted murder. Soon, the lives of all are in danger.