Canadian fiction

  • Last of the Independents Vancouver Noir

    Creator

    Wiebe, Sam

    Abstract

    2015 Kobo Emerging Writer's — Winner, Fiction 2015 Arthur Ellis Award — Nominated, Best First Novel 2012 Unhanged Arthur Award — Winner, Best Unpublished First Crime Novel What do a necrophile, a missing boy, and an unsavoury P.I. have in common? Private detective Michael Drayton is about to find out…. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael Drayton runs a private investigation agency in Vancouver that specializes in missing persons — only, as Mike has discovered, some missing people stay with you.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Mac on the Road to Marseille The Adventures of Mademoiselle Mac

    Creator

    Ward, Christopher

    Abstract

    Fifteen-year-old Mackenzie returns to Paris to attend the Christmas Eve wedding of her Dad's old friend, Rudee Daroo, and the love of his life, dancer Sashay D'or. Mac is told about the annual New Year's taxi road rally, this year hosted by the Marseille Marauders, the nastiest lot of drivers you've ever seen. Partnered with hulking cabbie Blag Lebouef, Mac manages to convince her parents that the road rally is more like a carefree drive in the French countryside than the death-defying cutthroat rivalry it's always been.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Jalna: Books 9-12 Finch's Fortune / The Master of Jalna / Whiteoak Harvest / Wakefield's Course

    Creator

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Abstract

    History flows swiftly on, and even the formidable family home of Jalna is swept up in its currents in this collection of books 9-12 of the Jalna series. Fortunes rise and crumble as older generations give way to the young, and the reins of tradition strain against the swift rush of progress reshaping the world. Follow the Whiteoak descendants through a disastrous inheritance, financial calamity, and the heartbreaks great and small that come with time. IncludesFinch's FortuneThe Master of JalnaWhiteoak HarvestWakefield's Course

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Jalna: Books 5-8 Whiteoak Heritage / Whiteoak Brothers / Jalna / Whiteoaks of Jalna

    Creator

    de la Roche, Mazo

    Abstract

    Perhaps the most classic novels of Mazo de la Roche's monumental family saga are these four, which were the first books written in the series, though they fall in the middle of her books' multi-generation narrative. These, including the original novel Jalna, were the books that first established the world of Jalna in the minds of readers and de la Roche herself, and set the stage for the twelve sequels and prequels that were to follow. Includes Whiteoak Heritage Whiteoak Brothers Jalna Whiteoaks of Jalna

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Whirl Away Stories

    Creator

    Wangersky, Russell

    Abstract

    2013 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award — Winner 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize — Shortlisted 2012 BMO Winterset Award — Finalist From critically acclaimed and award-winning writer, Russell Wangersky, comes a new collection of short fiction. Everyone has something they’re good at: one particular personal skill that they use to keep their lives moving forward when their worlds suddenly become difficult or near-impossible. For some, it’s denial; for others, blunt pragmatism. Still others depend on an over-inflated view of self to keep criticism and doubt at bay.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Underground A Novel

    Creator

    Sileika, Antanas

    Abstract

    A tragic love triangle set in a forgotten place during an invisible war. Inspired by true events, Underground tells the story of a troubled romance between Lukas and Elena, two members of the underground Lithuanian resistance movement in mid- 1940s. After shooting up a room full of Soviet government workers during their engagement party, Lukas and Elena become folk heroes to their political cause, but are forced deep into hiding in order to escape punishment for their role in the massacre. When their secret bunker is discovered, Lukas is nearly captured.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Take Five A Crang Mystery

    Creator

    Batten, Jack

    Abstract

    It’s been twenty years since Crang, the Toronto criminal lawyer with the single name and the smart mouth, last sleuthed his way through deep trouble and tricky cases. Now, as witty and nervy as he was in such best sellers as Straight No Chaser and Riviera Blues, Crang has returned, and as usual, he’s got problems. A client has skipped out on him, still owing Crang a very large fee. The client, a woman of great beauty and even greater treachery, just happens to be the co-mastermind of the biggest marijuana grow-op business in Canadian drug history.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified
  • Straight No Chaser A Crang Mystery

    Creator

    Batten, Jack

    Abstract

    Classic Batten – on the rocks. Jazz. Cocaine. Vietnamese triads. Dope-dealing yuppie lawyers. Jack Batten’s got them all in his second mystery novel starring Crang, the unconventional criminal lawyer with a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble. This time out Crang is hired by his buddy Dave Goddard, a sax player whose playing style is from the fifties, but whose unwitting involvement in a complex coke-smuggling ring is pure eighties.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Not specified