Detective and mystery fiction

  • Casey Templeton Mysteries 2-Book Bundle Hate Cell / Old Bones

    Creator

    Molnar, Gwen

    Abstract

    In Hate Cell, thirteen-year-old Casey Templeton has recently moved to the southeastern Alberta town of Richford. One night Casey seeks refuge from a snowstorm in an abandoned farmhouse and stumbles upon his nearly frozen, unconscious science teacher, Mr. Deverell. Casey attempts to revive his teacher and searches the house for something to make a fire. In the attic he makes a frightening discovery — an office filled with computers, a printer, and racist posters and flyers!

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • One Night in Mississippi

    Creator

    Shreve, Craig

    Abstract

    After fifty years of guilt over his brother’s brutal murder in Civil Rights–era Mississippi, Warren Williams decides to renews his fight to bring the men responsible to justice. His efforts put him face -to- face with one of the murderers, Earl Olsen, in a remote Ontario town, where a contest of wits will end in death. One Night in Mississippi is the story of a young activist named Graden Williams, who was brutally murdered in Mississippi during the sixties.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Shroud of Roses A Cornwall and Redfern Mystery

    Creator

    Ferris, Gloria

    Abstract

    The Class of 2000 held one final party in the old gym before the high school was abandoned and boarded up. At midnight, the school emptied for the last time. Or so everyone believed. Fifteen years later, the building is scheduled for demolition. When a salvage team discovers a skeleton curled up in a locker, a hole in the left temple, Lockport’s chief of police, Neil Redfern, is called in to investigate. When Redfern learns that his girlfriend, Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall, also graduated that fateful year, he reveals details of the grisly discovery.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Masques and Murder — Death at the Opera 2-Book Bundle The Fallen One / Roses for a Diva

    Creator

    Blechta, Rick

    Abstract

    This special two-book bundle collects the adventures in crime of opera star Marta Hendriks. In The Fallen One, Marta is onstage at the Metropolitan Opera in New York when she learns of her beloved husband’s death in a house fire. Fast-forward two years and countless therapy sessions, Marta is ready to resume her career. In a stroke of luck, she’s hired at the last moment to sing Violetta for the Paris Opera. She manages to keep her emotions under tight control and triumphs in the opening-night performance. During one of her rare days off, Marta spots someone: her husband.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Inspector Green Mysteries 10-Book Bundle Do or Die / Once Upon a Time / Mist Walker / Fifth Son / The Whisper of Legends / and 5 more

    Creator

    Fradkin, Barbara

    Abstract

    This ebook bundle contains the first ten novels of the Inspector Green Mystery series by Barbara Fradkin. On dangerous backstreets of Ottawa, Homicide Inspector Michael Green leads complex investigations into sensational cases. When his job puts his marriage, life, and even his family in harm’s way, Green’s obsession with uncovering the truth leaves him grappling with the ultimate meaning of justice.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • The Burying Ground A Thaddeus Lewis Mystery

    Creator

    Kellough, Janet

    Abstract

    Someone is digging up the graves at the Strangers’ Burying Ground in Toronto — the final resting place of criminals, vagrants, indigents, and alcoholics — and the only person who seems to care is the sexton, Morgan Spicer. The authorities are unconcerned; after all, for years the growing village of Yorkville has been clamouring to have the bodies moved and the Burying Ground closed. The distraught Spicer enlists the aid of his old friend Thaddeus Lewis, who has unexpectedly returned to preaching on the Yonge Street Circuit.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Moretti and Falla Mysteries 3-Book Bundle Daggers and Men's Smiles / A Grave Waiting / Blood Will Out

    Creator

    Downie, Jill

    Abstract

    This triple edition of the Moretti and Falla Mystery series presents Jill Downie’s acclaimed police novels, set on the English Channel island of Guernsey. Daggers and Men’s Smiles: Lights! Camera! Action! On the English Channel island of Guernsey, Detective Inspector Ed Moretti and his new partner, Liz Falla, investigate vicious attacks on Epicure Films. Moretti must consolidate his working relationship with Falla, and establish whether the murders on Guernsey go beyond the island.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Pizza 911 A Mister Jinnah Mystery

    Creator

    Hauka, Donald J.

    Abstract

    In the third Mister Jinnah adventure, Hakeem Jinnah’s smoking hot story could be his last. The Tribune’s editor-in-chief can kiss Hakeem Jinnah’s ass goodbye! His bags are packed and he’s off to Africa as king of his own Burger Palace. That is, until a charred, dismembered body is discovered in a pizza oven. The lure of one last front-page byline is too much for Jinnah to resist ... even if it turns out to be his own obituary. Pizza 911 puts the perpetually puffing, politically incorrect Jinnah on the trail of a vicious killer in a chase that takes him from Vancouver to Tanzania.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Meg Harris Mysteries 6-Book Bundle Silver Totem of Shame / Death's Golden Whisper / Red Ice for a Shroud / and 3 more

    Creator

    Harlick, R.J.

    Abstract

    "Skillfully weaves murder, greed, traditional customs, bonding, and betrayal into a gripping read." - Chronicle-Journal In one volume for the first time, this bundle presents the first five novels of the Meg Harris Mystery series by R.J. Harlick. Meg Harris, an amateur sleuth who drinks a little too much and is afraid of the dark, finds herself confronting an underside of life she would rather not know existed. Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Award for best crime novel (Arctic Blue Death).

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié
  • Quin and Morgan Mysteries 4-Book Bundle Still Waters / Grave Doubts / Reluctant Dead / Blood Wine

    Creator

    Moss, John

    Abstract

    David Morgan and Miranda Quin are two maverick, culturally sophisticated Toronto detectives. When a man is found dead in a koi pond, or two colonial corpses are arranged in a grisly diorama, the pair leap into action — and harm’s way. This four-ebook bundle gathers together the complete Quin and Morgan mystery series by acclaimed author John Moss. Includes Still Waters Grave Doubts Reluctant Dead Blood Wine

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Dundurn

    Non spécifié