Thrillers (Fiction)

  • Zagreb Cowboy

    Creator

    Mattich, Alen

    Abstract

    Yugoslavia, 1991. The State is crumbling, and in the midst of the political chaos secret policeman Marko della Torre has been working both sides of the law — but somewhere along the way he's crossed the line. When a corrupt cop called Strumbic helps three hired Bosnian thugs to hunt him down and kill him, della Torre makes a run for it through Croatia, Italy, and finally to London, where he’ll take Strumbic for all he's worth.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Non spécifié
  • Liminal

    Creator

    Tannahill, Jordan

    Abstract

    At 11:04 a.m. on January 21st, 2017, Jordan opens the door to his mother’s bedroom. As his eyes adjust to the half-light, he finds her lying in bed, eyes closed and mouth agape. In that instant he cannot tell whether she is asleep or dead. The sight of his mother's body, caught between these two possibilities, causes Jordan to plunge headlong into the uncertain depths of consciousness itself.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Non spécifié
  • Caught

    Creator

    Moore, Lisa

    Abstract

    Now a major CBC original television series starring Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle), Paul Gross (Alias Grace, Hyena Road, Passchendaele), Tori Anderson (Open Heart, No Tomorrow), Eric Johnson (Fifty Shades Darker, The Knick, Smallville), Charlotte Sullivan (Chicago Fire, Disappearance), Greg Bryk (Bitten, Frontier) and Enuka Okuma (Rookie Blue, Battle of Sexes). Produced by Take The Shot Productions. Executive producers include Allan Hawco, Perry Chafe, John Vatcher, Alex Patrick, Peter Blackie, Rob Blackie, and Michael Levine.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Non spécifié
  • Swimming Lessons

    Creator

    Fuller, Claire

    Abstract

    In this spine-tingling tale Ingrid Coleman writes letters to her husband, Gil, about the truth of their marriage, but she never sends them. Instead she hides them within the thousands of books her husband has collected. After she writes her final letter, Ingrid disappears.Twelve years later, her adult daughter, Flora comes home to look after her injured father. Secretly, Flora has never believed her mother is dead, and she starts asking questions, without realizing that the answers she’s looking for are hidden in the books that surround her.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Non spécifié
  • Mona

    Abstract

    A suspenseful and highly original technothriller based on breathtaking developments in the field of thought-controlled systems and cyber warfare.Eric Söderqvist, professor of computer science at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, has invented Mind Surf: a thought-controlled system that allows people with disabilities to browse the web.Samir Mustaf is a former MIT professor whose daughter Mona was killed by an Israeli cluster bomb five years earlier.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    House of Anansi Press Inc

    Non spécifié
  • Titanic Ashes

    Creator

    Butler, Paul

    Abstract

    In 1925, in a London restaurant, J. Bruce Ismay, former chairman of the White Star Line, has a quiet dinner with his daughter Evelyn. Through the extravagant foliage of the dining room, a young woman watches. Like Ismay, Miranda Grimsden was a passenger on board the ill-fated Titanic that terrible night in April 1912. Fuelled by simmering emotions, Ismay, Evelyn, and Miranda take a backwards journey through the thirteen intervening years to confront issues of cowardice, spite, and revenge, and to dare themselves to exorcise the spectre of the past.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Flanker Press

    Non spécifié
  • Catherine Snow

    Creator

    Strowbridge, Nellie P.

    Abstract

    The harrowing tale of the last woman hanged in Newfoundland.

    Publisher (Source)

    St. John's

    Flanker Press

    Non spécifié
  • The Tim Wynne-Jones Bundle

    Creator

    Wynne-Jones, Tim

    Abstract

    The MaestroBurl Crow hasn't had many breaks in his young life. His father is a manipulative lout with a dangerous temper; his mother, worn down by years of abuse, now resorts to her little helpers to get her through the days. Then he meets Nathaniel Orlando Gow, the Maestro, and in just one day, this eccentric genius changes Burl's life forever.The Boy in the Burning HouseTwo years after his father mysteriously disappeared, Jim Hawkins is coping -- barely. Underneath he's frozen in uncertainty and grief. Then Ruth Rose crashes into his life.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Groundwood Books Ltd

    Non spécifié
  • MARRY, BANG, KILL

    Creator

    Battershill, Andrew

    Abstract

    For a guy who mugs people for their laptops, Tommy Marlo isn’t such a bad guy. He can’t help trying to make the people he meets — even those he mugs — feel better about their situation. Unfortunately for Tommy, he rips off the daughter of a psychotic, high ranking member of a notorious motorcycle gang. Even worse, the laptop that he pilfered contains proof of a few gruesome murders and the location of a huge stash of money.

    Publisher (Source)

    [S.l.]

    Goose Lane Editions

    Non spécifié
  • Sin and seduction book 1

    Creator

    Cassatta, Allison

    Abstract

    Dorian Grant is king of the New Orleans underworld, but he isn’t mafia and doesn’t appreciate the assumption. He’s simply a crude businessman anyone in his right mind would think twice about screwing over. Life in the Big Easy is all about sin, and violent, short-tempered Dorian has committed them all. But not all New Orleans sins leave a bad taste in the mouth, as Dorian discovers the night a man stage-named Sweet Heat dances into his life at a club called Sin and Seduction. Dorian was expecting a hot lay.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [s.l.]

    Dreamspinner Press

    Non spécifié