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The Palimpsest Murders

Stirling, Reed
The Palimpsest Murders
Day one: check-in on the Iphigenia, a Boat & Bike home for thirty guests of diverse backgrounds on a one week excursion through Holland and Belgium. Personalities clash, conflicts arise. Day seven: a body is found in canal waters at the stern of the boat. On the final morning a second body is discovered. Who among the cyclists and crew is hateful and motivated enough to kill? Twice. How are the two murders related? Why two coins for the f...

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Discarded

Bell, Nancy M.
Discarded
When the British arrived in Winnipeg in the 1800s it was convenient for the men to take Metis wives. They were called a la vacon du pays - according to the custom of the country. These women bore the brunt of ensuring survival in the harsh environment. Without them the British army and fur traders would not have survived the brutal winters. However, as society evolved it became accepted that wives must be white, schooled in British ways, fa...

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Indira and Daisy

Morris, Rosemary
Indira and Daisy
Grammar schoolgirls fourteen-year-old Indira Nathwani and Daisy Royston have been best friends since they were four years old. Indira lives in Southeast England with her wealthy Hindu family, an older brother, pious grandfather, parents, and aunt and uncle. In their temple room her grandfather teaches her to worship and serve God with love and devotion. Daisy lives with her mother, a single parent who works hard to provide for her. ¿Since her...

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Whistling Pirates

Hovey, Dean L.
Whistling Pirates
Excitement runs high in the Whistling Pines Retirement community as the first annual Two Harbors Buccaneer Days celebration approaches. The city asks local fraternal clubs and the city band to move their summer events to the weekend of the festival. To entertain the expected throng of tourists, the city announces a Norwegian lutefisk toss, band concerts, food vendors, and a Lake Superior sailing regatta. Peter Rogers, the Whistling Pines re...

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Travellers with Two Hats

Duke, Renee
Travellers with Two Hats
Back in seventeenth century, a Grand Tour of Europe was a rite of passage for the offspring of the rich. By the 1960s and 70s, it was fast becoming one for those of lesser means too. Being of lesser means, the peasantry couldn't tour it quite as grandly, but it was definitely the 'in' thing to do, and is still a popular way for young people to assert their independence and kickstart a lifelong love of travel.Climates-both natural and political...

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Dead End Trail

Hovey, Dean L.
Dead End Trail
When a local rancher's body is discovered in Tuzigoot National Monument, Doug and Jill Fletcher are dispatched to investigate the suspicious death. Horseshoe prints where the body was found point the investigation toward the dozens of local ranches and trail ride companies. The clues lead the Fletchers into Cottonwood, a nearby tourist town with a blossoming wine tasting industry. It quickly becomes apparent that the victim was a bed-hoppin...

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Distant Mountains

McGill, Tricia
Distant Mountains
Even in the prospering colony of New South Wales, it would be far-fetched to think a convicted man could consider marrying the daughter of a wealthy property owner. But Remy has larger problems to contend with than Sara's bigoted father. Forced to leave the woman he loves behind, Remy faces overwhelming odds and an ordeal that threatens to strip him of everything, his pride, his strength, health. Even in the prospering colony of New South Wa...

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Bad Omen

Hovey, Dean L. / Wisdomkeeper, John
Bad Omen
Summoned from his comfortable Toronto college life, Christopher Pokaik returns to visit the grandfather who raised him. Surprised by the evolving culture of the newly created Nunavut Territory, he's befriended by an Inuit RCMP Special Constable who helps him understand his Inuit roots. Despite her guidance, he finds himself chased by both earthly demons, and those in the northern lights. Will they lead him back to Toronto, to a new life in Iqa...

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Who Buried Sarah

Monroe, Eden
Who Buried Sarah
Sarah, the only child of Rev. and Mrs. Cranston Estey, was betrothed to Connor McLagen of the affluent McLagen family. The McLagens were socially revered, although there were rumours of nefarious underpinnings to their substantial wealth, and the God-fearing Esteys were not in favour of the marriage. Three days before the June 1927 wedding, Sarah disappeared. Her note said she'd changed her mind and decided to leave town. A week later sh...

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Kelegeen

O'Finlan, Eileen
Kelegeen
On an evening in 1846 engaged couple Meg O'Connor and Rory Quinn join in an exuberant moondance. Observing is the parish priest, Father Brian O'Malley. The moondance brings bittersweet memories of Siobhan, the long-dead love of his youth, with whom he still feels a spiritual connection. Within days of the dance, the villagers of Kelegeen awake to find their potato crops destroyed by blight. They've been through famine before. But this is an Go...

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One Take Jake

Lang, Jay
One Take Jake
Lance is a fool He should've stayed home. He should've prioritized family, instead of running off to Europe to be a studio musician. But it's too late. His sister is dead After the funeral, he learns what pushed Hannah down the spiral of drug abuse. A year ago, she'd been gang-raped by a local band. At that moment, Lance's priorities shift. He can't save Hannah. But avenge her death...that's something he can do. All goes according to plan...

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SPI

Davis, S. Peters
SPI
Bri Lancaster and Kyle Benton (SPI ghost detectives) investigate an 1870s rundown, haunted mansion in the middle of nowhere during one of the harshest winters remembered. The SPI team uncovers that the evil entity bound to the mansion has trapped innocent spirits into an endless loop of abuse, sorrow, and the ultimate...death. In order to rescue the captives, the team discovers they must first defeat the crazed, abusive ghost. But what ha...

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Angel Guardian

Schartz, Vijaya
Angel Guardian
Desperate to escape the frozen labor planet to complete his crucial mission, Kal wishes he could remember his orders, who he worked for, or who he was before his memory wipe. On her first solo assignment to rescue a foreign angel, Indra discovers that, despite her impeccable training, she is not warrior material. She cares too much to follow orders. Her life turns upside down when the captain of the Blue Phantom assigns her a spirited, telep...

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Whistling Fireman

Hovey, Dean L.
Whistling Fireman
When Hagstrom's bait store burns down, arson rumors fly among the residents of Whistling Pines senior living facility. When Peter Rogers, the recreation director speaks with residents he discovers there have been numerous suspicious business fires over the years. Torn between two sets of Halloween preparations and the arson investigation, Peter finds himself drafted as an unwilling judge for Two Harbors Halloween competitions, while the police...

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Western Justice

Hovey, Dean L.
Western Justice
When human remains are found at the Vore Buffalo Jump, the short-staffed local sheriff's department requests assistance from Park Service Investigators Doug and Jill Fletcher. ATV tracks lead the investigators to the victim's boots and a hunting blind constructed on the edge of the Black Hills National Forest. With more questions than answers the Fletchers find themselves pulled into the community dynamics of tiny Aladdin (population 15) where...

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Rocker from the Rez

Chalmers, Lance
Rocker from the Rez
There are worse places to live than the rez. Still, family distractions make it almost impossible for Ray Smith and his three bandmates to rehearse every day. So, fresh from high school, the four move to Wakeville, Manitoba to pursue their passion for music. A half-year later, gigs come fast and thick, with the group touring the northern province. However, too much partying and fighting leads to a bitter split between the band and their vola...

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Raising Cain

Roughton, Gail
Raising Cain
Deep in the woods that slide off into Stone Creek Swamp, teenage drug dealers retrieve their stash and receive an unexpected dividend-the unwitting resurrection of Cain, powerful Bokor of Black Magic. Atop Coleman Hill, two young attorneys renovate a decrepit relic of a house in Macon, Georgia for their home and office. A house with a past it wants to share, showing Ria Knight tantalizing scenes of its original owner, Dr. Paul Devlin. Dr. Devl...

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The Folklorist

O'Finlan, Eileen
The Folklorist
1830s Birch Falls, Vermont One by one Jerusha Kendall's siblings fall victim to consumption, the scourge of the 19th century. Devastated by the loss of her children, Jerusha's mother Mary is horrified over the outlandish folk remedy proposed by her dearest friend, Lavinia. Unable to divert the people of Birch Falls from carrying out Lavinia's ghastly plan, Mary succeeds only in convincing them never to let Jerusha find out what they've done....

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A Troubled Heart

McGill, Tricia
A Troubled Heart
Unsure of his real past or name, Finn O'Connor thinks he was born in Ireland and taken from his mother as a baby by a gypsy woman. As a toddler, an English woman then took him to London. About ten he fled to join a gang of boys who survived by their wits on the streets. Five years later, he was arrested for a minor crime and transported to The Colony of New South Wales for a 10-year term. In 1846 as transporting of criminals neared an end in N...

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