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- Location(s): Canada, East Africa, London, Uganda
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 20th Century
India, 1898. Pirbhai is thirteen when he steps into a dhow on the vague promise of work; his family is suffering and he will do anything to help. The boat takes him to labour for the British on the...
- Location(s): New Brunswick
- Genre(s): Mystery
- Era(s): 1980s
Old Agatha Treadway baked her own bread, canned her own vegetables—and died of botulism in her very own kitchen. Accident, says Dr. Druffitt. Murder, says neighbor Janet Wadman. And says it again when she finds the doctor dead, too....
- Location(s): Québec
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, Louise Penny’s wise and engaging ’21st-century version of Hercule Poirot’ (“Publishers Weekly”, starred review), is looking forward to celebrating his wedding anniversary at the remote, luxurious Manoir Bellechasse. The only other guests are members of...
- Location(s): Alaska, Nova Scotia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Contemporary
Scarlett Fontaine is a true Hollywood legend—a singer, actress, and beloved fashion icon. But Scarlett dies tragically at just thirty-six years old, leaving behind no children. Or so the story goes… Gwen Hollingsworth is the curator at a museum...
- Location(s): New York City (NYC), Ottawa, Saskatchewan
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 20th century
From some accidents of love and weather we never quite recover. At the worst of the Prairie dust bowl of the 1930s, a young man appears out of a blizzard and forever alters the lives of two sisters. There...
A Timeless Celebration (Century Cottage Cozy Mysteries Book 1)
- Location(s): Ontario
- Genre(s): Cozy Mystery
- Era(s): 1980s
A small town, a big party, a stolen gift. When an artefact from the Titanic is stolen before her town’s 150th anniversary celebration, it’s up to Lois Stone to catch the thief. Middle-aged widow Lois has moved from bustling...
- Location(s): Québec
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
With A Trick of the Light, Louise Penny takes us back to the deceptively peaceful village of Three Pines in this brilliant novel in her award-winning, New York Times bestselling series featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Hearts are broken,...
- Location(s): Québec
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): Contemporary
It’s spring and Three Pines is reemerging after the harsh winter. But not everything buried should come alive again. Not everything lying dormant should reemerge. But something has. As the villagers prepare for a special celebration, Armand Gamache and...
Adventureman: Anyone Can Be a Superhero
- Location(s): Canada
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): Modern
At the age of nine, Jamie’s family feared he would never walk again. Twenty years later, he set off to run 5,000 miles coast to coast across Canada. When Jamie decides to repay the hospitals that saved his life...
- Location(s): Canada
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): 1840s
By the author of The Handmaid’s Tale. Now a major NETFLIX series. ‘Sometimes I whisper it over to myself: Murderess. Murderess. It rustles, like a taffeta skirt along the floor.’ Grace Marks. Female fiend? Femme fatale? Or weak and...
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