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74 MILES AWAY
: Castle Street Mysteries
[J D Carpenter]
Because business is slow for retired homicide detective Campbell Young’s new enterprise, A-1 Investigative Consultants, he decides to take a break -- a horse-playing vacation to Florida. No sooner are his plans made, however, than his old friend Priam Harvey approaches him with a complex problem: a young Caribbean jazz musician has been found dead in a Toronto hotel room, his body surrounded by the paraphernalia of voodoo. Harvey, whose connection to the victim is revealed to be more than casual, persuades Young to put aside his Racing Form and pick up the trail of the killer. Young’s pursuit takes him all the way from the night-clubs of New York to the Pine Barrens of New Jersey and the backwater bars of Grand Bahama Island before the possibility presents itself that the murderer might actually be right in his own backyard.
{
286pp,
110x175mm,
January 2007;
PB,
£6.99,
1550026496:9781550026498
, Dundurn Press
} |
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AARON
: A Novel
[Yves Theriault; Translated by Paul Socken & Don Wilson]
W Donald Wilson and Paul G Socken’s translation of 'Aaron', by Québécois author Yves Thériault, makes this fine novel available in English for the first time. An exploration of 'otherness', the story centres on Moishe, an Orthodox Jew and refugee from Russia, who is raising his grandson, Aaron, alone in Montreal, following the deaths of Aaron’s parents. Poverty-stricken, Moshe works as a tailor, maintains his strict adherence to Orthodoxy, and educates Aaron to follow in his path. Aaron becomes increasingly estranged from his grandfather’s ways, however, and his meeting with the militantly secular Jewish girl Viedna confirms his decision to embrace modernity, secularism, and materialism and to reject his faith entirely. The story portrays a tragically polarized situation in which neither side is able to communicate or to build an alternative world view that incorporates both tradition and modernity. Possibly Thériault’s finest novel, Aaron is a parable of our modern world and a poignant cautionary tale.
{
126pp,
155x230mm,
August 2007;
PB,
£11.99,
1554580021:9781554580026
, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
} |
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ACTION REPLAY
[Sarah Parry]
For ages 10+. Twins Archie and Rosie’s dad is getting transferred with his job, but this isn’t just any job, for their father is star striker Gavin Carr! Every schoolboy’s dream would be to have a famous footballer for a dad -- not so Archie Carr, who doesn’t even like football that much! All he’s interested in is making a spy thriller to enter for the Junior Film Maker of the Year competition. It’s his twin sister Rosie who has inherited their father’s silky skills. As good a footballer as any boy her age; Rosie is determined to get picked for the school first-eleven football team, even if none of the boys want her as a team mate! Funny, heart warming and exciting with an array of supporting characters ranging from famous movie stars to boybands, coupled with the high octane action of top flight football, 'Action Replay' is a sparkling story that will delight readers young and old.
{
188pp,
140x215mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£5.99,
0955176506:9780955176500
, Dogstar Publications Ltd
} |
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ADAM'S PEAK
: A Novel
[Heather Burt]
On a stifling August day, six-year-old Clare Fraser and seven-year-old Rudy Vantwest make eye contact from opposite sides of their street. For an instant they are connected, then each turns away -- Clare to the shelter of the garden sprinkler, Rudy to the excitement of his brother’s impending birth. Twenty-five years later, Clare and Rudy, strangers living continents apart, fixtures of each other’s memories and imaginations, are connected again. Overturning the guarded, insular lives they both lead, two events -- one an accident, the other an act of terror -- transform them both and bind the Vantwest and Fraser families irrevocably. 'Adam’s Peak' weaves back and forth between a Montreal suburb and a Colombo private school, between a Ceylon tea estate at the end of the Second World War and a small Scottish town in the early 1960s, its characters struggling desperately to come to terms with themselves and with their powerful connections to the people and places they have tried to escape.
{
335pp,
155x230mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£11.50,
1550026461:9781550026467
, Dundurn Press
} |
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ALL MEN ARE BROTHERS (SHUI HU CHUAN)
[Shi Nai'an & Luo Guanzhong; Translated by Pearl S Buck]
This translation of a Chinese classic (14th Century) is the epic tale of a band of patriots in China during the latter part of the Sung Dynasty and is considered by most to be one of the three or four greatest novels in Chinese literature. Shui hu chuan (water margin chronicles) is the adventure of a band of 108 outlaws (105 men and 3 women) struggling to help the Emperor rid himself of the despotic prime minister. Like Robin Hood, the bandit kings refer to themselves as the 'gallant fraternity'. They come out to harass the authorities and to attempt to solicit followers to overthrow a corrupt government in the name of the Emperor. Filled with ghosts, innkeepers who make hamburgers of their guests, giants of superhuman strength, beautiful women in distress, wily intellectuals and crafty merchants, this is a timeless tale of love and adventure. This is an action thriller packed with bigger than life heroes. It has the obvious college adoption market but also a larger audience that have read Dream of the Red Chamber, Journey to the West (Monkey), or Three Kingdoms. It will also appeal to the martial arts world. Shaolin monks named some of their movements after these heroes... like Wu Song -- 'Step Back and Ride the Tiger'. This book has chivalry, Buddhism, Confucianism, honour, humour, and tragedy. It is the War and Peace of the Orient.
{
698pp,
215x280mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£11.50,
1559213035:9781559213035
, Moyer Bell Ltd
} |
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AND AFTER THAT
[Jaylakshmi Bhattacharya]
A heart rendering story beginning with the excitement of love and the promise of a happy and successful marriage. The shock of spousal abuse follows soon afterward with all the heartbreak and pain that it can entail. Learning how to trust and love again after this terrible experience, is the theme of this novel to which women and men can universally relate. The book provides us with a shining example of possibilities after tragedy and fills us with hope for the future
{
156pp,
145x210mm,
November 2007;
PB,
£9.95,
0970755864:9780970755865
, Garev Publishing International
} |
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ANGEL IN THE FULL MOON
: A Jack Taggart Mystery
[Don Easton]
In this gritty, gut-wrenching sequel to Loose Ends and Above Ground, Jack Taggart continues as an undercover Mountie whose quest for justice takes him from the sunny, tourist-laden beaches of Cuba to the ghettos of Hanoi. His targets deal in human flesh, smuggling unwitting victims for the sex trade. It is a story fraught with raw human emotion, and characters so real that they could not be figments of someone's imagination. Jack's personal vendetta for justice is questioned by his partner, until he reveals the secret behind his motivation, exposing the very essence of his soul. This is the world of the undercover operative: a world of lies, treachery, and deception. A world where violence erupts without warning, like a ticking time bomb on a crowded bus. It isn't a matter of if that bomb will go off -- it is a matter of how close you are to it when it does.
{
368pp,
110x175mm,
May 2008;
PB,
£6.99,
1550028138:9781550028133
, Dundurn Press
} |
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ANNA'S JOURNAL
[Harry Pollock]
ANNA'S JOURNAL is the third in a trilogy. Harry Pollock continues to display his acerbic view of humanity, presenting characters both familiar and new in circumstances that highlight the turmoil of contemporary life. In the skilful hands of the author, we explore the intimate details of the life and times of James Joyce through first-hand disclosures of friends and family. Witty, wry, insightful and very 'Joycean', ANNA'S JOURNAL is a brilliant journey.
{
239pp,
150x225mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£9.95,
0889628718:9780889628717
, Mosaic Press
} |
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ARRANGIARSI
: The Italian Immigration Experience in Canada
[Roberto Perin & Franc Sturino (eds)]
The term 'arrangiarsi' is normally defined as 'making do' or 'getting by'. This book marks the first attempt to provide a comprehensive treatment of the Italian presence in Canada, and to capture the experience of the Italian immigrants who helped to build this country. Through historical, literary, and artistic approaches, this collection of essays explores how these immigrants saw and were seen: what were their ambitions, their setbacks, their strategies for adapting to the new land. In addition to the editors, contributors include: the late Robert Harney , Bruno Ramirez, Gabriele Scardellato, Laurier Lacroix, Paul-André Linteau, Susan Iannucci, Nicoletta Serio, and William Boelhower.
{
251pp,
110x180mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£10.99,
1550712551:9781550712551
, Guernica Editions
} |
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AT THE COPA
[Marisa Labozzetta]
With humour and poignancy, Marisa Labozzetta's stories expose the social and sexual turmoil of men and women in the time as she puts it 'the old age of youth.' In 'The Knife Lady,' a seemingly happily married suburbanite receives a jolt of sexual panic with the visit of a woman selling knives. In 'At the Copa,' an Italian American mother's legacy traps a daughter in her quest for sexual satisfaction and then, paradoxically, frees her. In 'The Tooth Healer,' a restless Jewish dentist on a visit to a bizarre charlatan discovers an unlikely cure to what's ailing him. And in 'After Victory' a star-crossed World War II couple meets again after fifty years with stunning results. Long recognised as one of the most talented chroniclers of Italian American experience -- the critic Kenneth Scambray called her novel 'Stay with Me, Lella', among the most forceful pieces of fiction written by an Italian American writer in decades -- Labozzetta here expands her range to prove herself a keen observer of the whole range of American experience.
{
152pp,
125x205mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£11.99,
1550712594:9781550712599
, Guernica Editions
} |
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BACK HOME AGAIN
[Melody Carlson]
Once you visit the charming village of Acorn Hill, you'll never want to leave. Here, the three Howard sisters rekindle old memories, rediscover the bonds of sisterhood, revel in the blessings of friendship, and meet many fascinating guests along the way. The sleepy town of Acorn Hill is in for a surprise when the three Howard sisters reunite after the death of their father. Each has inherited a share of his worn-down Victorian house, and they dream of turning the family home into a bed-and-breakfast. But these three women are as different as siblings can be -- can they survive living together, let alone going into business together? It looks like their dream may be headed for disaster! Only by learning to work together, trusting in God, and accepting a little help from their friends can the three sisters see Grace Chapel Inn open its doors.
{
308pp,
160x205mm,
October 2006;
PB,
£7.99,
0824947002:9780824947002
, Ideals Publications (GuidepostsBooks)
} |
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BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
: Her Father's House & Other Stories of Sicily
[Maria Messina]
With an ear for dialogue that may be compared to Tillie Olsen, Grace Paley, and Ernest Hemingway, Sicilian writer Maria Messina presents the captivating and brutal realities of women living in early-twentieth-century Italy in this first collection of her work available in English. "Behind Closed Doors" portrays the habits and gestures, the words spoken and those left unsaid, of individuals caught between the traditions they respect and a desire to ease the social restrictions in their lives. Messina's stories reveal a world in which women are shuttered in their houses, virtual servants to their families, and working men immigrate to the United States in fortune-seeking droves. It is also a world of unstated privileges in which habits and implied commands perpetuate women's servitude. A cultural album that captures the lives of peasant, working-class, and middle-class women, this volume will appeal to millions of Italian descendants and readers everywhere fascinated by Italian history.
{
196pp,
135x185mm,
April 2007;
HB,
£13.50,
1558615539:9781558615533
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
BEST DOG STORIES
[Paul D Staudohar]
The loyalty, affection, and exploits of dogs have inspired a rich body of short fiction, and this anthology contains 23 of the best short stories about canine companions. Writers -- including Booth Tarkington, Jack London, Arthur Miller, Ivan Turgenev, Bobbie Ann Mason, Madison Smartt Bell, and Richard Russo -- reveal a love for dogs and the special bond humans have with their beloved pets. Stories for every breed of dog lover are included, with pieces featuring bull terriers, collies, greyhounds, setters, dobermans, hounds, and springer spaniels -- plus a number of lovable mixed breeds.
{
429pp,
155x230mm,
August 2007;
HB,
£13.50,
1556526679:9781556526671
, IPG (Chicago Review Press)
} |
 |
BEYOND THE BREAKWATER
: Short Stories 1948-1998 by O.E. Middleton
[Lawrence Jones (ed)]
"Beyond the Breakwater" brings together twenty-six outstanding short stories spanning half a century by an acclaimed master of the genre, O.E. Middleton. While Middleton has been linked with the masculine realist New Zealand tradition of Frank Sargeson and Roderick Finlayson, "Beyond the Breakwater" also contains a diverse range of international settings and characters, from Berthe Albrecht's postwar experiences of Paris in 'For Once in Your Life' to the secular London Eucharist of 'The Doss-house and the Duchess'. At his best, Middleton's attention to detail and fully realised context brings to mind earlier masters such as Yukio Mishima and Guy de Maupassant; in a typical Middleton story, carefully observed detail builds an impressionistic platform on which the destinies of his characters unravel.
{
368pp,
140x210mm,
June 2008;
HB,
£19.50,
1877372560:9781877372568
, Otago University Press
} |
 |
BLACK KNIFE
: A Cold-Hearted Killing Machine at the Cutting Edge of Terror
[Karl Vincent]
BLACK KNIFE is a debut novel of incredible power and originality. Written with clear inside knowledge of both the rapidly changing intelligence community and the cutting edge of fundamental terrorism, it is a chilling and prophetic tale that blows apart the formulaic world of thriller-writing. The threat of a nuclear device falling into the hands of a terrorist group is the nightmare of all security forces world-wide. This is a superb new novel of our times which graphically illustrates how this could happen and the terrible consequences. Featuring a cold-hearted killer with no conscience and evil paymasters, the story builds to a terrible conclusion which will leave the reader questioning the vulnerability of security in Europe.
{
234pp,
130x200mm,
July 2007;
PB,
£6.99,
095512381X:9780955123818
/
HB,
£16.95,
0955123828:9780955123825
, Citation Press
} |
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BLACK POCKETS
: and Other Dark Thoughts
[George Zebrowski]
This collection of 19 horror stories, culled from the career of a writer best known for his literary science fiction, explores horror as a product of the human mind by allowing personal, political, and metaphysical obsessions to unleash terrors that beset these characters and by refusing to rely on genre-typical terrors such as serial killers and ancient curses. The original novella 'Black Pockets' depicts a hate so all-consuming that a man makes a bargain to carry out the revenge plot of a dying enemy in order to gain the power to pursue his own victims. In unusual zombie tale, 'I Walked with Fidel', Fidel Castro's ideals are slowly betrayed by both Cold War superpowers. And a Kafka-like uneasiness pervades 'A Piano Full of Dead Spiders', in which a composer's music actually is the result of spiders walking on piano strings. Posing as philosophical puzzles, the stories gain emotional power from an attention to character development and the insightful investigation of both private and collective nightmares.
{
275pp,
145x215mm,
May 2006;
HB,
£16.99,
1930846401:9781930846401
, IPG (Golden Gryphon Press)
} |
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BLUE CASTLE
[Lucy Maud Montgomery]
Valancy lives a drab life with her overbearing mother and prying aunt. Then a shocking diagnosis from Dr Trent prompts her to make a fresh start. For the first time, she does and says exactly what she feels. As she expands her limited horizons, Valancy undergoes a transformation, discovering a new world of love and happiness. One of Lucy Maud Montgomery's only novels intended for an adult audience, 'The Blue Castle' is filled with humour and romance.
{
272pp,
140x215mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1550026666:9781550026665
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
BOOK OF MATTHEW
: A Novel of Suspense
[Thomas White]
Grizzled insomniac San Francisco Homicide Inspector Clemson Yao enlists the help of Angie Strachan -- a San Francisco realtor who once tried and failed to become the city's first female homicide inspector -- to help him solve a series of frightening murders. The two face off against a ghoulish, black-humoured serial killer who whimsically refers to his grotesque murders as "messies". Gripped by macabre obsession for a decade, he's evolved into a grandmaster of slow, anguished death, roaming the globe to catalogue the most despicable and clever methods of execution. As Clem and Angie slowly unravel the murderer's clues, they realise he has his next victim already picked out -- and it seems there is nothing they can do to stop him.
{
352pp,
125x230mm,
August 2008;
HB,
£15.99,
1590131517:9781590131510
, IPG (McBooks Press)
} |
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BRIGHT OF THE SKY
: Book One of the Entire & the Rose
[Kay Kenyon]
Kay Kenyon, noted for her science fiction world-building, has in this new series created her most vivid and compelling society, the Universe Entire. In a land-locked galaxy that tunnels through our own, the Entire is a bizarre and seductive mix of long-lived quasi-human and alien beings gathered under a sky of fire, called the bright. A land of wonders, the Entire is sustained by monumental storm walls and an exotic, never-ending river. Over all, the elegant and cruel Tarig rule supreme. Into this rich milieu is thrust Titus Quinn, former star pilot, bereft of his beloved wife and daughter who are assumed dead by everyone on earth except Quinn. Believing them trapped in a parallel universe -- one where he himself may have been imprisoned -- he returns to the Entire without resources, language, or his memories of that former life. He is assisted by Anzi, a woman of the Chalin people, a Chinese culture copied from our own universe and transformed by the kingdom of the bright. Learning of his daughter's dreadful slavery, Quinn swears to free her. To do so, he must cross the unimaginable distances of the Entire in disguise, for the Tarig are lying in wait for him. As Quinn's memories return, he discovers why. Quinn's goal is to penetrate the exotic culture of the Entire -- to the heart of Tarig power, the fabulous city of the Ascendancy, to steal the key to his family's redemption. But will his daughter and wife welcome rescue? Ten years of brutality have forced compromises on everyone. What Quinn will learn to his dismay is what his own choices were, long ago, in the Universe Entire. He will also discover why a fearful multiverse destiny is converging on him and what he must sacrifice to oppose the coming storm. This is high-concept science fiction written on the scale of Philip Jose Farmer's Riverworld, Roger Zelazny's Amber Chronicles, and Dan Dimmons's Hyperion.
{
453pp,
155x230mm,
February 2008;
PB,
£9.99,
1591026016:9781591026013
, Prometheus Books (Pyr)
} |
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BUZZWORD DICTIONARY
: 1,000 Phrases Translated from Pompous to English
[John Walston]
Pompous jargon pervades English these days, from corporate speak to silly legalisms. This lighthearted look at how English is being mangled reveals the underlying meaning, as well as the attitudes behind the meaning, of more than 1,000 buzzwords. Readers will discover that learning opportunity is a nice way of saying mistake; a lawn mullet is a yard that's neatly trimmed out front but growing long in the back; and a meanderthal is someone who has a hard time getting to the point when telling a story. Accompanied by 15 illustrated cartoons, this comical look at language shows how combining words can give way to new meanings.
{
224pp,
125x175mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£8.99,
1933338075:9781933338071
, IPG (Marion Street Press)
} |
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CALL OF THE BRAZOS, 2ND EDITION
[Ermal Walden Williamson]
When Matt Jorgensen met plantation owner, Ginny McBride, he knew that she would be the love of his life. Together, they would forge a lasting body, but a Yankee musket ball would tear their lives asunder. Matt searches but cannot find Ginny. He joins the confederacy and continues his search for her. Years later, while clinging desperately to life one wintry Montana night, he would once again have to face the demons of his dark past and answer the haunting call of the Brazos. An action-filled adventure that transcends the events of the Civil War, 'Call of the Brazos' will captivate readers with its many surprising twists and turns in the third saga of Matt Jorgensen's adventures, a character from the John Wayne movie, 'The Cowboys'.
{
318pp,
155x230mm,
May 2006;
PB,
£8.99,
1931643180:9781931643184
, Sorelli Publishing (Giant Shadow Publishing)
} |
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CASE OF YOU
[Rick Blechta]
She had a voice like an angel, smooth and complex as a twenty-year-old single malt, rich as thick cream. Everyone who heard Olivia sing felt as if she could see right into their souls, that her songs were meant for them alone... In earlier times, she would have been put to death as a witch. Andy Curran is a drummer in a struggling jazz trio. When a distinctly odd street person sings at an open mic night at the club where they work, it's clear they've found their salvation: a vocalist of incredible talent. When she departs as abruptly as she'd arrived, Andy sets out to discover where Olivia Saint has gone and who she really is. That knowledge soon proves to be deadly indeed. In A Case of You, a crime novel that sweeps from the jazz clubs of Toronto, to New York City and Northern California, Rick Blechta has created a compelling story, rich in detail and compassion, and populated with characters not easily forgotten.
{
135x190mm,
February 2008;
PB,
£10.99,
1894917685:9781894917681
, AtlasBooks (Napoleon & Company)
} |
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CLEAVAGE
[Theanna Bischoff]
Tracks the patchwork musings of Leah, who, at twenty-four years old and two years into a relationship, discovers she has breast cancer. Told in fragments, "Cleavage" details Leah's struggles with her illness and treatments, the conflict between her disease and her boyfriend, her ambivalence toward her job, and a long-standing feud between her mother and only sister.
{
122pp,
125x215mm,
April 2008;
PB,
£10.99,
1897126255:9781897126257
, Newest Press
} |
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CORNWALL CREE NATION
[Alan Davis]
Philip Cormack, a GP in the Cornish village of Tregaskis, is facing burn-out, divorce, and the end of his cricketing days. He sets out on a rejuvenating sabbatical in Canada, but unwittingly finds himself on an aboriginal reserve where deprivation, drink and violence abound. His struggle to cope there is relieved only by the oddball friends he discovers, and an unlikely relationship with Karla, a nurse and single mother. Maybe if he could rescue her and her teenage son Alex from this hardship, his life would have some fulfilment after all.
{
288pp,
155x235mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
0955390400:9780955390401
, Amolibros (Johnston Hope)
} |
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CREATOR AS CRITIC
: And Other Writings by E M Forster
[Jeffrey Heath]
E M Forster, the author of Howards End, A Passage to India, and A Room with a View, is recognised as one of the 20th century's most distinguished novelists. The Creator as Critic contains over 40 hitherto-unpublished essays, lectures, and memoirs, spanning the period 1898-1960; they reflect Forster's views on a wide range of authors: Coleridge, Tolstoy, Pater, Wilde, Henry James, Samuel Butler, Housman, Kipling, James Joyce, Proust, Cavafy, and others. The Creator as Critic presents the original texts of some 30 broadcasts made by Forster for the BBC during the years 1928-1959. These radio talks, uncollected until now, are the thought-provoking products of Forster's engagement with the literary, political, and social events of his time.
{
500pp,
150x230mm,
February 2008;
HB,
£45.00,
1550025228:9781550025224
, Dundurn Press
} |
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CROSSOVER
: A Cassandra Kresnov Novel
[Joel Shepherd]
This is the first novel in a series which follows the adventures of Cassandra Kresnov, an artificial person, or android, created by the League, one side of an interstellar war against the more powerful, conservative Federation. Cassandra is an experimental design -- more intelligent, more creative, and far more dangerous than any that have preceded her. But with her intellect come questions, and a moral awakening. She deserts the League and heads incognito into the space of her former enemy, the Federation, in search of a new life. Her chosen world is Callay, and its enormous, decadent capital metropolis of Tanusha, where the concerns of the war are literally and figuratively so many light years away. But the war between the League and the Federation was ideological as much as political, with much of that ideological dispute regarding the very existence of artificial sentience and the rules that govern its creation. Cassandra discovers that even in Tanusha, the powerful entities of this bloody conflict have wound their tentacles. Many in the League and the Federation have cause to want her dead, and Cassandra's history, inevitably, catches up with her. Cassandra finds herself at the mercy of a society whose values preclude her own right even to exist. But her presence in Tanusha reveals other fault lines, and when Federal agents attempt to assassinate the Callayan president, she finds herself thrust into the service of her former enemies, using her lethal skills to attempt to protect her former enemies from forces beyond their ability to control. As she struggles for her place and survival in a new world, Cassandra must forge new friendships with old enemies, while attempting to confront the most disturbing and deadly realities of her own existence.
{
457pp,
155x230mm,
August 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1591024439:9781591024439
, Prometheus Books (Pyr)
} |
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CUT TO THE QUICK
[Joan Boswell]
Hollis Grant is back, but this time she's in Toronto, hoping for a quiet summer of study. Hollis is a painter and she hopes to spend some time taking a course in painting at the College of Art from her best friend's husband. But the murder of her friend's secretive stepson puts an end to those plans. Hollis soon discovers all is not as it seems. Was the stepson the real target or is it his brother or his father, famous artist, and Hollis's instructor? What clandestine lives have the young man and his father hidden from the family? Would someone kill them because of their secrets?
{
256pp,
135x190mm,
June 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
1894917472:9781894917476
, AtlasBooks (Napoleon Publishing)
} |
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DARK RESURRECTION
[Ron Chudley]
Elizabeth and Tom's tranquil life is suddenly disrupted by a singular event; out of the flames and horror of 9/11 come riches beyond anyone's wildest dreams. But with the wealth comes danger and relentless pursuit by a grim figure whose motives may be a lot darker than justice. Fear, guilt and loyalty mean that Elizabeth and Tom are on their own. All they desire, finally, is to be rid of the dreadful fortune -- and to survive the attentions of those who would be rid of them.
{
224pp,
140x215mm,
November 2006;
PB,
£8.99,
1894898486:9781894898485
, Heritage House Publishing (TouchWood Editions)
} |
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DAYS BETWEEN THE YEARS
: A Novel
[Sherry Austin]
A heartwarming story of a widow who rediscovers her distant past, this historical novel centres on Trixie Goforth as she revisits her former life. Trixie and her family are decorating the Christmas tree when she stumbles upon an old ornament and is reminded of a forgotten history. Through her memories, she reveals the sacrifices and compromises she made as a young woman to please her family, and her children discover she had a wild and reckless romantic nature that she had kept hidden for years. In the midst of the Great Depression and World War II, Trixie found warmth, family, and a first love; these cherished memories re-warm her present life, as she learns she may be celebrating her last Christmas.
{
200pp,
125x180mm,
November 2007;
HB,
£11.50,
1570723249:9781570723247
, IPG (Overmountain Press)
} |
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DEAD MAN'S FLOAT
[Nicholas Maes]
Seventy-year-old Nathan Gelder's recent stroke has done little to appease the obsessive dreams and memories of his parents -- both of whom died in the Holocaust -- that haunt him relentlessly. While he remains in a paralyzed state, questions of his involvement in the death of rock star Leonard Skye Barvis begin to surface. Riots are staged worldwide and the media descends on him and his family. This effortless juxtapositon of one of history's darkest episodes with late 20th-century popular culture comes to a poignant end -- with shattering results -- in this haunting novel.
{
438pp,
145x215mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£11.99,
1550652117:9781550652116
, IPG (Véhicule Press)
} |
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DICTIONARY OF CONCISE WRITING, 2ND EDITION
: More Than 10,000 Alternatives to Wordy Phrases
[Robert Hartwell Fiske & Richard Lederer]
Concise alternatives for thousands of common, wordy phrases are provided in this guide to clean, strong prose. Updated and revised with hundreds of new entries, this new edition can tidy up any writer's long-winded phraseology with such helpful replacements as because for based on the fact that, cease for put an end to, and violate for fail to comply with.
{
400pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£13.50,
1933338121:9781933338125
, IPG (Marion Street Press)
} |
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DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW?
[Maureen Jennings]
Christine Morris has been sent to Edinburgh to attend a conference on the latest in police methodology. There she is tracked down by the Northern Constabulary, Stornoway, Outer Hebrides, who inform her that her estranged mother has been involved in a vehicular homicide and has gone missing. Reluctantly, Christine agrees to fly up to Stornoway, where her mother was last seen. Her arrival is followed by the suspicious death of one of the islanders. What unfolds is a deepening involvement in the life of the community, an unexpected reconnection with her mother, and a nefarious plot against one of the young princes, who is planning a visit to the island. Set against the backdrop of a breathtaking landscape and a people who are fiercely proud of their traditional way of life, 'Does Your Mother Know?' races along to a galloping finish in this complex tale of suspense.
REVIEW: "In this new series Jennings succeeds equally well in depicting a closed culture with vivid detail. Her prose has its own quiet rhythm that immerses the reader in the story. I can’t wait to see what adventures await Christine in the second installment of this promising series. " -- Reviewing The Evidence, January 2007.
{
300pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£12.99,
1550026399:9781550026399
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
E-MAILS FROM THE EDGE
[Lynne Everatt]
Told through a series of increasingly frantic e-mails to her mentor, E-Mails from the Edge traces the circuitous career of Constance Beaman MBA, a middling middle manager at a mega-multinational corporation. Constance works in a world she never encountered in business school: the real world. She is bounced among a kaleidoscopic assortment of bosses, squeezed through the merger ringer, shaken by excruciating exercises in team building, and forced to exude passion against her will. Constance remains committed to a life of urgent deliverables, key learnings, and continuous self-improvement until she discovers that the daily grind can have deadly consequences. Her mindset forever impacted, Constance veers off her career path and into a series of outrageous acts that mock the corporation’s will to power and celebrate a passion that refuses to be compromised.
{
223pp,
155x230mm,
February 2006;
PB,
£9.95,
1897178204:9781897178201
, Insomniac Press
} |
 |
EAGLE MINDS
: Selected Correspondence of Istvan Anhalt & George Rochberg (1961-2005)
[Alan M Gillmor (ed)]
EAGLE MINDS -- a selection from the correspondence between the Canadian composer and scholar Istvan Anhalt and his American counterpart George Rochberg -- is a splendid chronicle and a penetrating analysis of the swerving socio-cultural movements of a volatile half-century as observed by two highly gifted individuals. Beginning in 1961 and spanning forty-four years, their conversation embraces not only music but other forms of contemporary art, as well as politics, philosophy, religion, and mysticism. The letters chronicle the deepening of their friendship over the years, and the openness, honesty, and genuine warmth between them provide the reader with an intimate look at their personalities. A fascinating intellectual tension emerges between the two men as they record their individual responses to musical modernism, to changing political and social realities, and to their Jewish heritage and sense of place, one as a son of Ukrainian immigrants to the United States, the other as a refugee from war-torn Hungary. Allowing us a privileged glimpse into the private lives and thoughts of these fascinating men, "Eagle Minds" is a valuable tool for scholars interested in North American composers in the late twentieth century and essential reading for anyone interested in the cultural and social history of that era.
{
426pp,
155x230mm,
June 2008;
HB,
£49.99,
1554580188:9781554580187
, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
} |
 |
ECSTASY OF THE BEATS
: On the Road to Understanding
[David Creighton]
Who were the Beats? Not the sandal-clad beatniks of popular lore but dedicated writers and shapers of the future who hung out in Times Square devouring ideas. This book shows how the world has taken up their message by offering a fresh portrait of Carolyn Cassady, the 'Queen of the Beats' and four other major Beat writers. Readers are invited on the Beat Journey towards ever-deeper levels of understanding and provides interesting insights into Jack Kerouac's French-Canadian roots.
{
317pp,
150x230mm,
October 2007;
PB,
£14.99,
1550027344:9781550027341
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
EMPIRE & COMMUNICATIONS
[Harold A innis]
It's been said that without Harold A Innis there could have been no Marshall McLuhan. 'Empire and Communications' is one of Innis's most important contributions to the debate about how media influence the development of consciousness and societies. In this seminal text, he traces humanity's movement from the oral tradition of preliterate cultures to the electronic media of recent times. Along the way, he presents his own influential concepts of oral communication, time and space bias, and monopolies of knowledge.
{
287pp,
140x215mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1550026623:9781550026627
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
EYES OF A STALKER
[Valerie Sherrard]
For ages 11-15. An unexpected delivery from the florist points to a secret admirer for Shelby Belgarden, but when an ominous phone call and a disturbing email follow, the teenaged sleuth and her family realise that the dangerous obsession of a stalker lies behind them. While the messages become increasingly sinister, the police are unable to uncover the culprit's identity, and Shelby finds her world has turned into a nightmare of fear and betrayal. When an arrest is made, it seems that life can return to normal for the Belgarden family, but the stalker proves more cunning than anyone could have imagined. Just when it seems she is safe again, Shelby finds herself at the mercy of a twisted but brilliant mind. Time is running out, and with no one to help her, Shelby must outwit her captor before he can carry out his deadly plan.
{
224pp,
135x185mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£6.99,
1550026437:9781550026436
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
FATE OF MICE
[Susan Palwick]
The fantastic and magical realities humans create and their often terrifying consequences are examined in this unflinching collection of work from a noted science fiction writer. A determined mother attempts to break the fairy tale spell that confines her daughters, a female wolf learns that loving a man can be quite dangerous, and a manipulative politician harvests zombies in these stories that are beautiful and brutal, but maintain a modicum of hope for the future.
{
218pp,
140x215mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£9.99,
1892391422:9781892391421
, IPG (Tachyon Publications)
} |
 |
FIGHT FOR ROME
: A Gladiators of the Empire Novel
[James Duffy]
Continuing the adventures of Quintus Honorius Romanus (a.k.a. Taurus) -- legendary gladiator of ancient Rome -- this second book in the series picks up in AD 68, when the emperor is dead, and the throne is up for grabs. Three contenders square off to take control of the government, and as civil unrest begins to build, Quintus and his friends, the beast hunter Lindani and the gladiatrix Amazonia, are forced to fight with the legionnaires of Rome in what will soon become bloody civil war. Meanwhile, in a remote corner of the empire, Quintus' former slave, Lucius Calidius, plots another rise to power -- and not even Quintus will stand in his way.
{
399pp,
155x230mm,
September 2007;
HB,
£15.99,
1590131126:9781590131121
, IPG (McBooks Press)
} |
 |
FILTH KISS
[C J Lines]
Set against the backdrop of rural England in the 1980s, FILTH KISS is a dizzying plunge into the nightmarish heart of depravity. A man's body is found in the river Severn. Two brothers return to the village of their childhood to pay last respects to a father they barely knew. Broadoak never changes. The same shops sell the same homemade trinkets. The same tongues wag behind the same closed doors. The same souls seek salvation at the bottom of the same pint glasses. The same shadows move along the same streets after closing time. The same malevolence waits to awaken once more. As they fight off their own demons, the brothers discover that the evil within is nothing to be afraid of -- what's coming for them is far, far worse.
{
200pp,
October 2007;
PB,
£7.99,
0955031451:9780955031458
, Hadesgate Publications
} |
 |
FINCH'S FORTUNE
[Mazo de la Roche]
The third novel in the Whiteoak family saga, Finch Whiteoak celebrates his twenty-first birthday and comes into his inheritance from Grandmother Adeline. He generously takes his two elderly uncles to England and lives for a time with his Aunt Augusta. While in England, Finch falls in and out of love with his cousin Sarah Court, who marries his best friend. Finch composes music and embarks on a career as a concert pianist. He returns to Jalna, where the fortune left to him remains a bone of contention amongst other members of the Whiteoaks family.
{
484pp,
155x230mm,
February 2008;
PB,
£12.99,
1894852273:9781894852272
, Dundurn Press (XYZ Publishing)
} |
 |
FIRE HALL COOKING WITH JEFF THE CHEF
: Surefire Recipes to Feed Your Crew
[Jeff Derraugh]
As entertaining as it is practical, 'Fire Hall Cooking with Jeff the Chef' features tried-and-true recipes from some of the country's greatest unheralded chefs -- fire-fighters. This eclectic collection grew from veteran fire-fighter Jeff Derraugh's experience cooking for ravenous fire crews, who demand that each meal be deliciously decadent, amply portioned and reasonably priced. Sprinkled throughout are cooking tips and observations culled from 17 years of working -- and cooking -- alongside fire-fighters. With recipes for Rip Roarin' Risotto, Fred Flintstone BBQ'd Beef Ribs, Funky Fire Hall Chili, Southwest Sweet Potato Fries, Jamaican Jerk Pork Chops with Fresh Mango Salsa, Tequila Lime Chicken, Amaretto Cheesecake with Kahlua topping and a whole lot more, Fire Hall Cooking will help you prepare delicious fare for every time of day and every kind of food hankering.
{
240pp,
155x230mm,
June 2007;
PB,
£11.99,
1894898567:9781894898560
, Heritage House Publishing (TouchWood Editions)
} |
 |
FIRST CLASS
: Early Works of the Nearly Famous
[Graeme K Talboys (ed)]
An anthology of new writing.
{
175pp,
140x215mm,
November 2007;
PB,
£7.99,
0955760607:9780955760600
, Grey House in the Woods
} |
 |
FROM THE DEPTHS
[Gerry Doyle]
Dr Christine Myers, a forensic scientist with the CIA, has investigated some of the most heinous crimes ever committed, but nothing could prepare her for the slaughter aboard the Dragon, a defecting North Korean nuclear submarine. On board, Christine and a team of Navy SEALs find all the crew members dead, some with their bodies smashed and mutilated, others poisoned from chlorine gas inhalation. Was the gas leak an accident, or was it sabotage? As the SEALS submerge the sub and attempt a clandestine journey to land, Christine tries to piece together the forensic clues. But once the SEALs start dying one by one, the survivors must band together against an unseen enemy -- before it’s too late.
{
269pp,
155x230mm,
November 2007;
HB,
£15.99,
159013141X:9781590131411
, IPG (McBooks Press)
} |
 |
GASPEE
[Alex Gabbard]
The raid on the HMS Gaspee on the night of June 9, 1772 and its tenuous but clever cover-up perpetrated in court became an epic expression of the emerging American spirit that later burst into the long and bloody revolution. In Rhode Island just prior to the American Revolution, growing patriot-loyalist conflict culminated with the night-time seizure and burning of the HMS Gaspee and led to the first exchange of fire of the Revolution, three years before the Minutemen of Lexington Green and Concord Bridge. The shots exchanged, the clash of arms, the seizing of the ship and crew were such an insult to the King, and to the Royal Navy, that the Crown's magistrates threatened military occupation long before the fever of revolution swept the countryside from farm to village to town. Based on actual events and records.
{
212pp,
155x230mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£16.99,
097553582X:9780975535820
, AtlasBooks (Gppress)
} |
 |
GERBIL MOTHER
[D M Bryan]
Gerbil, age zero, has a question: where do parents come from? Specifically, she wants to know about her mother. Who is this vessel in which she resides, and why does it seem like her mother isn't up for the task of parenthood? The book raises questions about the condition, execution, and absurdities of motherhood. It is a new look at the family dynamic through the eyes of the unborn, a baby on the brink of being thrust into a life she would rather witness from the outside -- or from the inside her mother's womb.
{
192pp,
140x215mm,
March 2008;
PB,
£11.99,
1897126247:9781897126240
, Newest Press
} |
 |
GIFT
[C McGivern]
Simiak's gift landed unexpectedly on Margo's doorstep... sensual, erotic adventure, dangerous liaisons and murder followed it into her life in quickfire succession, turning her peacefully safe Canary Wharf existence on its head. McGivern's seductively tense novel leads Margo into places she didn't necessarily want to go... places where she must confront and resolve her own deepest passions, secret desires and needs.
{
140x215mm,
September 2007;
PB,
£7.99,
0954003187:9780954003180
, Sorelli Publishing (Sammon Publishing)
} |
 |
GOD IS AN ATHEIST
: A Novella for Those Who Have Run Out of Time
[N Nosirrah]
A hysterically funny, yet profound romp through religion, spirituality and the contemporary clash of belief cultures, with special attention to the human obsession with knowing what can't be known. Nosirrah provokes just about everyone as he describes a world where God is on the run from Islamic extremists, the Pope announces he shares a bed with Sam Harris, and Buddha's son disappoints by getting enlightened instead of becoming a doctor.
{
119pp,
140x215mm,
June 2008;
PB,
£6.99,
1591810728:9781591810728
, Sentient Publications
} |
 |
GOLDEN
[Lucius Shepard]
Deviating from traditional tales that feature lonely vampires who prowl through human society in search of victims or solace, this account of vampires flourishing in their own 'inhuman society' takes place in the year 1860, when their centuries-long breeding experiments have finally produced 'The Golden', a mortal whose blood is perfect and powerful. Mobilised by the news of this discovery, aristocratic vampire clans arrive at the looming Castle Banat, where they plan to partake of the sublime blood. To their shock, the guests find that The Golden, a young girl, has been brutally murdered and her blood already drained. The story also follows the Inspector Michael Beheim -- a recent vampire -- assigned to track down the killer. Recounted in full 19th-century literary style with gothic elements and foreshadowing, the inspector navigates his way through the vampire world and the crime therein.
{
203pp,
140x215mm,
April 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
193084638X:9781930846388
, IPG (Golden Gryphon Press)
} |
 |
GRANITE RIDGE INITIATIVE
[Karl Vincent]
A wealthy businessman, chief executive for a major Scottish oil company, is abducted by terrorists who demand the release of some of their number being held in London’s Belmarsh Prison. His distraught wife makes contact with a close American friend of her husband who runs Granite Ridge Inc., USA, a paramilitary security firm employing ex-Special Forces personnel. Her husband and the American had formulated an expensive and risky plan to secure the release of a senior politician or high profile person, should they be abducted and held hostage by terrorists. With the financial backing of the oilman's wife, the American agrees to launch the 'Granite Ridge Initiative' -- a terrifying countermeasure to asymmetrical terrorism.
{
234pp,
130x195mm,
February 2008;
PB,
£6.99,
0955123801:9780955123801
, Citation Press
} |
 |
HAMMETT'S MORAL VISION
: The Most Influential In-Depth Analysis of Dashiell Hammett's Novels Red Harvest, The Dain Curse, The Maltese Falcon, The Glass Key, & The Thin Man
[George J 'Rhino' Thompson; Foreword by William F Nolan; Prefaced by Vince Emery]
Previously only available serialised over seven issues of The Armchair Detective magazine, this examination is the single most influential book-length analysis of Dashiell Hammett's novels. Spanning all sections of his career, the book discusses five novels: The Dain Curse, The Glass Key, The Maltese Falcon, Red Harvest, and The Thin Man. Detailed analysis shows how the author and his work changed over time. Each novel is discussed in its own chapter with comparative criticism, and there is a list of resources for further reading and research. Additionally, this compiled text includes a new chapter in which the author discusses the impact Hammett has had on his own life.
{
246pp,
155x230mm,
January 2007;
HB,
£16.99,
097258983X:9780972589833
, IPG (Vince Emery Productions)
} |
 |
HANGING MOUNTAINS
[Sean Williams]
Ancient enemies stalk ghostly fog forests as legends come to life. The Divide is flooded. Habryn Kail and the Homunculus are missing, presumed dead. Sal and his companions seek the source of the flood in the legendary Hanging Mountains, hoping to head off a crisis that was put in motion a thousand years ago. As conflict erupts between two long-forgotten civilisations, the outsiders find that allies are hard to come by. Taken captive and separated, they uncover uncomfortable truths about the world and how it relates to the one that came before -- our world. Something dark and deadly is stirring in the heart of the mountains. And the closer it comes to waking, the more certain it seems the Homunculus may not have been the enemy at all.
{
477pp,
155x230mm,
June 2007;
HB,
£16.99,
1591025443:9781591025443
, Prometheus Books (Pyr)
} |
 |
HER STORY, OUR STORY & ON THE SWING
: Short Stories & a Novella
[Vibhavari Shirurkar; Translated by Yashodhara Maitra]
Written in the 1930s, the stories and novella take a remorselessly radical stance against society's hypocritical mores, with women across classes fighting to live as they choose. Her frank social critique incited violent reactions in an intensely conservative society that burnt effigies of the author.
{
130pp,
140x225mm,
November 2007;
PB,
£12.00,
8185604940:9788185604947
, Stree
} |
 |
HOME IN ALFALFA
[Hugh Cook]
Welcome to a year in the life of Alfalfa, a small town in middle- America, a farm community where you will meet... Hilbert TeBrake, who is convinced this is the year he will finally beat Earlie Prior in the giant cauliflower championship at the Alfalfa Fair... VanderLeek, Lubbers and Klop, three frugal farmers who together buy a boar named Wild Oats, then devise an ingenious plan to breed their own sows -- but only on Sundays... Robert Meyer the town photographer, a bachelor and the best friend a bride ever had... Dorothy DeHeer, a pastor's wife who dreams of a rendezvous in the Cayman Islands with a secret lover... Stories and characters which will remind the reader of Garrison Keilor.
{
245pp,
155x230mm,
October 2007;
PB,
£10.95,
0889628858:9780889628854
, Mosaic Press
} |
 |
HOUSE DIVIDED
[Ben Ames Williams]
First published in 1947, this best selling historical novel is cherished and remembered as one of the finest retellings of the Civil War saga -- America's own War and Peace. In the first hard pinch of the Civil War, five siblings of an established Confederate Virginia family learn that their father is the grandfather of Abraham Lincoln. The family's story, and the story of their descendants, is presented in this tale that includes both soldiers and civilians -- complete with their boasting, ambition, and arrogance, but also their patience, valour, and shrewdness. The grandnephew of General James Longstreet, the author brings to life one of the most extraordinary periods in history, and details war as it really is -- a disease from which, win or lose, no nation ever completely recovers.
{
1536pp,
May 2006;
PB,
£16.99,
1556526199:9781556526190
, IPG (Chicago Review Press)
} |
 |
IN THE CLAWS OF THE CAT
[Claude Forand; Translated by Jo-Anne Elder]
In a small town like Chesterville, homicides are as rare as government grants. So it's not surprising that the violent death of the richest man in town, J A Bussières, shakes up the entire population: who could hate the man enough to murder him, one rainy night, in the local cemetery? Roméo Dubuc, the Chief of Police, heads up the investigation. Several suspects have motives. Is it just a coincidence that J A's son, who hated his father, escaped from the psychiatric hospital the very day his father died? Was Marguerita Bussières tired of having a husband who cheated on her? Did Talbot, the grocer, a man with a violent temper, finally act on his threats against the man who was pursuing his young daughter? He had already told people he'd wring Bussières's neck if he kept it up. And then there's Jerrry Ménard: did the small-time bar owner stand to make a handsome profit from his financeer's death? In this detective novel, Dubuc's nose is to the grindstone as he tries to sift through the clues.
{
206pp,
140x215mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£11.99,
1550712586:9781550712582
, Guernica Editions
} |
 |
IN THE NAME OF FRIENDSHIP
: A Novel
[Marilyn French]
Marilyn French's seven million copy best seller 'The Women's Room' crystallised the issues that ignited the women's movement. Now the acclaimed author updates that classic with a new exploration of the truths and realities behind women's lives. 'In the Name of Friendship' illuminates how the women's movement changed the lives of women as well as men. Set in the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts, this wise novel is a group portrait of four disparate women who forge life-altering friendships despite personalities that vary as greatly as their vocations and ages. The novel weaves together a series of family crises with the friendships that help the four women refashion their lives.
{
408pp,
155x230mm,
May 2006;
HB,
£16.99,
1558615210:9781558615212
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
INFOQUAKE
[David Louis Edelman]
How far should you go to make a profit? 'Infoquake', the debut novel by David Louis Edelman, takes speculative fiction into alien territory: the corporate boardroom of the far future. It's a stunning trip through the trenches of a technological war fought with product demos, press releases, and sales pitches. Natch is a master of bio/logics, the programming of the human body. He's clawed and scraped his way to the top of the bio/logics market using little more than his wits. Now his sudden notoriety has brought him to the attention of Margaret Surina, the owner of a mysterious new technology called MultiReal. Only by enlisting Natch's devious mind can Margaret keep MultiReal out of the hands of High Executive Len Borda and his ruthless armies. To fend off the intricate net of enemies closing in around him, Natch and his apprentices must accomplish the impossible. They must understand this strange new technology, run through the product development cycle, and prepare MultiReal for release to the public -- all in three days. Meanwhile, hanging over everything is the spectre of the infoquake, a lethal burst of energy that's disrupting the bio/logic networks and threatening to send the world crashing back into the Dark Ages. With "Infoquake", David Louis Edelman has created a fully detailed world that's both as imaginative as Dune and as real as today's Wall Street Journal.
REVIEW: "It is a brisk, well-told science fiction adventure set in the normally unadventurous world of business...a simple old-fashioned story, where incident crowds onto incident, where jeopardy makes us hold our breath and rabbits are pulled from the hat only at the very last moment. So in the end the melodrama keeps us reading and awaiting with some interest the next volume in the trilogy." -- New York Review of Science Fiction, Vol. 19, No. 5, # 221, January 2007. "Right off the bat, let me just say that David Louis Edelman's Infoquake just might be one of the very best science fiction debuts I have ever read. The book deserves all the praise it has garnered, and then some! Only rarely will a debut author produce the sort of work which habitually comes from celebrated veterans...Edelman brings a fresh vision to "old" ideas and clichés, which makes Infoquake something special...The worldbuilding is another enthralling facet of this novel...The author has created a richly detailed universe...Ambitious, vast in scope, with a deftly executed plot and impeccable prose from start to finish, David Louis Edelman's Infoquake is a fascinating read. 2006 was one of the best years in memory in terms of impressive speculative fiction debuts. Had I read it when it was originally released, Infoquake would have trumped Scott Lynch's The Lies of Locke Lamora, Naomi Novik's His Majesty's Dragon, Brian Ruckley's Winterbirth, and Joe Abercrombie's The Blade Itself." -- Pat’s Fantasy Hotlist, May 7, 2008. "...a well-wrought, propulsive, and consistently readable book...a well-told, entertaining, and thought-provoking first novel. A solid start. Edelman's just might be a name to watch." -- Andromeda Spaceways, August 12, 2008.
{
421pp,
155x230mm,
July 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1591024420:9781591024422
, Prometheus Books (Pyr)
} |
 |
INVENTING THE REAL
: 'The Old Maid' & 'The Real Thing'
[Edith Wharton & Henry James; Introduction by Mary Ann Caws]
An Edith Wharton and Henry James pairing explores 'reality' in two classic tales. Using shades of irony to capture moments of surprise and sadness, Edith Wharton and Henry James play with reality -- in the work of a portrait artist and in the secret love of a 'fallen' woman for her daughter. Two cousins, one a well-to-do adoptive mother and the other a poor woman whose child knows her only as 'Aunt Chatty', vie for the girl's affection in Wharton's surprisingly explicit novella. James explores reality and illusion when an artist hires an aristocratic couple, who have fallen on hard times, to model and finds that their images do not work for his upper-class paintings. Together, 'The Old Maid' and 'The Real Thing' examine class and gender expectation versus actual experience.
{
152pp,
125x180mm,
July 2008;
PB,
£8.99,
1558615768:9781558615762
, Feminist Press
} |
 |
ISLAND GARDENS OF TAKAU
[G L Kay]
Defying the social restrictions of 1927, Katherine, a young American doctor, crosses the Ma'rhu River in the obscure tropical country of Takau. Determined to open a clinic in the slums of Am'rha Bo, Katherine wins hearts and defies authorities. She survives an earthquake and gets tangled in a violent revolution. Her soul is awakened and she experiences the revelations of cultural immersion. As The Island Gardens of Takau disclose their secrets, she discovers allies in unlikely guises and a lover whose extravagant idealism finally exceeds her own. Laced with the mythology and colour of an ancient culture, Katherine's narrative reveals her slow recognition of the price paid for uncompromising devotion to a noble cause. But, her achievements only clear the way for violence and betrayal. Will the great bridge Kai and Katherine struggle to build unite the shores that the Ma'rhu has kept separate for centuries?
{
May 2006;
PB,
£11.50,
1883991676:9781883991678
, Caveat Press
} |
 |
JOURNEY INTO IRELAND'S LITERARY REVIVAL
[R Todd Felton]
A great tide of literary invention swept through Ireland between the 1890s and the 1920s. This engrossing, illuminating, and beautifully illustrated guidebook explores the personal and professional histories of writers such as W B Yeats, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, and Sean O’Casey and examines their relationships with the people, culture, and landscapes of Ireland. From Galway and the Aran Islands, to County Mayo and County Sligo, and from Dublin to Wicklow, this guide to the places that inspired Irish Literary Revival showcases the locations where many of Ireland’s finest writers shaped an enduring vision of the country.
REVIEW: "This absorbing book is also a splendid travel guide. Felton pulls together an
irresistible road trip." -- The Celtic Connection, November 2007.
{
154pp,
210x200mm,
February 2007;
PB,
£16.99,
0976670674:9780976670674
, IPG (Roaring Forties Press)
} |
 |
KAMALLAH'S BRACELET
: A Novel
[Derek Smith]
Earnest, naive, and shy with women, the Reverend Denson Roswell is the newly appointed pastor of the Mt Absalom Baptist Church in the south Georgia town of Levidgville during the early 1960's. Instead of being a brimstone-spouting preacher who stirs his flock with sermons laced with hellfire and damnation, he becomes deeply embroiled himself with a temptress who answers his personals ad in an Atlanta newspaper, and then with a deranged, sexually aggressive church member. Tortured by the entrapments in which he unwittingly is immersed, Denson becomes convinced that all is hopeless and is consumed by guilt. Although deficient in worldly wisdom and good judgement, he eventually is saved, his redemption, in the end, coming from the most ungodly and surprising quarter. Derek Smith is a masterly storyteller, and here he weaves a fascinating tale full of colourful characters, set against a backdrop of life in the 1960's South.
{
288pp,
155x230mm,
June 2009;
HB,
£16.99,
1929490232:9781929490233
, Frederic C Beil
} |
 |
KING LEAR
: A Novel
[Paul Illidge]
Shakespeare's major plays are not abridged or summarised in these editions, but are paraphrased line-by-line in modern English to create a prose narrative that also incorporates stage directions and dialogue. The flavour of the original is retained by the use of iambic pentameter and rhyme, but higher flights of symbolism and poetic allusion are omitted and Elizabethan usage is stripped away altogether. Making the plays unfold as if they were novels, the books in this series are carried along by the intensity of Shakespeare's page-turning plots and the rich development of character, mood, and setting.
{
138pp,
155x230mm,
August 2006;
PB,
£7.99,
0968634761:9780968634769
, IPG (Creber Monde Entier)
} |
 |
KIPLING'S ERROR III
: They Were Good Americans -- The Story of the B-17 Flying Fortress
[Brooks Mitchell PhD]
On the morning of 28 July 1943, on a raid to Oschersleben, Germany, Kipling's Error III was ambushed through thick cloud cover by as many as 200 German fighters and witnessed another group's lead ship being hit in the bomb bay while carrying incendiary bombs that morning. It is mentioned that the explosion was so terrific that it caused the downing of the other two wing ships as well. These accounts and others are related here in the documented diaries of five crew members in vivid detail.
{
229pp,
215x280mm,
July 2006;
HB,
£19.99,
0960729860:9780960729869
, 21st Century Publishers
} |
 |
KNOCK AT THE DOOR
: A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide
[Margaret Ajemian Ahnert]
In 1915, Armenian Christians in Turkey were forced to convert to Islam, barred from speaking their language, and often driven out of their homes as the Turkish army embarked on a widespread campaign of intimidation and murder. In this riveting book, Margaret Ajemian Ahnert relates her mother Ester's terrifying experiences as a young woman during this period of hatred and brutality. At age 15, Ester was separated from her foster family during a forced march away from her birth town of Amasia. Though she faced unspeakable horrors at the hands of many she met on the road, and was forced into an abusive marriage against her will, she never lost her faith, quick wit, or ability to see the good in people. Eventually she escaped and made her way to America. Ahnert's compelling account of her mother's suffering is framed by an intimate portrait of her relationship with her 98-year-old mother. Ester's inspiring stories, told lovingly by her daughter, will give you a window into the harrowing struggle of Armenians during a terrible period in human history.
{
210pp,
155x230mm,
April 2007;
HB,
£15.50,
0825305128:9780825305122
, Midpoint Trade Books (Beaufort Books)
} |
 |
LAST FISH SUPPER
[Douglas Lindsay]
Barney Thomson is a restless soul in search of a quiet town in which to settle. He thinks he might just have found it in Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae and life can at last bring him some peace. Or, at least, it might have done, but for the dead body at the bottom of the stairs, the ghost tormented for all time to go to the bathroom, the evil Chinese businessman, the disturbing package in the freezer, the mysterious cathedral, Barney's deaf, mute, hunchbacked assistant, the ancient society protecting a 2,000 year-old secret, the Vatican spies, the intended murder, the curious collective of ninety year-old men looking for Robbie Williams' haircuts, the promiscuous vicar named Judas, the rookie exorcist, the volatile cheese sandwich, and the very outside possibility of Armageddon. And, at the end it all, twelve men will meet around a table and the very future of humanity will be decided. Either that, or they will go home for a cup of tea and a plate of chips.
{
287pp,
130x195mm,
July 2006;
PB,
£7.99,
0954138759:9780954138752
, Long Midnight Publishing
} |
 |
LAST REALM
: Book 1: Dragonscarpe
[Pat McNamara & Gary Turner. Illustrated by Michal Dutkiewicz]
Ages 14 years & over. The storm of war has engulfed the Realms. Zayd Mon Awes, Paladin of the Dragonscarpe is set the impossible task of training four beautiful Elementalists who hold the key to winning the war -- if they don't kill each other first. But when betrayal sees the hellish Rifters let loose on the once unconquerable Dragonscarpe, Zayd discovers that the only hope for survival lies in a past deliberately forgotten -- beyond the barrier to the terrifying Last Realm... FEATURES: A colossal 320 Page Cinematic Fantasy Art Novel; Coffee table sized hardback edition; First of a visually rich and cinematically paced epic-fantasy series; Features over one hundred and fifty stunning, full colour illustrations by multi-award winning Illustrator and Master Pin-Up Artist, Michal Dutkiewicz (Batman, Wolverine & Lost in Space); Written by rising author, Pat McNamara (Co-Creator of the Ditmar and Aurealis Award Nominated 'The Unknown Soldier'); From a story by conceptualist, Gary Turner; Inspired by Classic Fantasy titans; 'John Carter Warlord of Mars', 'Pern' and the tales of 'Lost Worlds'; Infused with the dark contemporary themes of modern genre icons; Star Wars, Babylon 5, & Buffy; A "Lord of the Rings" for the new generation!
{
320pp,
260x350mm,
December 2007;
HB,
£19.95,
9829109011:9789829109019
, D.R.E.E.M TV (Angel Phoenix)
} |
 |
LIGHT AT THE EDGE OF DARKNESS
[Cynthia Mackinnon (ed)]
This is a compilation of 28 short stories, including 3 novelettes that cover the Biblical speculative fiction spectrum from horror and spiritual thriller to sci-fi to fantasy. Headlining the book is 'Undeniable', a riveting, chilling tale from Canadian horror writer, A P Fuchs. When forced to the edge of darkness, there's only one way back: embrace the Light. 'Light at the Edge of Darkness' tells stories written from a Christian worldview intended to inspire and entertain readers. The showcased Biblical specific fiction sub-genres are: science fiction, dystopia, cyberpunk, fantasy, time travel, and supernatural. The stories have been organised into sub-genres with some versatile authors writing in more than one category. Readers will find the serious, the light, the parody, and the heart-stopping.
{
363pp,
140x215mm,
August 2007;
PB,
£9.99,
1934284009:9781934284001
, AtlasBooks (Writers Cafe Press)
} |
 |
LINE BETWEEN
[Peter S Beagle]
The long-awaited sequel to the popular classic The Last Unicorn is the centrepiece of this powerful collection of new tales from a fantasy master. As long time fans have come to expect, the stories are written with a grace and style similar to fantasy's most original voices, such as J R R Tolkien, Fritz Leiber, and Kurt Vonnegut. Traditional themes are typically infused with modern sensibilities -- reincarnated lovers and waning kings rub shoulders with heroic waifs; Schmendrick the Magician returns to adventure, as does the ghost of an off-Broadway actor and a dream-stealing shape shifter; and Gordon, the delightfully charming 'self-made cat', appears for the first time in print, taking his place alongside Stuart Little as a new favourite of the young at heart. This wide-ranging compilation contains sly humour and a resounding depth that will charm fans of literary fantasy.
{
232pp,
140x215mm,
July 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1892391368:9781892391360
, IPG (Tachyon Publications)
} |
 |
LIVING LANGUAGE & DEAD RECKONING
: Navigating Oral & Written Traditions
[J Edward Chamberlin]
Turning frequently to First Nations people, Ted Chamberlin looks at their culture and asks what it means to listen. In response, he notes that we take great pleasure in the comforts of narration, of finding our way within a story, a kind of 'dead reckoning' out at sea when the fog rolls in and we experience 'being almost lost'. Much of the essay focuses on people from around the world who have often been described as pre-literate. Chamberlin takes issue with this view and argues that such people 'read' a whole host of signs and stories, and that in understanding how this reading takes place we can understand something of our own habits of reading and listening. Whereas scholars such as McLuhan and Ong have claimed that such cultures are 'imprisoned in the present', Chamberlin points out that this is demonstrable nonsense. All cultures are both oral and written, he argues, and knowledge comes from both listening and reading. Employing his own position as a 'teller of tales' he asks whether we believe the teller or the tale, and draws attention to the importance of not only the storyteller but also the community of listeners.
{
36pp,
140x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£5.99,
1553800370:9781553800378
, Ronsdale Press
} |
 |
LONGINUS
: Book I of The Merlin Factor
[Steven Maines]
"Lonignus: Book I of The Merlin Factor" tells the story of Gaius Cassius Longinus, the battle-hardened centurion of Rome who is assigned to guard the crucified Jesus. But while guarding Jesus, Longinus stabs him in the ribs with his spear, ensuring Jesus' death. It is a simple act, but one that changes his life forever. After that fateful day Longinus flees Rome, narrowly escaping from the Roman priests who want to take the spear and its supposed power for themselves. Longinus follows the centurion's life from his love for the prostitute, Irena, to his mystical studies with the Druids of Gaul. But it also reveals Longinus profound spiritual awakening through his Druidic studies and the spear that speaks to him with the voice of Jesus.
{
241pp,
155x230mm,
June 2007;
PB,
£9.99,
0977320030:9780977320035
, AtlasBooks (Purple Haze Press)
} |
 |
LOWCOUNTRY MURDER
[Daniel Bailey]
A troubling high-profile case leads Atlanta homicide chief of detectives Jed Bradley into a forced retirement, prompting his return to his childhood home amid the moss-draped live oaks and tidewater canals of South Carolina's pristine low-country, in this tightly crafted, suspenseful mystery. Soon Bradley is reluctantly lured into investigating local murders involving hoodoo ritualism, similarities to his brother's murder thirty years ago, and a possible connection with a childhood sweetheart. The hot swampy low-country provides a diverse, unique setting for a story contrasting violence with humour and taut with complex, realistic racial tension between characters who have known one another and worked together for years.
{
208pp,
155x230mm,
August 2007;
PB,
£6.99,
1570723184:9781570723186
, IPG (Overmountain Press)
} |
 |
LUCKY ELEPHANT RESTAURANT
: A Detective Lane Mystery
[Garry Ryan]
Detective Lane is back, tracking down trouble on the streets of Calgary with his sharp-eyed partner Harper in tow. The duo must find the missing daughter of radio celebrity Bobbie Reddie before it's too late. But is Bobbie really as saintly as her fans believe? Lane must uncover the truth or this time the danger will hit much closer to home.
REVIEW: "...an amazing experience..." -- Jenni Mortin, The StarPhoenix, Saskatoon, 24th June 2006.
{
241pp,
110x180mm,
March 2006;
PB,
£6.50,
1896300979:9781896300979
, Newest Press
} |
 |
LUCKY STRIKE
: A Maritime Mystery
[Pat Wilson & Kris Wood]
A conservative account is forced to flee to the remote eastern shore of Nova Scotia and assume a new identity after he helps to send several Mafia dons to jail. However, the steamroller hospitality of the rambunctious inhabitants overwhelms any hope that he has to keep his profile lower than low. Within days he is embroiled in their nefarious doings and wild antics. Full of love, mystery and murder, this rollicking tale hurtles like a runaway train to its inevitable disastrous climax.
{
235pp,
135x190mm,
May 2007;
PB,
£8.99,
1894917510:9781894917513
, AtlasBooks (Napoleon Publishing)
} |
 |
MACBETH
: A Prose Translation
[Paul Illidge]
Shakespeare's major plays are not abridged or summarised in these editions, but are paraphrased line-by-line in modern English to create a prose narrative that also incorporates stage directions and dialogue. The flavour of the original is retained by the use of iambic pentameter and rhyme, but higher flights of symbolism and poetic allusion are omitted and Elizabethan usage is stripped away altogether. Making the plays unfold as if they were novels, the books in this series are carried along by the intensity of Shakespeare's page-turning plots and the rich development of character, mood, and setting.
{
128pp,
August 2006;
PB,
£6.99,
0968634729:9780968634721
, IPG (Creber Monde Entier)
} |
 |
MAD DOG SUMMER
: And Other Stories
[Joe R Lansdale]
Joe Lansdale returns with his characteristic dark take on the horrors that lurk beneath the surface of mundane life in this collection of short stories and novellas. Originally available only in limited-edition hardcover, these tales run the gamut from devilish fantasy to twisted courtroom drama to vampire-robot western. Each story has an introduction in which the author relates the background of and inspiration for the story, whether it was drawn from history, literature, or pure imagination. The title story, about a serial killer in Texas in the 1930s, won the 1999 Bram Stoker Horror Award for long fiction.
{
262pp,
140x215mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
1930846428:9781930846425
, IPG (Golden Gryphon Press)
} |
 |
MAN FROM THE BRAZOS
[Ermal Walden Williamson]
When Matt Jorgensen learns that the man who helped him hone his deadly skills with a pistol is gunned down, he vows to bring the killer to justice. On the train to Abilene, Matt relives his early days in the Kansas territory when he found himself embroiled in the rising turmoil of a nation at odds over slavery. Free soilers and slavers fought against each other at the expense of the innocent farmers of the territory. Matt would have to learn to be fast, accurate, and lethal with a gun to survive. Together, Matt and gunslinging mentor, Rod best, were able to bring law and order to the Kansas territory. However, all of Matt's skill and daring wouldn't help him with the biggest challenge of his life: learning to live without the woman he loved. In this second book in Williamson's Brazos series, Matt Jorgensen arrives in Abilene as the man from the Brazos, whose destiny is a showdown with the ghosts of his past and the murderous outlaws of the present.
{
246pp,
155x230mm,
May 2006;
PB,
£8.99,
0974485101:9780974485102
, Sorelli Publishing (Giant Shadow Publishing)
} |
 |
MARIA CHAPDELAINE
: A Tale of French Canada
[Louis Hemon]
"Maria Chapdelaine" is the quintessential novel of the rugged life of early French-Canadian colonists and is based on the Author’s experiences as a hired hand in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean area. A young woman living with her family on the Quebec frontier, Maria endures the hardships of isolation and climate. Maria must eventually choose between three suitors who represent very different ways of life: a trapper, a farmer, and a Parisian immigrant. Powerful in its simplicity, this novel captures the essence of faith and tenacity, the key ingredients of surveillance. Translated into many languages, the novel is enshrined as a classic of Canadian letters. A new introduction by Michael Gnarowski examines its relevance and provides insights into Louis Hemon’s life.
{
176pp,
140x215mm,
April 2007;
PB,
£7.99,
1550027123:9781550027129
, Dundurn Press
} |
 |
MASTER OF JALNA
[Mazo de la Roche]
In "Whiteoaks of Jalna", the chronicle of the Whiteoak family continues, with rivalries, tangled relationships, and secret love affairs. Grandmother Adeline dies at 101, and the family is shocked when sensitive young Finch inherits her fortune. Again, all the action takes place in or near the red-brick house that has a peculiar haunting power over every member of the family. Each book is a complete and satisfying story in its own right, but the Jalna series has proven itself to be addictive to generations of readers.
{
401pp,
155x230mm,
February 2008;
PB,
£12.99,
1894852281:9781894852289
, Dundurn Press (XYZ Publishing)
} |
 |
MASTERS OF THE COMIC BOOK UNIVERSE REVEALED!
: Will Eisner, Stan Lee, Neil Gaiman & More
[Arie Kaplan]
This informal history of the comic book chronicles, largely in their own words, the lives and careers of the artists and writers who created the most significant and memorable comic books and graphic novels. Stretching from Will Eisner, who started his work in the industry in 1936, to Marjane Satrapi, whose latest graphic novel was published last year, 11 comic book masters are discussed, including Art Spiegelman, Neil Gaiman, Stan Lee, Dwayne McDuffie, Kyle Baker, and Ho Che Anderson. Amazing stories of how these artists and writers fell in love with the genre and built up their careers are coupled with never-before-disclosed anecdotes and previously unpublished self-portraits that will surprise even the most knowledgeable fans.
{
263pp,
155x230mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£12.99,
1556526334:9781556526336
, IPG (Chicago Review Press)
} |
 |
MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
: A Prose Translation
[Paul Illidge]
Shakespeare's major plays are not abridged or summarised in these editions, but are paraphrased line-by-line in modern English to create a prose narrative that also incorporates stage directions and dialogue. The flavour of the original is retained by the use of iambic pentameter and rhyme, but higher flights of symbolism and poetic allusion are omitted and Elizabethan usage is stripped away altogether. Making the plays unfold as if they were novels, the books in this series are carried along by the intensity of Shakespeare's page-turning plots and the rich development of character, mood, and setting.
{
80pp,
150x230mm,
August 2006;
PB,
£7.50,
0968634753:9780968634752
, IPG (Creber Monde Entier)
} |
 |
MOLE CHRONICLES
[Andy Brown]
Andy Brown's first novel follows a sibling relationship told through vignettes, each story centred around the removal of a mole. From this premise, Brown's novel expands the associations of moles from skin disease, to the burrowing animal, to secret societies and espionage, to tell the story of familial dysfunction, culture-jamming, eco-terrorism, and regret in the lives of young adults in the 1990s. Moving from the urban decay of Montreal to the beaches of Vancouver and back, and reflecting on diverse cultural and historical phenomena -- BMX racing, The Fantastic Four, bush parties, lifeguard obsessions, and the Montreal Ice Storm -- 'The Mole Chronicles' is an engaging and innovative debut novel.
{
224pp,
145x190mm,
December 2006;
PB,
£9.95,
1897178255:9781897178256
, Insomniac Press
} |
 |
MOODY FOOD
: A Novel
[Ray Robertson]
Inspired by the exploits of ill-fated country-rock visionary Gram Parsons, this mid-60s tale of idealism and escape traces the trials of a fictionalized draft-dodging flower child from the United States to Canada and back. It is the late 1960s in Yorkville, Toronto's hippie ghetto of artists, intellectuals, drunken poets, and would-be rock stars. In this idyllic haven, narrator Bill Hansen, a drummer, meets Thomas Graham, an American musician on the lam from the draft. The two form a band, but even as they revel in music and freedom, Graham is hobbled by another love: a drug habit that becomes his reason for living and, eventually, for dying. Graham's emotional trip and failed, revolutionary life reflect the rise and fall of an entire generation's aspirations.
{
390pp,
125x205mm,
September 2006;
PB,
£9.99,
097767990X:9780977679904
, IPG (Santa Fe Writer's Project)
} |
 |
MOTIVE FROM THE DEED
: Featuring Blue Satan & Mrs Kean
[Patricia Wynn]
In the third adventure of the Blue Satan Mystery series, Mrs. Kean and the earl-turned-highwayman Blue Satan solve a murder against a backdrop of espionage and treason. In the fall of 1715, supporters of the Pretender James Stuart launch a revolution that threatens to overthrow George I. As a result, all Roman Catholics have been banished from the city of London and freedom of speech is greatly restricted. Accused of pr |
