Bev: 89 books

Maximilian Glick is a thirteen-year-old only child smothered by the doting affections of his overprotective parents. He’s eager to leave the small, northern Ontario town of Steelton for the lure of New York and the promise of a career in music. When his elders object, urging Max to pursue a career...

A client commissions Lara McClintoch to buy an Eighth Century T’ang dynasty Chinese silver box, which contains a formula for immortality. Before Lara can outbid a Toronto museum curator, the box is stolen from a Beijing auction house. Lara follows a dangerous trail through the back alleys of modern...

This complex, multi-layered thriller opens with a glorious hero's welcome for Wilf McLauchlin, a celebrated WWII Canadian Spitfire fighter pilot who miraculously survived despite his own serious injuries. Temporarily perched at his father's law office until he can resume his legal studies, Wilf seems...

The lives of four Victorian gentlewomen are transformed when they leave the cozy confines of England for India to accompany their husbands or a brother who were appointed Viceroys of India, the crown jewel of the British Empire. Emily Eden, Charlotte Canning, Edith Lytton and Mary Curzon were well-born,...

Frankie McCracken is still recovering from the Psychedelic Sixties when, while working as a fire lookout in the Canadian Rockies, he finds himself wrestling with a miracle-worker who claims to be the late Jack Kerouac, King of the Beats. This kaleidoscopic coming-of-age novel arrives in 2016 like...

Detective Cameron Fuller, still haunted by the loss of his little brother to baby snatchers, is faced with an eerily similar case 30 years later. As his team of likeable, intelligent police colleagues investigates the snatching of Mandy-Jane Olsen, the dark underbelly of New Zealand society is revealed. Greed is a strong motive, but revenge is even stronger.

'Love is not a crime' but passion is a flame stolen from the gods. Homosexual laws, religion, sexual freedom and violation, and politics across a broad spectrum from communism to libertarianism, are like fire, exciting and dangerous, evoking powerful passions. These are the personal narratives of...

Written by a Maternity Nurse, this book is a practical manual for new babies and their mothers. Within the manual is the ‘plan’ which will enable all new mothers to achieve the same result themselves with a lot less effort than is required to manage a fractious baby. The first part...

Jerry Wonder is the hero of this hilarious coming-of-age novel. A 19-year-old Mormon missionary, Jerry leaves South Dakota to save souls in New Zealand for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Elder Wonder’s path is fraught with challenge. He misses his girlfriend Susan who tried valiantly...

In this rich, luminous novel, we come to know the life, loves, times and obsessions of Penelope Stevens, as it unfolds in monthly installments the year she turns 70.As she tries to make sense of her own life, her marriage, and her place in time and in the universe, her adult children, Brenda...

Connie Brewster has traveled to London from her home in Calgary for the triumph of her career — the receipt of the Man Booker prize for her novel The Ice Maiden. For the gala event, she is accompanied by her handsome husband, Graham, and their two delightful, grown children.  On leaving the...

Lara McClintoch’s professional pride is hurt when a writing cabinet she thought was a genuine antique turns out to be a fake. When the antique dealer who sold it for a million dollars is murdered and the money goes missing, Lara follows the forgery trail to Orkney, islands off the northeast coast...

Renee Gailbraith couldn't have foreseen that the launch of her revolutionary micro-chip would be life changing. Liam Polson, contracted by an underworld cartel to steal Renee’s invention, worms his way into her life,then defects from the cartel and marries her. As police and cartel agents pursue...

Originally published by Bantam Books and hailed by critics, this love story, set in 1950s New York, Havana, and the deep south, begins with a divorce. In the eyes of Christie, their young daughter, Leo, and Tina Klein, mismatched and volatile, belong together. Leo, a charming rogue and a player...