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      c2009., Mira Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Carlotta Wren gets a surprise visit from her father who's on the run from the law. Should she join her former fiancé, Peter, in proving her father is innocent? If she does, are her body-moving days over?.
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      -- Four nineteen.
      2012., Adult, Viking Call No: Fic Fer    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Step into the world's most insidious Internet scam that begins with a single email: "Dear Sir, I am the son of an exiled Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help...". When Laura's father gets caught up in one such swindle and pays with his life, she is forced to leave the comfort of North America to make a journey deep into the dangerous back streets and alleyways of the Lagos underworld to confront her father's killer. A story of love in a time of darkness, of one woman's search for redemption, and of a young boy who will triumph above it all.
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      c2011., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Bar    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "No one shines the suspense spotlight into the darkest corners of American homes brighter than Linwood Barclay. In this tautly written novel of suspense, Glen Carver is left with a daughter to raise and a head full of questions when his wife dies in a drunk-driving accident--one that she caused. Sheila wasn't a drinker. Sheila wasn't even supposed to be on the road where she died. A conspiracy is forming around Glen, one that involves virtually everyone he knows, and makes him wonder how well he knew the woman he married. If Carver is going to find out what really happened to his wife, he's going to have to seek a truth that could get him killed. If he's going to protect their daughter, he'll have to go even further."--Fantastic Fiction website.
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      c2009., Pantheon Books Call No: Fic Wyl   Edition: 1st American ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Fleeing to an ocean shack to escape painful memories and a relationship gone bad, Frank is unable to find the solitude he craves; while Vietnam veteran Leon explores the ways in which war destroyed both his and his Korean veteran father's family lives.
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      2013., Adult, Mira Edition: eBook ed.    Series Title: Raines of Wind Canyon   Volume: 9Summary Note: "The perfect murder is a work of art. In one catastrophic instant, Haley Warren's estranged father was taken from her, never getting the chance to reconnect with him. Now she's doing it the only way she's got left: by proving the explosion that killed him was no accident. When Tyler Brodie, provocative and handsome P.I., agrees to help the hot little blonde, find out the truth about her father's death, he doesn't realize the danger he and Haley are going to find themselves in. As Haley and Ty get closer to the truth, the truth gets ugly: Did Haley's dad know too much-- or was he in on the take? They are determined to get to the bottom of the case, even if it means they die trying."--Author's web site.
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      c2015., Adult, Dundurn Call No: Fic Doc    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "A story about one all-inclusive resort, the ghost of an unknown father, and the tragedies we can't forget. What's it like when everyone's dream vacation is your job? Ameera works at a Mexican all-inclusive resort, where every day is paradise--if "paradise" means endless paperwork, quotas to meet, and entitled tourists. But it's not all bad: Ameera's pastime of choice is the swingers' scene, and the resort is the perfect place to hook up with like-minded couples without all the hassle of having to see them again. Despite Ameera's best efforts to keep her sideline a secret, someone is spreading scandalous rumours about her around the resort, and her job might be at stake. Meanwhile, she's being plagued by her other secret, the big unknown of her existence: the identity of her father and why he disappeared. Unbeknownst to Ameera, her father, Azeez, is looking for her, and they both must come to terms with the reason why he abandoned her."--Back cover.
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      2018., Adult, Doubleday Canada Call No: Fic Gif    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Nina Browning married a third-generation Nashvillian, enjoys a newly lavish lifestyle thanks to the sudden success of her husband's tech business and has a son, Finch, who just got accepted to Princeton. Thomas Talone is a single dad, works multiple jobs and has a daughter, Lila, who was recently accepted to Nashville's most prestigious private high school on a scholarship. They couldn't be prouder. Then scandal strikes, and the worlds of these very different families collide. Lila passes out at a party, drunk and half-naked. Finch snaps a picture, types out a caption and click--sends it out to a few friends. The photo spreads quickly, and soon heated reactions bubble throughout the already-divided community. Before long, the families find themselves in the midst of an ethical war as their community takes sides, throws blame and implodes. The gray area between right and wrong grows thick, and Nina and Tom are forced to question every assumption they've held about love and family loyalty.
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      c2011., Adult, Hamish Hamilton Call No: Fic Mat   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: "When Nuri first sees Mona, the rest of the world vanishes. But it is Nuri's father with whom Mona falls in love and will eventually marry. Their happiness consumes Nuri to the point at which he longs to get his father out of the way. However, Nuri will soon regret what he wished for. As the world he shares with his stepmother is shattered by events beyond their control, they both begin to realize how little they really knew about the man they loved."--Publisher.
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      2012., Coach House Books Edition: eBook ed.    Summary Note: Heather O'Neill revisits her award-winning novel Lullabies for Little Criminals with a trip back in time to Val des Loups, the town Jules was born in, and where he met Baby's mother, Manon. This story first appeared in the July/August 2012 issue of The Walrus magazine.
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      -- Angel maker
      c2012., General, Alfred A. Knopf Call No: Fic Har   Edition: 1st American ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Avoiding the lifestyle of his late gangster father by working as a clock repairman, Joe Spork fixes an unusual device that turns out to be a former secret agent's doomsday machine and incurs the wrath of the government and a diabolical South Asian dictator.
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      c2011., General, House of Anansi Press Call No: Fic Coa    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Due to his size, but against his true nature, Gordon Rankin ("Rank") has always been cast in the role of enforcer. After tragedy strikes, he disappears. Almost twenty years later, he discovers that an old friend has written a novel mirroring his life. The betrayal leads Rank to finally confront the tragedy he's been running from.
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      2015., Adult, Bond Street Books Call No: Fic Gru    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Year's Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellis's father, a former army colonel who is already embarrassed by his son's inability to serve in WWII due to color-blindness. Ellis decides that the only way to regain his father's favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and, when he finds it, he will restore his father's name and return to his father's good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war. Each day, the two men go off to hunt the monster, while another monster, Hitler, is devastating Europe. Meanwhile, Maddie undergoes a social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and, finally, to love.
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      2015., Random House Large Print Call No: LP Fic Gru   Edition: Large print ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: After embarrassing themselves at the social event of the year in high society Philadelphia on New Yearœs Eve of 1942, Maddie and Ellis Hyde are cut off financially by Ellisœs father, a former army Colonel who is already embarrassed by his sonœs inability to serve in WWII due to his being colorblind. To Maddieœs horror, Ellis decides that the only way to regain his fatherœs favor is to succeed in a venture his father attempted and very publicly failed at: he will hunt the famous Loch Ness monster and when he finds it he will restore his fatherœs name and return to his fatherœs good graces (and pocketbook). Joined by their friend Hank, a wealthy socialite, the three make their way to Scotland in the midst of war. Each day the two men go off to hunt the monster, while another monster, Hitler, is devastating Europe. And Maddie, now alone in a foreign country, must begin to figure out who she is and what she wants. The novel tells of Maddieœs social awakening: to the harsh realities of life, to the beauties of nature, to a connection with forces larger than herself, to female friendship, and finally, to love.
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      2023., Adult, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: Fic For   Edition: First edition.    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Series Title: Frank Bascombe book.   Volume: 5Summary Note: The final novel in the world of Frank Bascombe. Frank Bascombe is once more our guide to the great American midway. Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colorful lives-- sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent-- Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all: caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank, in typical Bascombe fashion, faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days.
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      c2010., Adult, Random House Canada Call No: Fic Wie    Availability:1 of 1     At Your Library Summary Note: Every night novelist Christopher Knox reads to his son David from an obscure fantasy novel. One night, when David is reading the book alone, an inexplicable seizure leaves him in a mysterious state of unconsciousness. As his seizure recurs every night, his father learns that only one thing will calm it, a bedtime story from this strange new book. Both father and son are headed towards a fateful collision of worlds, and a showdown of ancient evils, both fictional and very real.