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Small game hunting at the local coward gun club / by Coles, Megan,author.;
"February in Newfoundland is the longest month of the year. Another blizzard is threatening to tear a strip off downtown St. John's, while inside The Hazel restaurant a storm of sex, betrayal, addiction, and hurt is breaking. Iris, a young hostess from 'round the bay, is forced to pull a double despite resolving to avoid the charming chef and his wealthy restaurateur wife. Just tables over, Damian, a hungover and self-loathing server, is trying to navigate a potential punch-up with a pair of lit customers who remain oblivious to the rising temperature in the dining room. Olive, a young Indigenous woman far from home, watches it all unfurl from the fast and frozen street. It is through Olive, largely unnoticed by the others, that we glimpse the truth behind the scathing lies and unrelenting abuse, and it is her resilience that proves most enduring in the dead of this winter's tale. By turns biting, funny, poetic, and heartbreaking, Megan Coles' debut novel rips into the inner lives of a wicked cast of characters, building towards a climax that will shred perceptions and force a reckoning. This is blistering Newfoundland Gothic for the twenty-first century, a wholly original, bracing, and timely portrait of a place in the throes of enormous change, where two women confront the traumas of their past in an attempt to overcome the present and pick up the future."--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Interpersonal relations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Red river girl : the life and death of Tina Fontaine / by Jolly, Joanna,author.;
In her debut book, award-winning BBC reporter Joanna Jolly provides an account of the unsolved death of an Indigenous teenager whose body was found in Winnipeg's Red River, and the detective determined to find her killer, set against the backdrop of a troubled city.
Subjects: Fontaine, Tina, 1999-2014.; Cormier, Raymond (Raymond Joseph); Murder; Murder; Native women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Orders to kill : the Putin regime and political murder / by Knight, Amy W.,1946-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Political violence; Assassination; State sponsored terrorism; Secret service;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The prey : a novel / by Brennan, Allison.;
Staying in a borrowed Malibu beach house while her best-selling novel is made into a Hollywood film, Rowan Smith, a former FBI agent haunted by her past, finds her life becoming a nightmare when a dismembered body is found in Colorado, a victim who bears a striking resemblance to a character in her novel.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Romance fiction.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Bodyguards; Serial murderers; Murder victims; Stalking victims; Children; Women novelists;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Coronation year : a novel / by Robson, Jennifer,1970-author.;
Follows the owner and three very different residents of the Blue Lion Hotel as London prepares to celebrate the upcoming coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Hotels; Man-woman relationships; Threats of violence; Threats;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Coronation year [text (large print)] : a novel / by Robson, Jennifer,1970-author.;
Follows the owner and three very different residents of the Blue Lion Hotel as London prepares to celebrate the upcoming coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022; Hotels; Man-woman relationships; Threats of violence; Threats;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Between good and evil : the stolen girls of Boko Haram / by Fung, Mellissa,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."In April 2014, the world awoke to the shocking news that the terrorist group Boko Haram had kidnapped nearly 300 school-aged girls and taken them deep into the forests of Nigeria. When veteran journalist Mellissa Fung travelled to Nigeria, she discovered that the scope of the kidnappings had been vastly under-reported. Hundreds--possibly thousands--more girls had been taken against their will and forced to become child brides to soldiers and leaders of Boko Haram. Some of the captives escaped and returned to their villages, many with children in tow. Most of these girls, still children themselves, were shunned by their former friends and family. Other girls have never been seen again. A former captive herself, Mellissa Fung has great empathy for the kidnapped girls. Taken by Taliban sympathizers in Afghanistan, Fung shared her experience in her number-one-bestselling book, Under an Afghan Sky: A Memoir of Captivity. During several visits to Nigeria over four years, she sat down with the girls and their families and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews, listening to horrific stories of capture, rape and torture, as well as escapes and excommunications. Fung tells the stories of Gambo, Asma'u, Zara and other girls taken by Boko Haram. She also portrays strong women fighting against the terrorist group in their own powerful ways: Aisha the Hunter, who moves stealthily into the forest, taking out Boko Haram with her faithful followers, and Mama Boko Haram, an Igbo woman who knows the fighters and those haunted by their experiences and fights to empty the forests of fighters and captives alike. This is raw, honest and heartbreaking storytelling at its best."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Boko Haram.; Abduction; Kidnapping victims; Schoolgirls; Schoolgirls; Schoolgirls; Schoolgirls; Terrorism; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Talking to strangers / by Barton, Fiona,author.;
"Detective Elise King's investigation into a woman's murder is getting derailed by a reporter who insists on doing her own investigation in this nail-biting mystery from the author of Local Gone Missing. When Karen Simmons is murdered on Valentine's Day, Detective Elise King wonders if she was killed by a man she met online. Karen was all over the dating apps, leading some townspeople to blame her for her own death, while others band together to protest society's violence against women. Into the divide comes Kiki Nunn, whose aggressive newsgathering once again antagonizes Elise. A single mother of a young daughter, Kiki is struggling to make a living in the diminished news landscape. Getting a scoop in the Simmons murder would do a lot for her career, and she's willing to go up against not just Elise but the killer himself to do it"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Murderers; Reporters and reporting; Single mothers; Women detectives; Women journalists; Women;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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Detroit [videorecording] / by Bigelow, Kathryn,film director,film producer.; Boal, Mark,screenwriter,film producer.; Boyega, John,actor.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Mackie, Anthony,1978-actor.; Mitchell, Jason,1987-actor.; Poulter, Will,actor.; Smith, Algee,actor.; Annapurna Pictures,presenter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;
Music, James Newton Howard ; editor, William Goldenberg ; director of photography, Barry Ackroyd.John Boyega, Anthony MacKie, Algee Smith, Will Poulter, Jason Mitchell, John Krasinski.Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Crime films.; Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African Americans; Police corruption; Race riots; Violence;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Detroit [videorecording] / by Bigelow, Kathryn,film director,film producer.; Boal, Mark,screenwriter,film producer.; Boyega, John,actor.; Krasinski, John,1979-actor.; Mackie, Anthony,1978-actor.; Mitchell, Jason,1987-actor.; Poulter, Will,actor.; Smith, Algee,actor.; Annapurna Pictures,presenter.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,film distributor.; Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation,production company.;
Music, James Newton Howard ; editor, William Goldenberg ; director of photography, Barry Ackroyd.John Boyega, Anthony MacKie, Algee Smith, Will Poulter, Jason Mitchell, John Krasinski.Amidst the chaos of the Detroit Rebellion, with the city under curfew and as the Michigan National Guard patrolled the streets, three young African American men were murdered at the Algiers Motel.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Digital surround 5.1 DVS.
Subjects: Crime films.; Feature films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; African Americans; Police corruption; Race riots; Violence;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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