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For Maddie Temple, a literature professor at a small Michigan university, the new school year gets off to a rocky start, with the death of a student (who plummeted from one of the library's top floors). Then a top university administrator dies under suspicious circumstances, with the disliked coordinator of the English department becoming the prime suspect. Maggie turns amateur detective to figure out who is behind the strange happenings and uncover a killer.
While showing a home, Northern Ontario realtor Belle Palmer discovers a woman strangled in the bathtub, the third break-and-enter death to occur. The victim's only child, 12-year-old Micro, stays with Belle's neighbours but disappears one night after an argument. Belle hooks up with a bumbling PI to search the bush, chased by murderers who will stop at nothing to protect a multi-million-dollar criminal empire.
It's high summer in the north, where everyone is bear bait, even the bears. Gunshots chase Belle Palmer from her quiet forest paths. Then, on her remote lakeside road, the savage and unexplained murder of an elderly neighbour puts her on guard against two-footed killers.
Another winter peacefully descends on realtor Belle Palmer, but her tranquillity is disturbed when a friend is lost in a freak snowmobile accident. Belle suspects foul play, but a motive for the murder of such a fine young man is not obvious. Determined to find the truth, Belle is shocked when she discovers what twisted roots underlie this savage crime. Some descriptions of violence.
For Maddie Temple, a literature professor at a small Michigan university, the new school year gets off to a rocky start, with the death of a student (who plummeted from one of the library's top floors). Then a top university administrator dies under suspicious circumstances, with the disliked coordinator of the English department becoming the prime suspect. Maggie turns amateur detective to figure out who is behind the strange happenings and uncover a killer.
Realtor Belle Palmer turns reluctant babysitter for a spoiled miniature poodle when her best friend is accused of murdering her rich lover, and investment counsellor with a thousand enemies. As Belle attempts to untangle a complicated web of sleazy scams, a stalker has her watching her back and wondering if there's a connection between the two.
Terry Hart and her Aunt Judith are touring the Southwest in their RV. Arriving at Escalante-Grand Staircase National Monument, they hike into a perilous adventure. While exploring a remote corner, Terry discovers the mummified body of Melanie Briggs, who’s gone missing from a local university dig. The sheriff labels the death an accident, but Terry has her doubts… Terry explores the wild land, growing more rash in a search for clues that marks her for murder.
Belle Palmer's old high school boyfriend, Gary Myers, moves to her Sudbury street - he's studying the behaviour of elk in the wilderness. He's soon found mysteriously drowned, while someone has broken into his cottage, taking a camera and laptop. A clipping about poisoning on reserves leads Belle, a real estate agent and amateur detective, to visit the place of his demise and find out what really happened to Gary.
Détroit, dans les années 1960. Tommy DeMeo, jeune voyou blanc à l'enfance malheureuse, débarque dans la métropole industrielle. Il tombe amoureux de Martika, une chanteuse noire au destin tragique...
Dans un bar, une jeune femme menace un inconnu avec un revolver puis retourne l'arme contre elle. Pour la police, ce n'est que l'acte d'une déséquilibrée. Mais le journaliste Guyot veut comprendre, consultant les archives, lisant les cahiers de la victime, en dépit de l'indifférence. Il trouve une alliée, une psychanalyste à la retraite.
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