It is 1917 and the Great War has been raging for three long years. Mycroft Holmes grows suspicious of one of his agents who reports back to him from the heart of the Ottoman Empire: Constantinople. Naturally, he wants to send out a man to investigate--one who knows the area, the language, the people, and has an exemplary war service record, including a fourteen-month stint posing as a German officer at the High Command in Berlin. But Sherlock Holmes proves to be, for once, stubbornly reluctant to fulfill his older brother's request.

The Case of the Reluctant Agent: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Literature & Fiction

Cooper-Posey, Tracy

Genre Fiction

Ravenstone

Tropical birds in a smuggled suitcase. Expensive. Beautiful. Dead. But for field biologist Robyn Devara, this latest grim reminder of the illegal trade in endangered species includes an unexpected surprise--one of the birds is unknown to science.

Macaws of Death

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Dudley, Karen

Mystery

At the same time, Poulton remains haunted by his previous experiences in a Cambodia destroyed by Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge.

Kilter: 55 Fictions

Gould, John.

Short Stories & Anthologies

In a flash, the world Ted Callan knew exploded. The fire on the patch had burned everything to the ground, including his marriage. Now hes on the road looking for a fresh start. What he finds is a mysterious young woman named Tilda who tells him hes destined to be a hero or die a quick and painful death.When three stout men break into his hotel room, bind him to the bed and carve his skin with a stylus it appears she was right. The next thing Ted knows, his body is covered in an elaborate norse tattoo, complete with the power of the Gods. As he seeks out the three men who assaulted him, Ted learns that the creatures of Norse mythology walk in the world of humankind and some of them want to see it burn.Accompanied by the trickster Loki and the bequiling Tilda, Ted wants nothing more than to have his old life back. No more tattoos. No more smart-ass Gods. No more mystic powers. The problem is, if he succeeds, it might just be the end of the world.

Thunder Road (Thunder Road Trilogy, 1)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Ginther, Chadwick

Fantasy

Pelops troubles began when his father chopped him into stewing meat and served him to the gods for tea. Although hes been remade, and gifted with a talent for the culinary arts, there are downsides--namely a missing shoulder and sea god with an infatuation. Poseidons nice enough, but he just doesnt take no for an answer. Not only that, a wealthy, but mysterious patron has been causing Pelopsclients to cancel their engagements. Meanwhile, a rival chef is doing his best to destroy Pelops reputation, the woman Pelops loves appears oblivious to his feelings, and just before Athens most important festival begins, Pelops finds himself suddenly without olive oil--a serious concern for a chef. But things get worse when a courtesan is murdered at a dinner Pelops prepares--drowned in his newly-acquired olive oil. Seeking vengeance, the Furies arrive in Athens, and the rival chef blames their attacks on Pelops. Clients cancel in droves, and even Pelops friends are affected by his rivals machinations. Pelops asks the gods for help, but when they turn him down, he realizes he alone must find the womans killer to salvage his reputation.

Food for the Gods

For anyone other than Randy Craig, a contract to do archival research and web development for Albertas famed Rutherford House should have been a quiet gig. But when she discovers an unsolved mystery linked to Rutherford House in the Alberta Archives and the bodies begin to pile up, Randy cant help but wonder if her modern-day troubles are linked to the intrigues of the past.

Condemned to Repeat (Randy Craig Mysteries)

MacDonald, Janice

It\'s a great day for Greece when Perseus defeats the dreaded kraken. But victory begins to lose its lustre when the remains of the beast swamp the shores and fishing nets of the Aegean. Now after weeks of kraken cakes, kraken kabobs, kraken fritters, and kraken stew, everybody is getting decidedly sick of kraken - none more so than Chef Pelops.\nIn response to the \"kraken crisis,\" the city of Athens announces the inaugural Bronze Chef competition. Normally, Pelops would jump at the chance to prove himself the best celebrity chef in Greece. The trouble is, the competition\'s secret ingredient is sure to be kraken - and, having once offended Poseidon, Pelops can\'t cook kraken to save his life.\nTo make matters worse, a loathsome rival has vowed to win the contest by fair means or foul. Now, Pelops must overcome the sea god\'s curse to show once and for all that he is the better chef - a task made all the more difficult by the insufferable antics of a most unexpected relative...\nKraken Bake, the sequel to the critically acclaimed Food for the Gods by Karen Dudley (a finalist for the Boney Blithe Award, The High Plains Awards, and the Aurora Awards) mirthfully re-imagines the world of ancient Greece with a modern spin.

Kraken Bake (Epikurean Epic)

Wherever Randy Craig goes, trouble seems to follow. With the help of her friend Denise, Randy has landed a summer job with a high school theatre program linked to the FreeWill Shakespeare Festival. But when a local actor shows up dead and Denise is the prime suspect, Randy has to find to a way to solve the mystery while surrounded with suspects who have no trouble lying to her face.
The Roar of the Crowd by Janice MacDonald is the sixth installment in the wildly popular Randy Craig mystery series set in Edmonton, Alberta.

The Roar of the Crowd (Randy Craig Mystery)

Anxiety is the watchword at most school reunions, with side-eye comparisons of greying hair and extra pounds around the belly. Not our Randy Craig. She's more concerned with resolving a 20 year old CanLit scandal and catching a ruthless killer. While helping her best friend Denise organize their 20 year reunion at the University of Alberta, Randy's tumultuous past as a graduate student comes rushing into the present as she faces off against old ghosts and imminent death.
Another Margaret is both Janice MacDonald's first and sixth installment in her wildly popular Randy Craig series set in Edmonton, Alberta. Embedded in this latest adventure is Janice MacDonald's very first, now out of print, Randy Craig mystery.
"This is going to be the yummiest reunion. It's as if we all went to grad school with Jessica Fletcher!"

Another Margaret (Randy Craig Mysteries)

Captain Mueller is dead. Hanged, apparently by his own hand. But ex-police officer and war hero Sergeant August Neumann doesn't think it's quite so simple. How could it be with blackshirts, legionnaires, and communist sympathisers vying for control of the camp? 
Now Sergeant Neumann must navigate these treacherous cliques to find the truth while under the watchful eyes of his Canadian captors.
Wayne Arthurson manages to hook you on the first page of this masterful mystery. The Traitors of Camp 133 is historical fiction at its best, a wonderful achievement, and a thoroughly entertaining read. --David Swinson, author of The Second Girl
The Traitors of Camp 133 is a murder mystery that delivers. Wayne Arthurson wraps his mystery in a fascinating subculture: German POWs in a Southern Alberta camp shortly after the Allies invade Normandy. It's a great read. --Todd Babiak, author of Come Barbarians and Son of France
The joy of this book is in the meticulously researched details; watching the way Arthurson's August Neumann navigates the peculiar society within the barbed wire (and without) is fascinating stuff, and the solid, satisfying mystery is the cherry on top. --Owen Laukkanen, author of The Watcher in the Wall

The Traitors of Camp 133 (Sergeant Neumann Mystery)

Arthurson, Wayne

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