Helen Plum Library

2019 recipient of the Derrick Murdoch award from the Crime Writers of Canada Trouble is brewing in the small, bucolic mountain town of Trafalgar, British Columbia. An American who came to Trafalgar as a Vietnam War draft dodger has left land and money to the town. But there's a catch. The money must be used to build a garden to honor draft dodgers. This bequest has torn the close-knit, peaceful town apart. Then the body of a leading garden opponent...

"Axelrod packs plenty of layers and surprises into this intelligent, twisty tale. Henry's wry humor as well as his affection for the residents he serves exude warmth and will appeal to fans of Bill Crider's Sheriff Dan Rhodes." -Booklist During a long winter and short, chilly spring, a series of disturbing incidents rock the small resort island of Nantucket. A Land Bank executive dies in a suspicious hunting accident, a prominent local family's historic...

The Renegade's Last Chance to Save Humanity Requires an Ultimate Price.Contains books 7, 8, & 9 of the Unbounded series "The author has clearly thought through the nuances of the story's theme and engineered a few surprising plot twists that elevate it . . . above the level of the average thriller." -Publishers Weekly The Takeover (Unbounded Book 7)Since the announcement of Unbounded existence, the mortal world has quickly polarized. One faction wants...

Aliens have come to Earth! They're hot, they're horned, and they're looking for their fated mates… Darak: Dakonian Alien Mail Order Brides #1 Pastry chef Lexi Sutterman has lived in the shadow of her wealthy, hypercritical family. When her uber-successful little sister nabs a well-heeled fiancé, Lexi joins the Intergalactic Dating Agency, intending to bring a huge, purple, tentacled alien as her plus-one to the wedding. Darak of planet Dakon isn't...

Damien and Seraiah have at last found shelter in Fortenza, a secluded haven promising safety from the treacherous world around them. Their hopes for tranquility are dashed when the town plunges into darkness as power grids fail and the internet is interrupted. Cut off from the outside, Fortenza itself becomes a battleground as ruthless gangs from neighboring Seattle descend upon the unsuspecting town.As chaos ensues, the townsfolk unite to defend...

The Shrehari War ended over twenty years ago, but a new threat is looming over the Commonwealth, this time from within. Centralists, whose dream is to concentrate power on Earth by stripping sovereign star systems of their autonomy, finally have one of their own as Secretary General, the highest office in human space. And she wants to do it as fast as possible. But for that, she needs the Commonwealth Armed Forces, and they're not playing her game....

One nurse. One comatose soldier. One extraordinary leap of faith. While Jack lies lost in a coma, Erin meets him in a dream, connecting their worlds as a strange volcanic ash fills the sky over Kentucky. When a bizarre blitz of blinding light turns the earth into a wasteland, she continues to see him in the ether between rapture and reality, until the day he walks out of her head and into her life. Surviving together in a world where evil breathes...

Still reeling but rebuilding after Katrina's fury, New Orleans braces for another major hurricane heading her way. But a far greater threat is looming on the horizon-a manmade terror storm that will dwarf the destructive force of anything Mother Nature could have devised. Following a tip, agent Jack Bauer has come to the Big Easy-and watches helplessly as two prime players representing America's most dangerous Latin American adversaries fall in a...

An apocalypse happens and then we are brought to Akiyo's world of Nuclear Winters and Summers. Many prove themselves by going through cave trials. Wars happen on the new Earth, people leave the bunkers and the 2001 Gladiator battle happens.

More authors. More stories. The same bestselling universe. It's the Twenty-Second Century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent-we're at the bottom of the food chain. Welcome back to the Four Horsemen universe, where only a willingness to fight and die for money...