It
doesn't feel like like summer here at the Halifax Reader until we've
toured Nova Scotia in fiction. Let's enjoy a literary tour of our
beautiful province with some of this year's additions to the
library's collection.
by Michelle
Ferguson
Marion MacKenzie is unhappy and needs time for solitude and self-reflection and retreats to her uncle's home in fictional Lupin's Point to regroup and find herself. She finds that solitude and anonymity may be easier in a large city than in a small town. Marion tries to keep her distance, but quickly finds herself involved in her neighbours' lives.
by Connie
Barnes
Trish
and Roy are facing life in their forties. A communal living
arrangement went sour years before, but family life seemed to be back
on track. Now, however, the marriage is in question and a
teenage daughter moves out disillusioned with her parents. A surprise
April snowstorm forces Trish from her home and compels her to
confront her past and her relationships with family members.
by Vernon
Oickle
In
a stately home in Liverpool, investigative reporter Hannah Sims tries
to uncover information about Maggie Collins, a young woman who
vanished eight
months before. Once Sims starts investigating strange things begin to
happen in this quiet town, and certainly people are amazed by
the large number of crows that have appeared. Two Crows
Joy continues Oickle's One
Crow Sorrow (M) and
next we will see Three
Crows a Letter (M).
by Joe
Beaton
Ronnie
Doucette, who by most standards is not a nice guy, manages redemption
in this truly unusual crime story. Written as an autobiography of
sorts, Ronnie tells his story to the medical examiner who performs
his autopsy. Ronnie's life begins to take a bad turn when his
girlfriend dies under suspicious circumstances. A series of bad
choices lead Ronnie and friend Scott into the thrall of a local
criminal organization.
by Ainslie
Stewart
Ellie
MacAllister returns to the summer retreat of her childhood
following the sudden death of her young husband. Adding to the
grief are suspicions concerning the circumstances of his death.
Vulnerable and alone, she is susceptible to visions and disturbing
information about an ancient and mystical tree. In another storyline,
Susannah Fraser, from a hundred years earlier, emigrants to this land
and discovers the same faerie tree and her own powers of healing.
by Mary
Rose Donnelly
Winner
of the Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award for Fiction, Great Village is
a novel about secrets. Flossy O'Reilly is a retired school teacher
who has lived her entire life in tiny Great Village. A visit from a
friend's teenage granddaughter disrupts her quiet life and forces her
to face family secrets that have long lain dormant.
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