Murder on the Canadian


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Tom Austen is hurled into a murder plot on board the sleek passenger train "The Canadian". As he investigates the death of Catherine Saks, and the strange collection of travelers who share Car 165, he gets closer to the truth, and then without warning he's face to face with the killer!




Eric Wilson's Canadian Mysteries Volume 2


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THREE BOOKS IN ONE! RED RIVER RANSOM Tom Austen can’t believe his luck when his dad, an officer on the Winnipeg police force, is placed in charge of local security for Johnny Lombardo, Hollywood’s biggest child star. But while Johnny’s a great person, it’s clear to Tom’s detective mind that some members of his entourage are involved in shady dealings. THE GHOST OF LUNENBURG MANOR While in Nova Scotia, Tom and Liz Austen are swept up in a series of spine-chilling events: a fire burning on the sea... icy fingers in the night... and a dog that suddenly won’t go near its master’s room! CODE RED AT THE SUPERMALL Soon after Tom and Liz first see the sharks at the legendary West Edmonton Mall, a bomber strikes. Brother and sister must follow a trail that leads through the fabled splendours of the supermall... to hidden danger.




Emily Carr Mystery Mm


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Liz Austen is back in another hair-raising mystery! The feisty teenage sleuthis in the charming city of Victoria in British Columbia for her best friend'swedding and quickly becomes embroiled not only in her first romance, but in themysterious disappearance of a priceless Emily Carr painting from the statelyThirteen Oaks mansion. Jumping from a boat crash in the harbour to an attack in a cemetery, Liz ison the prowl around Victoria. Readers will recognize the Victoria landmarks suchas the Butchard Gardens, the Emily Car House and the Empress Hotel to name a fewand Wilson gently offers historical bites behind every entry. The Emily CarrMystery is fast paced thriller with our favourite young detective, LizAusten blazing the way. Studded with information about Victoria's rich past andpresent-day landmarks, The Emily Carr Mystery will surely delight bothstudents AND teachers alike. Many young readers have grown up with the Tom and Liz Austen and eagerlyfollow the duo’s antics in each book. Just to let you know how popular thisseries is – one million copies of Eric Wilson's books have been sold aroundthe world. Fans have been clamouring for a new mystery starring his youthfulheroine and in The Emily Carr Mystery, he doesn't disappoint. This bookis a little different however – aside from the signature madcap adventure andrealistic themes, there is also the element of love . In The Emily CarrMystery, Liz is now a teenager experiencing the pangs and joys of her firstromance. Join Liz Austen for an unforgettable summer in beautiful Victoria, BritishColumbia for love, adventure and intrigue!




Samson


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A CALLING ALWAYS COMES AT A COST




Terror in Winnipeg


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"There was a stunning blast of sound as a bomb tore apart the gate at the entrance to the home of James Dorchester, one of Winnipeg's wealthiest industrialists. Tom Austen stared unbelievingly as masked men with guns ran silently through the opening where the gate had once stood. Before he could recover his wits, Tom found himself and Dianne, Dorchester's daughter, being dragged toward a waiting van. ... In this exciting kidnap thriller set in and around Winnipeg, Tom Austen proves yet again that he can keep one step ahead of the police in the chase to outwit the criminals."--Back cover.




Spirit in the Rainforest


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The rainforest of British Columbia holds many secrets, but none stranger than those of Nearby Island. After hair-raising events during a Pacific storm, Tom and Liz Austen seek answers among the island's looming trees.




Lost Cause


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Steve thinks a trip to Europe is out of the question—until he hears his grandfather's will. Suddenly he's off to Spain, armed with only a letter from his grandfather that sends him to a specific address in Barcelona. There he meets a girl named Laia and finds a trunk containing some of his grandfather's possessions, including a journal he kept during the time he fought with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War. Steve decides to trace his grandfather's footsteps through Spain, and with Laia's help, he visits the battlefields and ruined towns that shaped his grandfather's young life, and begins to understand the power of history and the transformative nature of passion for a righteous cause. Steve's adventures start in The Missing Skull, part of The Seven Prequels and continue in Broken Arrow, part of The Seven Sequels.




Lost Treasure Of Casa Loma


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Was it really the butler who did it? Or maybe it was the snoopymaid? Tom Austen and his sister Liz have just arrived at Casa Loma, the famouscastle in central Toronto. There to solve a mysterious disappearance and find alost treasure, the two young detectives discover that the old castle holds moresecrets than even they had bargained for. With plenty of suspects to keep readers guessing right to theend of this gripping mystery, The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma deliversaction and adventure along with a painless hit of Canadian history.




Vampires of Ottawa


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Liz Austen investigates gloomy Blackwater estate, home of the fearful Baron Zaba.




After Cooling


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This “ambitious [and] delightful” (The New York Times) work of literary nonfiction interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world. In After Cooling, Eric Dean Wilson braids together air-conditioning history, climate science, road trips, and philosophy to tell the story of the birth, life, and afterlife of Freon, the refrigerant that ripped a hole larger than the continental United States in the ozone layer. As he traces the refrigerant’s life span from its invention in the 1920s—when it was hailed as a miracle of scientific progress—to efforts in the 1980s to ban the chemical (and the resulting political backlash), Wilson finds himself on a journey through the American heartland, trailing a man who buys up old tanks of Freon stockpiled in attics and basements to destroy what remains of the chemical before it can do further harm. Wilson is at heart an essayist, looking far and wide to tease out what particular forces in American culture—in capitalism, in systemic racism, in our values—combined to lead us into the Freon crisis and then out. “Meticulously researched and engagingly written” (Amitav Ghosh), this “knockout debut” (New York Journal of Books) offers a rare glimpse of environmental hope, suggesting that maybe the vast and terrifying problem of global warming is not beyond our grasp to face.