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• Murder Your Employer

  the McMasters Guide to Homicide

  Holmes, Rupert

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  “The sole purpose of the McMasters Conservatory for the Applied Arts is training students to dispose of odious employers and get away scot-free. The school stresses that the task must only be committed after you have given your intended victim every…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Peculiar Combination

  Weaver, Ashley

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  Electra McDonnell and her Uncle Mick are caught in the act of stealing jewels from a safe. They have been set up. Instead of going to prison, they are recruited/blackmailed to use their skills to retrieve blueprints critical to the British war…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Eight Perfect Murders

  a Novel

  Swanson, Peter, 1968-

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  "The story of a bookseller who finds himself at the center of an FBI investigation because a very clever killer has started using his list of fiction's most ingenious murders." -- Publisher

• Son of a Trickster

  Robinson, Eden

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  Everyday teen existence meets indigenous beliefs in this award-winning novel. Sixteen-year-old Jared struggles to keep his life on track despite family dysfunction and his grandmother’s pronouncement that he is "the son of a trickster."

• The Marrow Thieves

  Dimaline, Cherie, 1975-

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  In a future in which global warming has taken a terrible toll, people have lost the ability to dream, leading to widespread madness. North America’s indigenous people are the only ones who can still dream: their bone marrow carries the cure for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Belgravia

  Fellowes, Julian

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  "Fellowes, the creator of the hit TV series Downton Abbey, develops another rich cast of (mostly rich) characters, this time set in 19th-century London. Introducing the cast at a fancy ball on the day of the Battle of Waterloo in 1815, the story…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Daughter of Smoke & Bone

  Taylor, Laini

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  Seventeen-year-old Karou is a student at the Art Lyceum of Bohemia in modern day Prague. Initially, she appears to be a typical teenager, with boyfriend problems and supportive friends. As the story progresses, the reader discovers that Karou is far…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Magicians

  a Novel

  Grossman, Lev

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  Recommended for fans of the Harry Potter series. This series follows the escapades of Quentin Coldwater who is unexpectedly admitted into an exclusive college of magic and rigorously educated in modern sorcery.

• The Cater Street Hangman

  a Novel

  Perry, Anne

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  Charlotte Ellison is part of Victorian London's upper crust, though her spirit isn't tempered enough for its stringent codes of acceptable behaviour. When a series of murders occurs in her gilded neighbourhood, she willingly becomes embroiled,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Name of the Wind

  Rothfuss, Patrick, 1973-

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  Book 1 in the "The Kingkiller Chronicle" series, follows the life of Kvothe, a gifted young musician and magician. It recounts his journey from a gifted child to a legendary figure, unravelling the mysteries of his past and the magic that shapes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Great Gatsby

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940

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  Fitzgerald’s Great America Novel is the quintessential work of the Jazz Age. Narrator Nick Carraway meets his mysterious neighbour, Jay Gatsby, and becomes involved in Gatsby’s obsession with Nick’s cousin Daisy Buchanan.

• The Body in the Library

  Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976

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  A classic mystery by Dame Agatha Christie, renowned as the best-selling novelist of all time. This novel features the elderly spinster and shrewd sleuth, Miss Marple, who solves murders using her extensive knowledge of human nature.