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First Sign of Danger
by Kelley Armstrong
Detective Casey Duncan and her husband, Sheriff Eric Dalton, are entering a new chapter of life as parents to their six-month-old baby. Their family is hidden away in the sanctuary town of Haven's Rock where they can live safe and private lives. But when they encounter hikers too close to the borders of Haven's Rock, they realize they're in danger of being exposed.
When they find one of the hikers dead the next day, they realize that their paranoia was justified, but they're no closer to finding out who these people were and what they were doing in the vicinity of Haven's Rock. Only by tracing the hikers' movements, as well as examining the recent behavior of their closest neighbors, the workers of a secretive mining camp, will they be able to figure out where the threat is coming from and shut it down. Otherwise, the lives of everyone in Haven's Rock--and their safe, secure new existence--are at risk.
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Liberty Street
by Heather Marshall
1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best female reporters in the country, whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she sees the scoop of a lifetime—one that could launch her career as a journalist. But after going undercover to investigate the inmate's shocking claims, Emily discovers that getting into the prison is the easy part; the real challenge will be getting back out . . .
1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women's Prison, the family trauma she's kept buried for years threatens to surface.
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All in Her Hands
by Audrey Blake
1849. Dr. Nora Gibson is the only female surgeon in London. In all of England, even. After earning her medical degree and overcoming the prejudice of those who wished to see her fail, she's finally earned her place at the Great Queen Street Hospital alongside her newlywed husband and her eccentric but ailing adoptive father, the great Dr. Horace Croft.
But peace is hard to come by as a physician, and for one like Nora, it's almost impossible. When Nora takes up the fight to bring midwives into the medical field, her already fragile reputation comes under fire by colleagues and London society itself. And if the possibility of losing her rights to practice medicine wasn't enough, a dangerous enemy has made itself the deadliest cholera epidemic in over a century. It's a swift disease that wreaks havoc and tragedy across the city, especially amongst the working classes, and Nora will do anything she can to help. Soon, she finds herself on the frontlines of the disease, and as those around her begin to fall, she'll have to find the strength to stand alone and maintain her greatest to save lives. Whether she'll make it through, though, is up to fate.
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Fancy Gap
by Zak Jones
In the hills and isolated mountain enclaves of southern Appalachia, Nana Grace has left her own family behind to become the “Shepherd” of a disaffected flock of worshippers that she keeps in thrall through both charismatic preaching and the dispensing of stolen drugs.
Her daughter struggles with breast cancer, the painful effects of its treatment, and the expectation to perform unceasing gratitude toward the evangelical community that reluctantly supports her out of a transactional sense of duty.
Her eldest son, Dalton, has been discharged from the army under conditions "Other than Honorable"; accused of breaching the policy of Don't Ask, Don't Tell. He drifts hesitantly home, pulled by guilt and love for his younger brother. Messy (christened Messiah at Grace’s insistence) is awkward in a world that attacks difference. Guided by faith, tortured by abandonment, Messy eventually develops a warped moral code shaped by alienation and anger.
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Wild People Quiet
by Tara Gereaux
Torduvalle, Saskatchewan, 1946. Florence has built a life of careful perfection: an immaculate home, a steady job at Pratt’s Insurance, and hair dyed movie-star blonde every Saturday night—never letting her brown roots betray the past she’s buried.
But when a group of Métis seasonal workers arrives in town, everything shifts. One man carries a connection to the life Florence has spent years outrunning—and a simple request that threatens to unravel her carefully crafted identity.
As memories resurface and the boundary between who she was and who she pretends to be begins to blur, Florence learns of the government’s troubling plans for the Métis community nearby. Soon she must choose between protecting her fragile security—or confronting the truth, no matter the cost.
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Sextinction: The Decline of Sex and the Future of Intimacy
by Debra Soh
In a society more sexualized than ever, people across ages and demographics are having less sex—and few understand why. In Sextinction, Debra Soh tackles this paradox head-on, searching for science-backed answers behind the decline.
With what Eric R Weinstein calls a “fearless” approach, Soh explores ideological clashes, technological shifts, and the realities of modern dating. Drawing on research and firsthand reporting, she examines how cultural trends, digital life, and changing norms are reshaping intimacy.
Provocative and sharply argued, Sextinction challenges assumptions on both the right and left, offering a candid look at the evolving landscape—and uncertain future—of human sexuality.
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A Footnote to Freedom: Reclaiming the Life and Legacy of a Black Battalion Soldier
by Lance B. Dixon
In A Footnote to Freedom, Lance B. Dixon traces his family’s history through the legacy of his grandfather, George Dixon, one of six hundred men who served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion—the only all-Black battalion in Canadian history. For years, little was known about George’s service or the life he led afterward.
Through intimate conversations with his father, Blair Dixon, also a veteran, Lance confronts the generational weight of racism and the shame imposed on Black Canadians. He reveals the bitter irony that these men had to battle discrimination at home in order to fight for freedom abroad—reclaiming a legacy of resilience, dignity, and hard-won redemption.
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The Casino Shift: Stories from an Er on the Edge
by Brian Goldman
In The Casino Shift, Brian Goldman delivers an hour-by-hour portrait of life inside a Canadian emergency room during turbulent times. The “casino shift”—a shorter overnight rotation—reflects both innovation and strain, as advances in technology collide with increasingly complex patient needs.
But the book reaches beyond a single hospital, capturing the reality of ERs across Canada. From the grind of “waiting room medicine” to shocking diagnoses—untreated cancer in a young adult, a rare case of auto-brewery syndrome—Goldman reveals the pressures facing modern physicians. Alongside burnout and frustration, he highlights the skill, dedication, and lifesaving breakthroughs that define frontline medicine.
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