Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

October 1970. Two kidnappings. One dead. A crisis unlike anything the country had ever seen — here is the story behind history. Thirty years after the October Crisis, Sam Nihilo, a freelance writer whose career is in a slump, is drawn to the conspiracy theories that have proliferated in the wake of the events. While investigating the death of one of the FLQ hostages, Nihilo sees his life consumed by an inquiry that leads him further into a flurry...

Laurel Ferrara wouldn't know a happy ending if she fell over it - of course her whirlwind wedding was always going to end in disaster. But it wasn't as simple as just walking away. From the moment she is summoned back to Sicily, the shivers of unease set in. The command comes from legendary billionaire Cristiano Ferrara, the husband she can't forget. The outrageously gorgeous Cristiano's power is a potent reminder of this Sicilian dynasty's unbreakable...

Mississippi, August 2005. Young black teenager Esch Batiste - pregnant, hungry, and rejected - helps her widowed father and three brothers prepare for the approaching hurricane. When the storm arrives, the family seeks refuge in the attic. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. National Book Award. 2011.

Craig Gisto has promised Eliza Moss that his elite team at Private Sydney will investigate the disappearance of her father. After all, as CEO of a high-profile research company, Eric Moss shouldn't be difficult to find. Except it's not just the man who's gone missing. Despite the most advanced technology at their disposal, they find every trace of him has vanished too. And they aren't the only ones on the hunt. Powerful figures want Moss to stay "lost,"...

Summer 1945. After her grandmother dies and her father is called away to do secret government work, precocious ten-year-old Helen is isolated in her family's decaying house with her twenty-two-year-old cousin Flora. Flora cries easily and Helen feels superior to her, but the summer changes their lives. Includes strong language.

Fourteen-year-old Bo, a boat person from Vietnam, lives in the Junction neighbourhood of Toronto with his mother, Thao, and his four-year-old sister, who was born severely disfigured from the effects of Agent Orange. Named Orange, she is the family secret; Thao keeps her hidden away, and when Bo's not at school or getting into fights on the street, he cares for her. One day a carnival worker and bear trainer, Gerry, sees Bo in a streetfight, and recruits...

The Island of Lost Maps tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from South Florida, whose cross-country slash-and-dash operation had gone virtually undetected until he was caught in 1995–and was unmasked as the most prolific American map...

In 1904, Thomas Pitt's daughter Jemima travels with Delphinia Cardew, who is to marry the aristocratic Brent Albright in a high-society New York wedding. Missing from the festivities is Delphinia's mother, Maria, who - sixteen years earlier - abandoned her daughter and disappeared. Jemima agrees to help the groom's brother find her.