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Picture This
by Anthony Hyde

Missing
by Frances Itani

Shipwreck
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The Picture of Nobody
by Rabindranath Maharaj

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By Robert Hough

The year is 1920, and all of Mexico is at war with itself. Gangs of rebels roam the country, stealing money, food, and horses. Carlos is 28 years old. He works in his father’s café. One day, a gang rides into Carlos’s village. When the gang leaves, they kidnap Carlos.

Weeks later, the rebels and Carlos ride into the town of Rosita. Suddenly, Carlos is forced to make a life or death decision. He does so, though in a way that surprises everyone.

Is Carlos a brave man or a coward? It is a question that takes him a lifetime to answer.

By Frances Itani

Missing
is based on a true story.

Luc Caron lives in northern France during World War I. One day, he sees three airplanes fighting in the sky. Luc watches in horror as a plane flips over and the pilot falls to his death. Luc is the only witness.

The Greenwoods own an apple farm in Canada. Their son, a pilot, has been missing for 11 years. In 1928, they receive a package from England. The package contains a letter and three objects found at the site of a plane crash.

How is the mystery of the missing pilot solved, bringing peace to Luc and to the pilot’s parents?

By Joy Fielding

Kathy Brown suddenly wakes up. Was that a noise in the house, or part of her dream?

In her dream, Kathy was about to kiss Michael, her high school boyfriend. Her husband, Jack, lies beside her, snoring. Michael is exciting. Jack is boring.

When Kathy hears the noise again, she gets up. Then she hears whispers. Then she feels a gun at her head. Two men are in the house. Kathy and her husband face a living nightmare. Kathy must also face her real feelings about her husband.

The outcome surprises everyone, most of all Kathy herself.

Marina Endicott is the bestselling author of
Good to a Fault.
This book was a finalist for the Giller Prize and a
Globe and Mail
Best Book. Her latest book,
The Little Shadows
, follows a singing sister act touring the prairies in 1912.

Marina worked as an actor and director before she began to write fiction. She currently teaches creative writing at the University of Alberta. Marina lives in Edmonton with her husband (a Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer), two children, and one small dog.

Also by Marina Endicott:

Open Arms

Good to a Fault

The Little Shadows