Blake Dent is a bounty hunter who catches criminals for a living. He lives by the mantra that he’s retired until he needs money to get by, which he spends on lavishly indulgent boy’s toys. His only real goal in life is adding a curved TV to his enormous gadget collection.But when someone starts brutally murdering people, Blake is forced to catch the killer by the inept and under-funded local police. Lured by the promise of a life-changing sum of money and blackmailed by his past, Blake must identify and stop the twisted murderer before their horrifying mission is completed.Take one portion of darkness, add a large handful of humour, sprinkle a helping of mystery on top, and you end up with Bubblegum Smoothie, the first book in the Blake Dent thriller series from Ryan Casey, author of the Brian McDone books. Views: 48
Short-listed for the 1999 Sheila A. Egoff Award for Children's Literature and Geoffrey Bilson Award Ann Walsh's sequel to Moses, Me and Murder (Pacific Educational Press) continues the adventures of Ted, now 14. Still tormented by the ghost of murderer James barry, Ted apprentices to the eccentric doctor J.B. Wilkinson, whose dependency on opium for his patients and for his own demons reveals a past intertwined with the life and death of an enigmatic woman named sophia Cameron. Views: 48
An ancient dragon seeks the elf who stole her inheritance, and he wants her for her library.
Oksana has spent her lifetime trying to restore her mother’s legacy, and the fey who stole it happens to be her ideal mate. Well, that is what the seers tell her. She will see for herself, but she isn’t handing over her hand in marriage until she gets her mother’s belongings back.
Hyther thought that a dead dragon meant the artifacts were up for grabs. He has since found out that dragons can hatch from eggs, and they have a long memory. Views: 48
