Angelology

Hardcover | 464 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Historical; Fiction
978-0-385-66861-3 (0-385-66861-9)

March 9, 2010 | $29.95



Set in the secluded world of cloistered abbeys, long-lost secrets and angelic humans, Angelology has all the makings of a blockbuster hit, combining elements of The Da Vinci Code and Kate Mosse's Labyrinth

Sister Evangeline was just a young girl when her father left her at St. Rose Convent under the care...

The Weed That Strings the Hangman's Bag

Hardcover | 368 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-385-66584-1 (0-385-66584-9)

March 9, 2010 | $29.95



Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce didn’t intend to investigate another murder — but then, Rupert Porson didn’t intend to die. When the master puppeteer’s van breaks down in the village of Bishop’s Lacey, Flavia is front and centre to help Rupert and his charming assistant, Nialla, put together a performance in the...

The Rehearsal

Hardcover | 320 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Literary
978-0-7710-1983-8 (0-7710-1983-1)

April 27, 2010 | $29.99



Winner of the Betty Trask Award, the NZ Society of Authors' Best First Book Award, and the Adam Prize; a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award; and longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Orange Prize.

Set in the aftermath of a sex scandal at an all-girls’ high...

The Pregnant Widow

Hardcover | 384 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary; Fiction - Family Saga
978-0-676-97781-3 (0-676-97781-2)

May 11, 2010 | $32.95



The eagerly anticipated new novel from the inimitable Martin Amis.

Summer 1970 — a long, hot summer. In a castle in Italy, half a dozen young lives are afloat on the sea of change, trapped inside the history of the sexual revolution. The girls are acting like boys, and the boys are...

The Passage

Hardcover | 784 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-385-66951-1 (0-385-66951-8)

June 8, 2010 | $32.95



The Andromeda Strain meets The Stand in this startling and stunning thriller that brings to life a unique vision of the apocalypse and plays brilliantly with vampire mythology, revealing what becomes of human society when a top-secret government experiment spins wildly out of control.

At an army research station in Colorado, an...

Corduroy Mansions

Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Literary
978-0-307-39908-3 (0-307-39908-7)

July 6, 2010 | $29.95



From the author of the global bestseller The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency comes a brand-new novel — the start of a new series — set in the heart of London.

"Corduroy Mansions" is the affectionate nickname given to a genteelly crumbling mansion block in London's vibrant Pimlico. This is the home...

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Hardcover | 368 pages | Bond Street Books | Fiction - Literary
978-0-385-66864-4 (0-385-66864-3)

March 2, 2010 | $29.95



Written with a delightfully dry sense of humour and the wisdom of a born storyteller, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand explores the risks one takes when pursuing happiness in the face of family obligation and tradition.

When retired Major Pettigrew strikes up an unlikely friendship with Mrs. Ali, the Pakistani village shopkeeper, he...

The News Where You Are

Hardcover | 272 pages | Bond Street Books | Fiction
978-0-385-66894-1 (0-385-66894-5)

July 6, 2010 | $29.95



A heartbreaking, yet hilarious, novel from the author of the best-selling, prize-winning What Was Lost.

The News Where You Are tells the funny, touching story of Frank, a local TV news presenter in England. Beneath his awkwardly corny screen persona, Frank is haunted by disappearances: the mysterious hit-and-run that killed his predecessor...

Cities of Refuge

Hardcover | 416 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Literary; Fiction
978-0-7710-4039-9 (0-7710-4039-3)

April 20, 2010 | $32.99



In Cities of Refuge, Michael Helm’s keenly anticipated new novel, a single act of violence resonates through several lives, connecting closeby fears to distant political terrors. At the story’s centre is the complex, intensely charged relationship between a 28-year-old woman and the father who abandoned her when she was young. 
           
One summer...

Every Lost Country

Hardcover | 352 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction
978-0-307-39739-3 (0-307-39739-4)

May 4, 2010 | $29.95



“The longer you stare at the mountain, the more it seems a refuge above human borders and distinctions and this constant dialogue of violence. Up there, he’d hoped, he and Sophie could step away from trouble for a while.”
 
Lewis Book, a doctor with a history of embroiling himself in conflicts, and his...