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BENEATH THE ABBEY WALL
SCOTT, A.D.
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
In a small Scottish town, the local newspaper staff doesn’t see much excitement. But that all changes when their
no-nonsense office manager Mrs. Smart is found murdered one dreary autumn night. For the staff of the
Highland Gazette, the investigation becomes personal when the deputy editor, is accused of the crime. It’s the
late 1950s, the decade of rock n’ roll and television, and change is coming, but slowly. It’s up to budding reporter
Joanne Ross to step into Mrs. Smart’s shoes and keep the newspaper office running, all while raising two girls
alone. But newcomer Neil Stewart proves a major distraction for Joanne. And what does the tragic tale of
children stolen from the Travelling people more than thirty years previously have to do with this murder? In a
mystery with twists and turns and no clear-cut solution, the secrets of the past must be unravelled before justice
can be found.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 40,000
ATRIA 352 PAGES
9781451665772
$17.00 TP Original
NOVEMBER 2012
THE BEST CANADIAN CHRISTMAS STORIES
HILDERLEY, BOB
A collection of Canadian Christmas stories from the author of America the Beautiful.
FICTION/ANTHOLOGIES
FITZHENRY & WHITESIDE 264 PAGES
9781550823585
$24.95 TP Original
SEPTEMBER 2012
BETRAYAL
STOCKWIN, JULIAN
Cape Colony is proving a tiresome assignment for Captain Kydd's daring commander-in-chief Commodore
Popham. Rumours that South America's Spanish colonies are in a ferment of popular unrest and of a treasure
hoard of silver spur him to assemble a makeshift invasion fleet and launch a bold attack on the capital of the
Viceroyalty of the River Plate, Buenos Aires. Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the river, the
British invasion force lands and wins a battle against improbable odds, taking the capital and the silver. But
nothing is as simple as it seems in this region of the world: the uprising that will see the end of Spanish rule
never arrives and the locals begin to see dark conspiracies behind the invader's actions. Soon the tiny British
force finds itself surrounded by an ever more hostile population. The city begins to revolt against its liberators.
Now Kydd's men must face fierce resistance and the betrayal of their closest allies. Can they save themselves,
and their prize?
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 40,000
HODDER & STOUGHTON 320 PAGES
9781444712001 SERIES: CAPTAIN KYDD
$34.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
TRADE PAPER EDITION
9781444712018 ($24.99)
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