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What Will Burn by James Oswald
12 ratingsThe eleventh book in the Sunday Times-bestselling Inspector McLean series, from one of Scotland's most celebrated crime writers.The charred remains of an elderly woman are discovered in a burned-out game-keepers cottage, hidden away in woodland to the west of Edinburgh. Clearly no accidental fire, Detective Inspector Tony McLean suspects that neither is this simply a grim arson attack...Categorized as:
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Judgment of The Witch by Robert McCammon
10 ratingsAfter a decade, New York Times bestselling author Robert McCammon returns with an epic novel of suspense that reinstates him as one of the great storytellers of our time.... The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe their town is cursed by a witch... -
M. Night Shyamalan's The Sixth Sense: A Novelization by Peter Lerangis, M. Night Shyamalan
10 ratingsThis is the novelization of the box office hit "The Sixth Sense" about a terrified boy with a huge secret and a tormented child psychologist who needs a shot at redemption. Both are trapped in a world where nothing is what it seems... -
The Case of the Haunted Haunted House by Drew Hayes, Scott Aiello
13 ratingsLength: 8 hrs and 6 minsSherman Holmes has officially settled into his new city, and the World's Greatest Detective Agency has opened its doors. While his put-upon partner, Watson, would be happy to keep the jobs as simple as missing pets, when a worried worker with an outlandish tale of ghosts walks in, there's no stopping Sherman from taking the case... -
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Thraxas and the Sorcerers by Martin Scott
8 ratingsThraxas would rather be anywhere than at the Assemblage of the Sorcerers Guild, but the perpetually indigent private eye badly needs the fee. The Guild is meeting to elect a new head sorcerer and Cicerius, the city's Deputy Consul, is determined that the new head of the Guild will be Lisutaris of Turai... -
Mawar Merah : Mosaik by Luna Torashyngu
12 ratingsRiva tertarik pada sifat teman kuliahnya, anak baru bernama Elsa. Kontras dengan Riva yang suka bergaul dan punya banyak teman, Elsa punya sifat tertutup, dan hampir dibilang nggak pernah bergaul dengan teman-teman di Universitas Pratista... -
The Holy Innocents by Kate Sedley
6 ratingsIt is a shadowy early morning in April 1475 - Hock Monday, two weeks and a day past Easter. There's spring in the air and in Roger's step as he approaches the thriving village of Totnes. But Roger also senses danger in the air: A pack of cutthroats wanders the forest after a night of stealing and pillaging in the surrounding villages, and Roger barely manages to hide from them in the brush... -
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being In Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
10 ratingsThis new novel in the 'Louie Knight' series is3 the most dark and disturbing adventure yet... -
Don't Cry For Me Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
10 ratingsAberystwyth's celebrated crimefighter Louie Knight finds himself at sea caught in a web of intrigue spanning the world from Patagonia ato Aberystwyth. He sets out on the trail of a legendary document stolen long ago from Adolf Eichmann. It is said to contain a revelation about the ultimate fate of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid... -
Snitch by Olivia Samms
6 ratingsSecrets. Lies. They smother. But the truth—sometimes the truth is worse. It kills. Leaves blood on your hands.As the days count down to her eighteenth birthday, Bea feels trapped. Trapped by her dark past, by her parents’ expectations, even by her own dreams for the future. The road ahead is unclear, blurred with secrets and lies.The only constant, sure thing in her life is Sergeant Dan Daniels... -
Umney's Last Case by Stephen King
12 ratingsStephen King's brilliant homage to Raymond Chandler and Ross Macdonald's noir classics--complete with a hard-bitten private eye who has bitten off a bit more than he can chew... -
Last Tango in Aberystwyth by Malcolm Pryce
12 ratingsTo the girls who came to make it big in the town's 'What the Butler Saw' movie industry, Aberystwyth was the town of broken dreams. To Dean Morgan who taught at the Faculty of Undertaking, it was just a place to get course materials. But both worlds collide when the Dean checks into the notorious bed and breakfast ghetto and mistakenly receives a suitcase intended for a ruthless druid assassin... -
The Taint of Midas by Anne Zouroudi
10 ratingsGabrilis Kaloyeros is a bee-keeper on the beautiful Greek island of Arcadia. The ruined Temple of Apollo has been in his care for decades, and he has worked to protect it. But when crooked developers take over the island and the value of the land soars, he is persuaded through unscrupulous means to sign away his interest. Hours later he meets a violent, lonely death... -
Detroit Christmas by Larry Correia
10 ratingsDetroit. One of the greatest cities in the world. The crossroads of industry and commerce. The American Paris, the City of Champions, Blimp-Town, Motor City, call it what you want, it’s one crowded place. Nearly two million people live in Detroit, but as far as Jake Sullivan was aware, only a few of them were trying to kill him at that particular moment in time... -
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Night of Long Shadows by Paul Crilley
6 ratingsExplore the dark under-belly of Khorvaire with Eberron's version of the private detective - The Inquisitives! Nights of the Long Shadow: the three nights of the year when the darkest powers of the world gain strength and rise to prey upon the unwary... -
Hot and Sweaty Rex by Eric Garcia, Jonathan Marosz
6 ratingsWhat if the dinosaurs faked their own extinction? New in the genre-bending, species-bending, gender-bending romp of a series. This is the "awesomely funny...cult classic" (Entertainment Weekly) series with the "incredible idea-brilliantly executed" (Brad Meltzer), that inspired Dave Barry to ask, "What would the world be like if the dinosaurs hadn't gone extinct? For one thing, L.A... -
Miss Shumway Waves a Wand by James Hadley Chase
6 ratingsHow come a New York reporter like Ross millan was combing half of Mexico looking for old man Shumway's missing daughter? Millan had asked himself the question a dozen times-and when he found her, he asked himself a whole lot more questions... -
Who P-P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
6 ratingsRoger Rabbit is sure that Clark Gable has not only stolen the role of Rhett Butler in the soon-to-be-shot Gone With the Wind, but he has also stolen the heart of Jessica. Investigating the affair, Eddie Valiant, Toon protector, finds himself up to his fedora in murder and Hollywood corruption. Who P-P-Plugged Roger Rabbit? will appeal to movie buffs, mystery fans, and Rabbit devotees alike... -
Casual Rex by Eric Garcia
8 ratingsNarrator Vincent Rubio is a cold-blooded LA PI - a velociraptor. Louise, ex-wife of partner Ernie, smells delicious. To rescue Louise's younger brother Rupert from a dangerous dino cult going back to "casual" naked undress, the detectives masquerade as members. Leader Circe is a stunning beauty with a dizzying scent... -
The Fat Man: A Tale of North Pole Noir (A Dutton Guilt Edged Mystery) (e-Initial) by Ken Harmon
10 ratingsA satire of traditional Christmas stories and noir. A hardboiled elf is framed for murder in a North Pole world that plays reindeer games for keeps, and where favorite holiday characters live complex lives beyond December. Fired from his longtime job as captain of the Coal Patrol, two-foot-three inch 1,300-year-old elf Gumdrop Coal is angry... -
Circle of Death: A Shadow Thriller by James Patterson, Brian Sitts
14 ratingsWhen a ruthless killer seeks to overturn the world order, our only hope is vigilante justice.Since Lamont Cranston - known to a select few as the Shadow - defeated Shiwan Khan and ended his reign of terror over New York one year ago, the city has started to regenerate.But there is evil brewing elsewhere. And this time the entire world is under threat... -
Aberystwyth Mon Amour by Malcolm Pryce
16 ratingsSchoolboys are disappearing all over Aberystwyth and nobody knows why... -
The Complete Frank Miller Batman by Frank Miller, Dennis O'Neil
12 ratingsThe Complete Frank Miller Batman contains: Batman Year One, Wanted: Santa Claus Dead Or Alive and The Dark Knight Returns. With a new introduction by Richard Bruning, then DC design director. Batman Year One and The Dark Knight Returns are reprints of their trade paperbacks and not individual issues so they include the introductions to those volumes by Frank Miller and Alan Moore... -
David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil Born Again Artisan Edition by David Mazzucchelli
24 ratingsEnjoy the acclaimed graphic novel as an ART BOOK! Each page of this classic story is reproduced from the original art--while appearing to be in black and white, the art is scanned IN COLOR, capturing all the nuances (blue pencil, white out, etc) and quirks that make original art unique!DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI'S DAREDEVIL BORN AGAIN was released in the much lauded Artist's Edition format in 2012... -
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Batman (2011-2016) #14 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV
9 ratingsThe Joker is back and somehow more sinister than ever! What caused this change? And can even Batman stop a Joker so driven and dangerous? “Death of the Family” part 2... -
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1 by Frank Miller
28 ratingsThis masterpiece of comics storytelling brings to life a dark world…and an even darker man. Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight’s retirement... -
Batman: Year One by Frank Miller, Richmond Lewis
44 ratingsA new edition of one of the most important and critically acclaimed Batman adventures ever, written by Frank Miller, author of The Dark Knight Returns!In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman—who he is and how he came to be...Categorized as:
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Batman: Hush, Vol. 2 by Jeph Loeb
24 ratingsBATMAN: HUSH is a thrilling mystery of action, intrigue, and deception penned by Jeph Loeb (BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN) and illustrated by comics superstar Jim Lee (ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN, THE BOY WONDER) in which Batman sets out to discover the identity of a mysterious mastermind using the Joker, Riddler, Ra's al Ghul and the Dark Knight's other enemies - and allies - as pawns in a plan to... -
Alias, Vol. 4: The Secret Origins of Jessica Jones by Brian Michael Bendis
16 ratingsJessica's origins, including her source of powers, how she became a superhero, and why she quit are revealed... -
Daredevil: Born Again by Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli
16 ratingsCollects Daredevil #226-233. "And I -- I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Daredevil tale! Karen Page, Matt Murdock's former lover, has traded away the Man Without Fear's secret identity for a drug fix. Now, Daredevil must find strength as the Kingpin of Crime wastes no time taking him down as low as a human can get...
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