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Netherworld Paranormal Police Department Full Series Box Set, #1-5 by John P. Logsdon, Christopher P. Young
6 ratingsThousands sold. Millions of pages read. Get your badge today! *INCLUDES BOOKS 1-5* Nearly 900 pages of action-packed adventure. Blood Crossed (Book 1) Meet Piper Shaw. She's one of the Netherworld Paranormal Police Department's toughest. She's also an immortal, and she's got one hell of a chip on her shoulder. Meet Reaper Payne. He's an actual reaper. Yes, one of those guys who ferries the dead... -
![The Rings of Grissom by Julia Huni]()
The Rings of Grissom by Julia Huni
6 ratingsShe thought being a space janitor was chaotic. Now she’s really in for a cleanup.Triana Moore lost her job as a maintenance technician when her boss discovered her true identity. But decluttering the galaxy isn’t just for janitors. When she visits the ringed planet Grissom with security agent Ty O’Neill for his sister’s wedding, Triana discovers just how messy life can get... -
![Dead in the Water by Barry J. Hutchison]()
Dead in the Water by Barry J. Hutchison
8 ratingsDan Deadman's afterlife just hit an all new low. When a suspect explodes mid-interrogation and his office is taken over by an intergalactic despot, undead detective, Dan Deadman, reckons he's finally hit rock bottom. Banished to a dangerous underground hostel network, Dan becomes embroiled in a mass-murder investigation that will take him from the bowels of Down Here to the depths of the ocean... -
![ঘনাদা সমগ্র ১ by Premendra Mitra]()
ঘনাদা সমগ্র ১ by Premendra Mitra
10 ratingsঘনাদা বাংলা সাহিত্যের একটি জনপ্রিয় কাল্পনিক চরিত্র। ১৯৪৫ সালে প্রেমেন্দ্র মিত্র এই চরিত্রটি সৃষ্টি করেন। ঘনাদার প্রকৃত নাম ঘনশ্যাম দাস। ঘনাদা তাঁর মেসের প্রতিবেশী চার যুবককে নিজের জীবনের নানা অভিযান সম্পর্কে অবিশ্বাস্য ও আজগুবি গল্প মুখে মুখে বানিয়ে শোনান। ঘনাদার গল্পগুলি বানানো হলেও, এর অধিকাংশ তথ্যই বাস্তব ভিত্তিতে গৃহীত।সূচী: ১. ঘনাদার গল্প২. অদ্বিতীয় ঘনাদা ৩. আবার ঘনাদা৪. ঘনাদাকে ভোট দিন৫... -
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![Vanished: When Lightning Strikes / Code Name Cassandra by Meg Cabot]()
Vanished: When Lightning Strikes / Code Name Cassandra by Meg Cabot
18 ratingsA gift…or a curse? Jessica Mastriani has never liked attention. All she wants is to make it to high school graduation like any ordinary girl. But when Jess is struck by lightning, she becomes anything but ordinary: suddenly she has the ability to locate missing children. Now Jess is getting noticed in all the wrong ways and by all the wrong people. The media is obsessed with her and her story... -
![Hard Luck Hank: Stank Delicious by Steven Campbell]()
Hard Luck Hank: Stank Delicious by Steven Campbell
10 ratingsBelvaille has cemented its place as the most important System in the galaxy and Hank is working as an official Factotum, negotiating deals between gangs and noblemen under the watchful eye of the Arch Minister. When his ever-capable butler, Cliston, is approached to become the general manager of a Super Class glocken team, Hank is hired not only as protection, but as a player... -
![সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ৪ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ৪ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
6 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর আরো ৮ টি বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী গ্রন্থের সংকলন।*ত্রাতুলের জগৎ*বেজি*ফিনিক্স*সায়রা সায়েন্টিস্ট*সুহানের স্বপ্ন*অবনীল*নায়ীরা*বিজ্ঞানী অনিক... -
![The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King]()
The Henchmen's Book Club by Danny King
10 ratingsMark Jones is a henchman for hire. He guards bunkers, patrols perimeters and stands around in a boiler suit waiting to get knocked out by Ninjas. This is his job... -
![Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner]()
Carved in Flesh by Tim Waggoner
12 ratingsAfter Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious supernatural force as young children, their father taught them how to hunt and destroy the paranormal evil that exists in the dark corners of America. After their father’s demonic death, they discovered that they are descended from a long line of hunters and chose to continue their mission... -
![Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake]()
Drowned Hopes by Donald E. Westlake
12 ratingsJohn Dortmunder, anti-hero of such comic crime classics as The Hot Rock and Good Behavior , returns home at dawn after another failed burglary. He is horrified to find his apartment occupied by an old cellmate everyone supposed (and hoped) had been locked up for life. Tom Jinson needs Dortmunder's help. Nearly thirty years ago, before his last prison stretch, Tom pulled a big job up near Albany... -
![Why Me? by Donald E. Westlake]()
Why Me? by Donald E. Westlake
12 ratingsBe careful what you steal . . . A fast-paced crime caper from the Edgar Award–winning author and “funniest man in the world” (The Washington Post Book World).The Byzantine Fire is much more than a ninety-carat ruby. As a stone it’s worth over a million dollars, a value vastly increased by its pure gold band—but its history makes it priceless... -
![Goblin War by Jim C. Hines]()
Goblin War by Jim C. Hines
14 ratingsIf you think it’s hard being a hobgoblin or a human, try living a goblin’s life for a while. In fact, try imagining what it’s like to be the runtiest goblin in the caves, the lone worshiper of a god who’s been forgotten for a good reason, and the target everyone points to at the first hint of trouble... -
![Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint]()
Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint
14 ratingsA freak accident renders an ordinary stock analyst invisible, and though invisibility has its pitfalls, he is able to eavesdrop his way into amassing a fortune in this side-splitting, tear-jerking mixture of fantasy and nightmare... -
![Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake]()
Don't Ask by Donald E. Westlake
12 ratingsIn his latest caper, Dortmunder is hired to steal the femur of a 16-year-old girl who was canonized because, 800 years ago, she was killed and eaten by her family. Now two European countries and the Catholic church are fighting like dogs over the bone. How will this free-for-all end? Don't Ask... -
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![Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs]()
Conjugal Rites by Paul Magrs
6 ratingsThe gripping new instalment of the adventures of Brenda and Effie.No matter what she tries to do, trouble has a way of finding Brenda. It's hardly surprising with secrets like hers. When her old adversary Mr Danby starts filling the airwaves with his late night phone in show it can only mean one thing - and sure enough best friend Effie soon finds herself up to her neck in it... -
![The Case of the Kidnapped Collie by John R. Erickson]()
The Case of the Kidnapped Collie by John R. Erickson
6 ratingsHank the Cowdog uses his all of his sleuthing skills as head of ranch security when a major theft occurs on the ranch and Miss Beulah is kidnapped... -
![Circle by Mac Barnett]()
Circle by Mac Barnett
14 ratingsMac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle's friends, Triangle and Square. Also it is about a rule that Circle makes, and how she has to rescue Triangle when he breaks that rule... -
![Watch Me Die by Lee Goldberg]()
Watch Me Die by Lee Goldberg
14 ratingsHarvey Mapes is a 26-year-old security guard who spends his nights in a guard shack outside a gated community in Southern California, reading detective novels, watching reruns, and waiting for his life to finally start... which happens when Cyril Parkus, one of the wealthy residents, asks Harvey to follow his beautiful wife Lauren... -
![Catching Suki by Sarah Alderson]()
Catching Suki by Sarah Alderson
10 ratingsThe Unit are closing in and Demos needs one of his team to go deep cover. Enter Suki.Fashion obsessed, boy-crazy and more than a little kooky, Suki is a mind reader with a special talent for buying shoes and for listening in on private conversations... -
![Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire by G.M. Nair]()
Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire by G.M. Nair
6 ratingsMichael Duckett is fed up with his life. His job is a drag and his roommate and best friend of fifteen years, Stephanie Dyer, is only making him more anxious with her lazy irresponsibility. Things continue to escalate when they face the threat of imminent eviction from their palatial 5th floor walk-up and find that someone has been plastering ads all over the city for their Detective Agency... -
![Robert Asprin's Myth-Fits by Jody Lynn Nye]()
Robert Asprin's Myth-Fits by Jody Lynn Nye
6 ratingsRobert Asprin's "excellent, lighthearted fantasy series" (Epic Illustrated) continues with more antics from magician Skeeve and his eclectic team at M.Y.T.H., Inc.Business is slow for M.Y.T.H., Inc., and its president, Bunny, is getting nervous that the company might not meet its quarterly goal... -
![Earth Vs. Everybody by John Swartzwelder]()
Earth Vs. Everybody by John Swartzwelder
6 ratingsOne of a series of comedy science fiction novels featuring slow-witted detective Frank Burly. By John Swartzwelder, the writer of 59 episodes of The Simpsons... -
![The Misfortune Cookie by Laura Resnick]()
The Misfortune Cookie by Laura Resnick
10 ratingsMurder by misfortune? Death by cookie?The New Year gets off to a rocky start for struggling actress Esther Diamond when NYPD’s Detective Connor Lopez, who slept with her and then didn’t call, shuts down the Little Italy restaurant where Esther works between acting jobs—and arrests her!After spending a long night in jail plotting Lopez’s slow and painful demise, Esther’sluck changes when she... -
![Bad Prince Charlie by John Moore]()
Bad Prince Charlie by John Moore
10 ratingsWe set our scene in Damask: A kingdom that couldn't get ransacked if it tried...But now tha the king is dead, that's exactly what his brothers have in mind. All they need is a bad king to take his place. The population will rebel, the neighboring kingdom will be "invited" to restore order, and they'll be in business. . .Bad Prince Charlie will do... -
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![Smoke by Donald E. Westlake]()
Smoke by Donald E. Westlake
8 ratingsDue to a foiled burglary in a high-tech lab doing research for cigarette manufacturers, Freddie Noon, the thief, is now invisible. This condition has clear-cut advantages for a man in Freddie's profession, but now everybody wants a glimpse of Freddie. But Freddie doesn't dare show his face, his shadow, anything. Because Freddie Noon has gotten a taste of invisibility--and he can't quit now... -
![Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake]()
Space Police: Attack of the Mammary Clans by David Blake
6 ratingsIt's the 25th Century, and the President of American has taken over the world.Meanwhile... after a cleaner unplugged his cryogenic freezing machine by accident, Detective Inspector Capstan wakes up to find that he's been in a state of suspended animation for over four hundred years... -
![Rated R by Mike Leon]()
Rated R by Mike Leon
6 ratingsIt’s crass gun porn filled with fanboy pandering action movie references.Do you like action movies? Do you like dark, edgy, hard boiled anti-heroes? Do you like fully automatic weapons blasting guys’ heads off? How about product endorsements that are awkwardly placed between depictions of intense violence?Yeah? Then this book is for you!It’s about Sid Hansen... -
![Adriana: Labirin Cinta di Kilometer Nol by Fajar Nugros, Artasya Sudirman]()
Adriana: Labirin Cinta di Kilometer Nol by Fajar Nugros, Artasya Sudirman
6 ratings“Jika karpet itu berganti lima kali, aku akan menjumpaimu di tempat dua ular saling berlilitan pada tongkatnya, saat Proklamasi dibacakan.” Siapa yang peduli dengan karpet tua depan lift di Perpustakaan Nasional, apalagi tentang kapan bergantinya? Mungkin hanya Mamen… dan cintanya. Ya, cinta yang diuji oleh Adriana dalam teka-teki demi teka-teki... -
![Bride of the Slime Monster by Craig Shaw Gardner]()
Bride of the Slime Monster by Craig Shaw Gardner
6 ratingsWhat is the Cineverse coming to? Second in the B-movie-based trilogy. With Roger stranded without a Captain Crusader Decoder Ring, Dr... -
![Unusual Uses for Olive Oil by Alexander McCall Smith]()
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil by Alexander McCall Smith
14 ratingsLife is so unfair, and it sends many things to try Professor Dr Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, author of Portuguese Irregular Verbs and pillar of the Institute of Romance Philology in the proud Bavarian city of Regensburg... -
![White Man Falling by Mike Stocks]()
White Man Falling by Mike Stocks
6 ratingsWhite Man Falling is a tale of domestic catastrophe, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect... -
![Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth]()
Dark Moonlighting by Scott Haworth
8 ratingsLibrarian's note: This is an alternate cover edition of ASIN B00BL3XXH2.Nick Whittier, having been alive for six centuries, has had plenty of time to master three professions. In a typical week he works as a police officer, lawyer and doctor and still finds time to murder someone and drink their blood... -
![The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia, Adam Baldwin]()
The Adventures of Tom Stranger, Interdimensional Insurance Agent by Larry Correia, Adam Baldwin
18 ratingsHave you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or Nazi dinosaurs from the future?Don't let this happen to you!Rifts happen, so you should be ready when universes collide. A policy with Stranger & Stranger can cover all of your interdimensional insurance needs... -
![El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato by Eduardo Mendoza]()
El asombroso viaje de Pomponio Flato by Eduardo Mendoza
16 ratingsEn el siglo I de nuestra era, Pomponio Flato viaja por los confines del Imperio romano en busca de unas aguas de efectos portentosos. El azar y la precariedad de su fortuna lo llevan a Nazaret, donde va a ser ejecutado el carpintero del pueblo, convicto del brutal asesinato de un rico ciudadano... -
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![The Last Drop by L. Ron Hubbard, L. Sprague de Camp]()
The Last Drop by L. Ron Hubbard, L. Sprague de Camp
6 ratingsPrimed for promotion to the World-Journal city editor, grizzled senior reporter Pop is stunned when it's announced that young Leonard Caulborn, the publisher's son-in-law, will get the post. Worse, the lad wants him out. In protest, Pop demands to be given a beat again and gets his wish. .
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