Books like 'House of Silence'
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Burning Down Boise by Franklin Horton
10 ratingsSometimes the story of an apocalypse isn’t one of tragedy, but one of opportunity...Dan Slaughter has given up on appearances. With his wife dead and his kids grown, he’s slowly reverting back to the east Tennessee boy he used to be three decades earlier. He quit cutting his hair and started smoking pot. He drinks when he wants to and sings along with the classic songs of his lost youth... -
![Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards]()
Angel City Blues by Jeff Edwards
6 ratingsLos Angeles: 2065 A wealthy young woman vanishes from her high-security apartment without leaving a single strand of DNA behind. No trace of the victim’s disappearance is recorded on any of the building’s many cameras or security sensors. Her apartment’s memory cores have been destroyed beyond any hope of recovery... -
![Boy's Toys by Manna Francis]()
Boy's Toys by Manna Francis
6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick finds a new kink: guns... -
![সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ২ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
সায়েন্স ফিকশান সমগ্র ২ by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
8 ratingsবাংলাদেশ ও বাংলা ভাষার কিংবদন্তী বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী লেখক মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল- এর পরবর্তী ৮ টি বৈজ্ঞানিক কল্পকাহিনী গ্রন্থের সমগ্র।*নিঃসঙ্গ গ্রহচারী*ক্রোমিয়াম অরণ্য*ত্রিনিত্রি রাশিমালা*অনুরন গোলক*নয় নয় শূন্য তিন*পৃ*রবোনগরী*টুকি এবং ঝায়ের (প্রায়) দুঃসাহসিক... -
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![The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow]()
The Bezzle by Cory Doctorow
8 ratingsNew York Times bestseller Cory Doctorow's The Bezzle is a high stakes thriller where the lives of the hundreds of thousands of inmates in California’s prisons are traded like stock shares.The year is 2006. Martin Hench is at the top of his game as a self-employed forensic accountant, a veteran of the long guerrilla war between people who want to hide money, and people who want to find it... -
![Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz]()
Liege-Killer by Christopher Hinz
11 ratingsTwo hundred years after Earth is devastated by nuclear war and genetically engineered Paratwa assassins, the humans of orbiting Earth colonies are at peace, until a series of murders reveal the reemergence of the Paratwa... -
![Double Check by Malcolm Rose]()
Double Check by Malcolm Rose
6 ratingsEverton Kohter is a young man on death row -- in nineteen days the Authorities will have him executed by lethal injection. But Luke Harding and his airborne robotic sidekick, Malc, have been tipped off that Everton didn't commit the murder, despite the overwhelming evidence... -
![Blood Brother by Malcolm Rose]()
Blood Brother by Malcolm Rose
6 ratingsTeenage forensic investigator Luke Harding is back with a brand-newcase. In Blood Brother, Luke and his robotic sidekick, Malc, are assigned toa hospital with a mysteriously high rate of fatalities. As Luke investigates anumber of suspicious patient deaths, he meets his long-lost father, a doctorwho practices alternative medicine at the hospital... -
![Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel]()
Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel
6 ratingsSie bestimmen, wer du bistWenn dein Leben eine Lüge ist ... Als die junge und schöne Elektra Hamilton bei einem Reitunfall ums Leben kommt, erhält Isabel ein unerwartetes Angebot. Sie, die Elektra wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist, soll deren Platz einnehmen. Sie muss lediglich für immer verschweigen, wer sie wirklich ist... -
![Childless: A Novel by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner]()
Childless: A Novel by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner
6 ratingsThe second installment in the riveting new trilogy from Dr. James Dobson and Kurt Bruner transports readers to a not-too-distant future when the young and healthy strain under the burden of a rapidly aging population. Everyone is nervous about how Judge Victor Santiago will rule. The case involved the tragic demise of a loving mother and her disabled son... -
![American Survivor by A.J. Newman]()
American Survivor by A.J. Newman
8 ratingsAmerican Apocalypse: American Survivor This is Book I in the American Apocalypse series. The North Koreans launch a surprise Nuclear EMP attack on the USA. Our hero, Joe doesn’t care about politics or what happened, he just knows his world went to Hell. Planes fell out of the sky, people went nuts looting and killing as he scrambled to hide from all of the craziness... -
![Bloodlines by Chris Wraight]()
Bloodlines by Chris Wraight
8 ratingsThe first title in the new "Warhammer Crime" imprint. Try to unravel the secrets lurking in the sprawling city of Varangantua.In the immense city of Varangantua, life is cheap but mistakes are expensive. When Probator Agusto Zidarov of the city’s enforcers is charged with locating the missing scion of a wealthy family, he knows full well that the chances of finding him alive are slight... -
![Viable by R.A. Hakok]()
Viable by R.A. Hakok
8 ratingsLibrarian's note: See alternate cover edition of ASIN B00EBQYSHU here.A brilliant young geneticist, desperately seeking a cure for the disease that took her father. A Nevada sheriff, charged with solving a crime that threatens the very existence of his small desert town. But when an unmarked van crashes in sleepy Hawthorne, Alison Stone and Lars Henrikssen find themselves looking for the same man... -
![The Nether: A Play by Jennifer Haley]()
The Nether: A Play by Jennifer Haley
10 ratingsThe Nether, a daring examination of moral responsibility in virtual worlds, opens with a familiar interrogation scene given a technological twist. As Detective Morris, an online investigator, questions Mr. Sims about his activities in a role-playing realm so realistic it could be life, she finds herself on slippery ethical ground... -
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![Shift by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs]()
Shift by Kathy Reichs, Brendan Reichs
16 ratingsTory's great aunt, Temperance Brennan, visits just in time to investigate a robbery at the Loggerhead Island Research Institute. As a renowned forensic anthropologist, Tempe is obviously qualified to figure out whodunit, but Tory and her Virals pack want to crack the case on their own. Yet the crime is puzzling... -
![Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons]()
Constance by Matthew FitzSimmons
24 ratingsA breakthrough in human cloning becomes one woman’s waking nightmare in a mind-bending thriller by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Gibson Vaughn series. In the near future, advances in medicine and quantum computing make human cloning a reality. For the wealthy, cheating death is the ultimate luxury. To anticloning militants, it’s an abomination against nature... -
![Nymphomation by Jeff Noon]()
Nymphomation by Jeff Noon
14 ratingsSet both in a real and imaginary Manchester, Jeff Noon's story concerns a revolutionary lottery game that is engulfing the city in a tide of gambling fever. As a group of mathematics students look at the mind-numbing probabilities involved, they soon find more sinister realities... -
![Serious Crimes by Frank Tayell]()
Serious Crimes by Frank Tayell
11 ratingsPolicing Post-Apocalyptic Britain. They called them Artificial Intelligences. Sentient viruses were closer to the truth. They spread throughout the world until every networked circuit was infected. Then they went to war. Millions died in the nuclear holocaust that brought an abrupt end to the AI’s brief reign of terror. Billions more succumbed to radiation, starvation, and disease... -
![Framed! by Malcolm Rose]()
Framed! by Malcolm Rose
10 ratingsLuke Harding is excited to become the youngest person ever to qualify as a forensics investigator. He barely has time to celebrate his final exams when Malc, his Mobile Aid to Law and Crime, calls him to their first case. A fellow student has been mysteriously shot dead with an arrow. Two more grisly on-campus murders follow, and all the evidence points to Luke himself... -
![Drone State by Tom Hillenbrand]()
Drone State by Tom Hillenbrand
10 ratingsGlauser Award 2015 - Best German Crime NovelLasswitz Award 2015 - Best German SF NovelWhy interview witnesses when all their movements and conversations have already been archived on a hard disk? Why investigate crime scenes when police drones have already photographed them from all possible angles?A Brussels MP is found murdered near the EU capital... -
![Roll Call by Malcolm Rose]()
Roll Call by Malcolm Rose
8 ratingsLuke Harding's third thrilling case involves a series of mysterious murders in which the victims seem to have only one thing in common: they are all named Emily Wonder. In the bitter cold of winter, Luke and Malc struggle to investigate three crime scenes lacking in physical evidence... -
![Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards]()
Dome City Blues by Jeff Edwards
8 ratingsFor fans of William Gibson, Phillip K. Dick, and Jak Koke…Los Angeles: 2063David Stalin was one of the best detectives in the business, running head-to-head with data-jackers, organ thieves, and the tech-enhanced gangs who ruled the shadowy streets of Los Angeles... -
![Lost Bullet by Malcolm Rose]()
Lost Bullet by Malcolm Rose
8 ratingsIn the rotting slums of London, Luke and Malc are called to investigate the shocking murder of an attractive young doctor. The investigation eventually leads Luke to a bizarre cult called the World Church of Eternal Vision whose members believe that the entire medical profession is interfering with creation... -
![Baby X by Kira Peikoff]()
Baby X by Kira Peikoff
8 ratingsWhen any biological matter can be used to create life, stolen celebrity DNA sells to the highest bidder–or the craziest stalker–in this propulsive thriller.With a vivid imagining of the future, Gattaca meets Black Mirror in Kira Peikoff’s Baby X... -
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![Final Lap by Malcolm Rose]()
Final Lap by Malcolm Rose
6 ratingsLuke Harding will need all of his skill and resources to tackle his action-packed fifth case. Set in the highly competitive world of professional track and field, Luke and Malc are tested to their limits with a series of intriguing, mysterious events... -
![Husk by J. Kent Messum]()
Husk by J. Kent Messum
6 ratingsFrom award-winning author J. Kent Messum, a serial killer thriller for fans of The Straw Men and The Shining Girls.LIFE GOES ONFor a lucky few, death is merely an inconvenience. With the help of technology the mind can survive long after a body has been laid to rest. This afterlife, however, is far from paradise...MAKING A LIVINGRhodes is a 'Husk'... -
![Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout]()
Genius: The Revolution by Leopoldo Gout
6 ratingsThree teen geniuses from diverse backgrounds must take down an online terrorist ring, rescue an imprisoned father, and prepare for their final showdown with a misguided mastermind in this third and final book in the Genius YA trilogy by Leopoldo Gout.How do we stop him? We beat him at his own game. Painted Wolf: Mysterious activist blogger and strategist from China... -
![Burnout by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant]()
Burnout by Sean Platt, Johnny B. Truant
6 ratingsCutter Dunn is a ghost. Unchipped and unregistered he exists as a nonperson, living off-the-grid, unrecognized by the facial recognition software built into every smart glass device that provides everyone with everything they want and need. According to the official system, he doesn't even exist... -
![Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis]()
Floating Hotel by Grace Curtis
6 ratingsThis cozy debut science fiction novel tells a story of misfits, rebels, found family—and a mystery that spans the starsWelcome to the Grand Abeona home of the finest food, the sweetest service, and the very best views the galaxy has to offer. All year round it moves from planet to planet, system to system, pampering guests across the furthest reaches of the milky way... -
![The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley]()
The Status Civilization by Robert Sheckley
14 ratingsWill Barrent had no memory of his crime . . . but he found himself shipped across space to a brutal prison-planet. On Omega, his only chance to advance himself -- and stay alive -- is to commit an endless series of violent crimes. The average inmate's life expectancy from time of arrival is three years... -
![Atlas by Benjamin R. Smith]()
Atlas by Benjamin R. Smith
10 ratingsInspector Victoria Rhodes works long hours as one of the last clean cops on San Francisco’s crumbling police force. When a double murder claims the life of a city prosecutor in the exclusive covenant community of Atlantis, Rhodes is assigned as liaison between the SFPD investigation and the investigation run by the private security force known as the ASM... -
![Synapse by Steven James]()
Synapse by Steven James
8 ratingsThirty years in the future, when AI is so advanced that humans live side by side with cognizant robots called Artificials, Kestrel Hathaway must come to terms not just with what machines know, but with what they believe... -
![Fatherless by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner]()
Fatherless by James C. Dobson, Kurt Bruner
8 ratingsThe year is 2042, and the long-predicted tipping point has arrived. For the first time in human history, the economic pyramid has flipped: The feeble old now outnumber the vigorous young, and this untenable situation is intensifying a battle between competing cultural agendas... -
![Shattered Minds by L.R. Lam]()
Shattered Minds by L.R. Lam
6 ratingsShe can uncover the truth, if she defeats her demonsEx-neuroscientist Carina struggles with a drug problem, her conscience, and urges to kill. She satisfies her cravings in dreams, fuelled by the addictive drug ‘Zeal’. Now she’s heading for self-destruction – until she has a vision of a dead girl.Sudice Inc... -
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![2113 : Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush by Kevin J. Anderson, John McFetridge]()
2113 : Stories Inspired by the Music of Rush by Kevin J. Anderson, John McFetridge
6 ratings18 exhilarating journeys into Rush-inspired worlds The music of Rush, one of the most successful bands in history, is filled with fantastic stories, evocative images, and thought-provoking futures and pasts... -
![No Dominion by Louise Welsh]()
No Dominion by Louise Welsh
6 ratingsIt is seven years after the first outbreak of "the Sweats" destroyed the world, almost overnight. Two refugees from the death and decay of London, Stevie Flint and Magnus McFall, have both washed up on Orkney. A rural community clinging to survival, the islands are home to a generation of youth who barely remember a time before the pandemic... -
![Android: Golem by Mel Odom]()
Android: Golem by Mel Odom
6 ratingsWhen a talented New Angeles Detective wakes up in bed with a woman whose name he can't recall, this seemingly harmless mystery indicates a much larger problem. After all, as one of the few bioroids in the New Angeles Police Department, Drake 3GI2RC isn't accustomed to forgetting... or even sleeping... -
![The Third Claw of God by Adam-Troy Castro]()
The Third Claw of God by Adam-Troy Castro
6 ratingsAndrea Cort became a "war criminal" at the age of eight when an unexplained darkness invaded her soul.Now, decades later, the Devil is calling her.Employed by the Diplomatic Corps but secretly aiding the AI masters of the universe, Counselor Andrea Cort despises the powerful Bettelhines—unrepentant death merchants who have prospered from the annihilation of civilizations... -
![Crab Town by Carlton Mellick III]()
Crab Town by Carlton Mellick III
6 ratingsIn this town, everyone's a bottom feeder ... Five desperate criminals are robbing one of the last remaining banks in Freedom City, a town devastated by the previous nuclear war. But these are no ordinary criminals. They are members of the House of Cards, an organization designed to help the less fortunate citizens of the city... -
![The Trouble with Time by Lexi Revellian]()
The Trouble with Time by Lexi Revellian
6 ratingsIt's 2045. Jace Carnady works for the Time Police, dedicated to the prevention of timecrime. Life is good; he loves his girlfriend and enjoys his work. But when the team gets wind of a rogue time machine and fails to find it, Jace suspects one of his colleagues may be involved, and his life begins to unravel . . -
![The Registration by Madison Lawson]()
The Registration by Madison Lawson
6 ratingsYou can’t outrun the RegistrationImagine it’s legal to commit one murder in your lifetime–if you Register the victim and accomplish the kill within fourteen days. So when Lynell Mize stands in line to Register the man who abused her as a child, she’s shocked to hear a stranger Register her to be killed... -
![Heavy Time by C.J. Cherryh]()
Heavy Time by C.J. Cherryh
16 ratingsAsteroid miners Bird and Ben encounter an adrift ship in an asteroid belt that's inhabited by a half-crazy spacer named Dekker. When they tow the ship, they find their livelihoods--and their lives--in deadly danger. Proves that high-tech science fiction need not sacrifice literary values.--Publishers Weekly... -
![Rose/House by Arkady Martine]()
Rose/House by Arkady Martine
12 ratingsDust jacket illustration by David Curtis.Arkady Martine, the acclaimed author of the Teixcalaan Series, returns with an astonishing new novella.Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with... -
![The Rig by Roger Levy]()
The Rig by Roger Levy
10 ratingsOn a desert planet, two boys meet, sparking a friendship that will change human society forever. On the windswept world of Bleak, a string of murders lead a writer to a story with unbelievable ramifications. One man survives the vicious attacks, but is left with a morbid fascination with death; the perfect candidate for the perilous job of working on a rig.Welcome to the System... -
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![Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series by Austin Dragon]()
Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series by Austin Dragon
10 ratingsLiquid Cool is the debut cyberpunk detective series!It’s cyberpunk re-imagined—science fiction meets the detective thriller in an ever-rainy world of colossal skyscrapers. Hover-cars fly above in the dark, bustling skies and gray people walk below on the grimy, flashy streets of this “neon jungle.” Metropolis isn’t a bad place, but it isn’t a good one either... -
![ফিনিক্স by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal]()
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![The Time Bubble by Jason Ayres]()
The Time Bubble by Jason Ayres
10 ratingsDiscover a whole new world of time travel adventures!The first Time Bubble novel sets the scene for an epic series of stories, exploring time travel from every possible angle.The adventure begins in 2018, when Charlie and Josh stumble across a mysterious time portal in a railway tunnel.At first it seems like harmless fun, jumping a few seconds at a time into the future... -
![The Fourth Wall by Walter Jon Williams]()
The Fourth Wall by Walter Jon Williams
8 ratingsDagmar Shaw got out of the game... and into the movies.Sean is a washed-up child actor reduced to the lowest dregs of reality television to keep himself afloat. His life was a downward spiral of alcoholism, regret, and failure... until he met Dagmar.Except Sean has secrets, dark even for the Hollywood treadmill of abuse, addiction, and rehab. And Dagmar is a cipher... -
![The Tomorrow File by Lawrence Sanders]()
The Tomorrow File by Lawrence Sanders
8 ratingsIn the not-so-distant future, planning takes the place of spontaneity when it comes to sex, turning the bedroom into a chamber of terror. In this society, the worst crime of all is to fall in love... -
![Gods Tomorrow by Aaron Pogue]()
Gods Tomorrow by Aaron Pogue
8 ratingsWe abandoned privacy and turned databases into something like gods. They listened to our prayers. They met our needs and blessed us with new riches. They watched over us, protected us, and punished the wicked among us. We almost made a paradise. But there were those who tried to hide from the databases' all-seeing eye...
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