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The Dead All Have the Same Skin

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Arctic-Nation

Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido Β· 72 pages

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The Round House

Louise Erdrich Β· 352 pages

A young man is upended after a violent attack on his mother, which leaves his family in turmoil. Well-written page turner that is hard to put down!

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The Killing Of The Tinkers

Ken Bruen Β· 254 pages

Back in Galway and back to his old drinking habits, Jack Taylor agrees to assist a gypsy in an investigation into the deaths of a number of members of the gypsy clan, deaths that the Guards, the Irish police, are reluctant to investigate.

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A Drink Before the War

Dennis Lehane Β· 335 pages

Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick Mckenzie and Angela Gennaro uncover a ring of extortions, assassination, and child prostitution.

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Let The Dead Lie

Malla Nunn Β· 382 pages

This suspenseful novel from award-winning author Malla Nunn is taut and tightly paced. Set in 1953 in South Africa, a country that surrounds Nunn’s country of birth, Swaziland, the detective novel masterfully blends all elements that are required in such a text. Whether it is read as a sequel to Nunn’s impressive debut novel, A Beautiful Place to Die, or by itself matters little, but that it is mo

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The Green Mile

Stephen King Β· 465 pages

Welcome to Cold Mountain Penitentiary, home to the Depression-worn men of E Block. Convicted killers all, each awaits his turn to walk the Green Mile, keeping a date with "Old Sparky," Cold Mountain's electric chair. Prison guard Paul Edgecombe has seen his share of oddities in his years working the Mile. But he's never seen anyone like John Coffey, a man with the body of a giant and the mind of a

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The Big Kill

Mickey Spillane Β· 168 pages

A reformed ex-con is the victim of a vicious killer. Mike Hammer goes gunning for justice, but a beautiful woman keeps getting in his way.

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Chourmo

Jean-Claude Izzo Β· 243 pages

Fabio Montale has left the police force marred by corruption, racism and greed to follow the serene rhythms of his native town: the sea, fishing, and the local bar. But staying out is not going to be so easy. When his cousin's son goes missing, Montale is dragged back into the mean streets of a violent crime infested Marseille. To discover the truth about the boy's disappearance, he infiltrates a

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Light in August

William Faulkner Β· 480 pages

One of Faulkner's most admired and accessible novels, "Light in August reveals the great American author at the height of his powers. Lena Grove's resolute search for the father of her unborn child begets a rich, poignant, and ultimately hopeful story of perseverance in the face of mortality. It also acquaints us with several of Faulkner's most unforgettable characters, including the Reverend Gail

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The Chamber

John Grisham Β· 644 pages

John Grisham's bestselling backlist newly repackaged with fantastic new coversAdam Hill is 26 years old and in his first year at a top Chicago law firm. He voluntees for the toughest assignment any lawyer could ask for. His prospective client does'nt want Adam or his law firm. He is an unrepentent and outspoken racist with a violent past. He is on Death Row for the murder of two Jewish children in

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Devil in a Blue Dress

Walter Mosley Β· 219 pages

In a Los Angeles bar, "Easy" Rawlins, a black war veteran just fired from his job, wonders how he'll pay his mortgage. DeWitt Albright, a quietly vicious white man, walks in and offers Easy good money if he'll find Daphne Monet.

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Natchez Burning

Greg Iles Β· 791 pages

Penn Cage must investigate when his father, a beloved family doctor and pillar of the community, is accused of murdering Violet Davis, the beautiful nurse with whom he worked in the dark days of the early 1960s.

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Daredevil, Vol. 5: Out

Brian Michael Bendis Β· 208 pages

When Matt Murdock's most guarded secret is sold to a tabloid newspaper, Daredevil's secret identity is exposed to the world! How far will the Man Without Fear go to reclaim his life? Collects **Daredevil (1998)** #32-40.

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The Two-Bear Mambo

Joe R. Lansdale Β· 273 pages

Florida Grange, Leonard's drop-dead gorgeous lawyer and Hap's former lover, has vanished while in pursuit of the real story behind the jailhouse death of a legendary bluesman's son. Fearing the worst, Hap and Leonard set out to do the investigating the good ol' boy cops can't--or won't--do themselves. Lansdale's new hardcover, Bad Chili, is due for release in August.

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Incognito

Ed Brubaker Β· 176 pages

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Daredevil, Vol. 13: The Murdock Papers

Brian Michael Bendis, Alex Maleev Β· 184 pages

The Eisner Award-winning run of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev comes to a blistering conclusion First, they outed Daredevil in the press; then they married him and made him the Kingpin of Hell's Kitchen. What could they possibly do to top that? Four words: WILSON FISK IS BACK Collects **Daredevil (1998)**Β #76-81.

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The Long-Legged Fly

James Sallis, Carol Lea Benjamin Β· 184 pages

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Every Last Drop

Charlie Huston Β· 252 pages

"[Charlie Huston's] action scenes are unparalleled in crime fiction and his dialogue is so hip and dead-on that Elmore Leonard should be getting nervous."--Publishers Weekly (starred review), on Half the Blood of BrooklynIt's like this: a series of bullet-riddled bad breaks has seen rogue Vampyre and terminal tough guy Joe Pitt go from PI for hire to Clan-connected enforcer to dead man walking in

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Mask Market

Andrew Vachss Β· 241 pages

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Hell to Pay

George P. Pelecanos Β· 368 pages

Derek Strange and Terry Quinn, the team of private investigators who made their stunning debut in Right As Rain, are hired to find a 14-year-old white girl from the suburbs who's run away from home and is now working as a prostitute. The two ex-cops think they know D.C.'s dangers, but nothing in their experience has prepared them for Worldwide Wilson, the pimp whose territory they're intruding upo

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Beautiful, Naked & Dead

Josh Stallings Β· 277 pages

Beautiful, Naked and Dead is a hard-boiled crime novel. Moses McGuire a suicidal strip club bouncer is out to avenge the death of one of his girls. From his East L.A. home, through the legal brothels of Nevada and finally to a battle with the mob in the mountains above Palo Alto, it is a sex soaked, rage driven, road trip from hell.

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Paris Trout

Pete Dexter Β· 320 pages

An expertly crafted and bleakly fascinating tale of social conflict and madness in the deep South, this novel centers on the eponymous Paris Trout, owner of a general store and other property in Cotton Point, Ga., during the years just after World War II. A cunning, violent man, with deep roots in the community, Trout has become an economic predator of the town's poor blacks by running a loan serv

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The Hard Goodbye

Frank Miller Β· 199 pages

This volume was published as an original graphic novel in October 1997 (vol. 5). This volume collects Sin City stories originally published from 1994 to 1998 in The babe wore red and other stories; San Diego comic-con comics #4; Silent night; A decade of Dark Horse #1; Lost, lonely, & lethal; Sex & violence; and Just another Saturday night (vol. 6). This volume collects issues one through ni

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