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Death Masks

Jim Butcher · 416 pages

Harry Dresden, Chicago's only practicing professional wizard, is hired by a mysterious priest to find the stolen shroud of Turin.

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Every Last Drop

Charlie Huston · 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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The First Quarry

Max Allan Collins · 204 pages

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Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan · 480 pages

Mankind is strung out across interstellar space, and human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies, but some things never change, so when Takeshi is downloaded into the body of a ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer he shouldn't be surprised.

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A Man Named Doll

Jonathan Ames · 224 pages

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Devil's Paw

Debra Dunbar · 328 pages

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Pulp

Charles Bukowski · 192 pages

Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on M

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The Black Dahlia

James Ellroy · 364 pages

The Black Dahlia is a roman noir on an epic scale: a classic period piece that provides a startling conclusion to America's most infamous unsolved murder mystery--the murder of the beautiful young woman known as The Black Dahlia.

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The Castle Doctrine

Craig Schaefer · 310 pages

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Something from the Nightside

Simon R. Green · 230 pages

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Nevermore

Rob Thurman · 340 pages

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Carl's Doomsday Scenario

Matt Dinniman · 366 pages

"The training levels have concluded. Now the games may truly begin." The ratings and views are off the chart. The fans just can't get enough. The dungeon gets more dangerous each day. But in a grinder designed to chew up and spit out crawlers by the millions, Carl and Princess Donut need to work harder than ever just to survive. They call it the Over City. A sprawling, once-thriving metropol

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Burned

J.F. Lewis

Taking control of Void City's supernatural hierarchy, Eric installs his insane vampire daughter as the city's sheriff of the supernatural, which results in bloody chaos, and, while trying to maintain his reign, deals with early onset Alzheimer's vampire hunters, demons and the love of his life.

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Ascendance: Dave vs. the Monsters

John Birmingham · 390 pages

New York is on fire, the streets are overrun, and the Demon Horde is feasting. With the world's greatest city in chaos, all eyes are on Dave Hooper, the superhero destined to save mankind. But hero or not, Dave is just one man and he's short of allies. He soon finds himself relying on Karen Warat: art dealer and Russian deep cover agent. Smart, dangerous and armed with a magic sword, Dave knows no

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Dead Things

Stephen Blackmoore · 304 pages

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Armageddon Bound

Tim Marquitz · 220 pages

Half-devil and miles from anything resembling heroic, perpetual underdog Frank “Triggaltheron” Trigg is the last man standing against Armageddon. As the favorite nephew of the Devil, Frank has led a troubled life, but he’d always had his uncle’s influence to fall back on. Now, with God and Lucifer coming to terms and leaving existence to fend for itself, his once exalted status of Anti-Christ-to-b

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Spider's Bite

Jennifer Estep

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Lady Midnight

Cassandra Clare · 688 pages

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You

Caroline Kepnes · 424 pages

"Love hurts... When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe works, he's instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: She's gorgeous, tough, razor-smart, and as sexy as his wildest dreams. Beck doesn't know it yet, but she's perfect for him, and soon she can't resist her feelings for a guy who seems custom made for her. But there's more to Joe

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Succubus Blues

Richelle Mead · 368 pages

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Shattered

Kevin Hearne · 352 pages

"This hilarious and action-packed urban fantasy series is set in a modern world in which all the gods of every pantheon are alive and well, as in American Gods; its hero is a smart-mouthed, buttkicking magician, like Jim Butcher's Harry Dresden. But it's told in a smart, witty, unforgettable voice that's all Kevin Hearne--a rising star in the fantasy world. This addictive and wildly imaginative se

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The Lion's Game

Nelson DeMille · 795 pages

Detective John Corey, last seen in Plum Island, now faces his toughest assignment yet: the pursuit and capture of the world's most dangerous terrorist -- a young Arab known as "The Lion" who has baffled a federal task force and shows no sign of stopping in his quest for revenge against the American pilots who bombed Libya and killed his family. Filled with unrelenting suspense and surprising plot

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The Ring of Solomon

Jonathan Stroud · 433 pages

Wise-cracking djinni Bartimaeus finds himself at the court of King Solomon with an unpleasant master, a sinister servant, and King Solomon's magic ring.

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