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The Trial of Sherlock Holmes

Leah Moore, John Reppion

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Case Closed, Vol. 17

Gosho Aoyama

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Double Crossing

Carolyn Keene

The Hardy Boys go undercover on a Caribbean cruise to pursue a thief and team up with Nancy Drew, also aboard investigating her own case to track the clever criminals and a master spy together.

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Girl Detective

R.A. Spratt · 272 pages

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Grandville

Bryan Talbot · 97 pages

"Two hundred years ago, Britain lost the Napoleonic War and fell under the thumb of French domination. Gaining independence after decades of civil disobedience and anarchist bombings, the Socialist Republic of Britain is now a small, unimportant backwater connected by a railway bridge, steam-powered dirigible, and mutual suspicion to France. When a British diplomat's murder is made to look like su

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The Case of the Missing Marquess

Nancy Springer · 216 pages

When Enola Holmes, sister to the detective Sherlock Holmes, discovers her mother has disappeared, she quickly embarks on a journey to London in search of her. But nothing can prepare her for what awaits. Because when she arrives, she finds herself involved in the kidnapping of a young marquess, fleeing murderous villains, and trying to elude her shrewd older brothers—all while attempting to piece

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Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom

Tsugumi Ohba · 200 pages

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami, a death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legen

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Powers, Vol. 1: Who Killed Retro Girl?

Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming · 200 pages

Reveals the origin of many Powers characters, focusing on Detective Christian Walker, and further expands the backgrounds of other characters who were previously undeveloped. Includes the textual script with artist sketches, a black-and-white sketchbook, and a color gallery.

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The Frog Who Croaked

Jarrett J. Krosoczka

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Rivers of London: Body Work, #1

Ben Aaronovitch, Andrew Cartmel, Matthew Dow Smith · 400 pages

My name is Peter Grant and until January I was just probationary constable in that mighty army for justice known to all right-thinking people as the Metropolitan Police Service (and as the Filth to everybody else). My only concerns in life were how to avoid a transfer to the Case Progression Unit - we do paperwork so real coppers don't have to - and finding a way to climb into the panties of the o

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Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice

John Layman · 128 pages

Tony Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he's a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn't mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He's been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the pl

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Emperor's Ring

Satyajit Ray · 105 pages

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Secret Coders

Gene Luen Yang

The mind-bending new series from Gene Luen Yang! Welcome to Stately Academy. Hopper hates her new school. The kids are mean, the principal is scary, and there's something creepy about the building itself. For instance: why are the walls of Stately Academy covered in the number 9? Hopper and her friend Eni are determined to get to the bottom of it. But the mystery of Stately Academy has been progra

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MPD Psycho, Vol. 1

Eiji Otsuka, Sho-u Tajima · 184 pages

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Powers: Definitive Collection, Vol. 1

Brian Michael Bendis · 456 pages

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The Secret of Whale Island

Thea Stilton

The famous Vissia De Vissen is enrolling her children, Vanilla and Vic, in Mouseford Academy! Despite her good-willed actions, something suspicious and mysterious seems to lurk behind! And why is an orca attacking each and every vessel that comes to Whale Island? Find out in this fun-filled, action-packed book!

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Midnight Tribunal

Budjette Tan · 113 pages

In a city where the vampiric aswang control everything illegal and where ancient gods seek to control everything else, enforcing the law can be a very difficult task. When crime takes a weird for the weird, the police normally call Alexandra Trese. But lately, it seems like others have been taking that call... A mysterious motorcycle racer has been capturing criminals with his unearthly s

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Terror on Tour

Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. Dixon · 207 pages

This is the first Hardy Boys Nancy Drew Supermystery of the reboot 07 series since the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys SuperMystery'88 series was canceled back in 1998. In this book, Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys go to Rockapazooma. Nancy with her friends Bess and George go to have a good time, but Frank and Joe are on a mission for ATAC. Though Frank remembers reading about Nancy Drew and her crime sol

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Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile

Bill Willingham · 128 pages

When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White's part

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Framed!

James Ponti · 292 pages

In Washington, D.C., twelve-year-old Florian Bates, a consulting detective for the FBI, and his best friend Margaret help thwart the biggest art heist in United States history.

Detective ProtagonistMysterySeries StarterMiddle Grade
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The Last Sister

Kendra Elliot · 328 pages

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Black Dog

Stephen Booth · 497 pages

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Revival, Vol. 6: Thy Loyal Sons & Daughters

Tim Seeley

"For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In the aftermath of a terrorist attack, Dana and Em must overcome new obstacles in a city where nothing is as it seems."--Provided by publisher.

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The Ghost in the Tokaido Inn

Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler · 214 pages

While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's son who longs to be a samurai, joins a group of kabuki actors in eighteenth-century Japan.

Detective ProtagonistMysteryMiddle GradeSeries Starter

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