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Powers: Definitive Collection, Vol. 1

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Powers, Vol. 2: Roleplay

Brian Michael Bendis, Michael Avon Oeming Β· 112 pages

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Batman: The Long Halloween

Jeph Loeb Β· 369 pages

Unaware of being watched, Batman pursues villains including Killer Croc and Poison Ivy, and discovers that Poison Ivy's latest plan will require that he ally himself with Catwoman in order to defeat his old friend Superman.

SuperheroesNoirDetective FictionGraphic Novel & Manga
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Batman: Year One

Frank Miller Β· 144 pages

"A man doesn't live forever-- a legend does. From the moment he declared war on crime, the Batman knew his story would eventually come to an end. But for each soul he has touched, either as an ally or an enemy, a lover or a friend, an inspiration or an obsession, the life of the Dark Knight-- and its tragic conclusion-- is viewed differently. Now those closest to the Caped Crusader gather for his

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Gorky Park

Martin Cruz Smith Β· 384 pages

A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynical about everything except his profession. To identify the victims and uncover the truth, he must battle the KGB, FBI and New York police as he pursues a rich, ruthless, and well-connected American fu

NoirDetective FictionCrimeLaw Enforcement
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Darkness, Take My Hand

Dennis Lehane Β· 480 pages

The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane magnificently evokes the dignity and savagery of working-class Boston in this terrifying tale of darkness and redemption. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro's latest client is a prominent Boston psychiatrist running scared from a vengeful Irish mob. The private investigators know something about cold-blooded retribution. Born and bred on the mean streets of

NoirDialogue-HeavyDetective FictionDetective Protagonist
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The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler Β· 220 pages

Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder

Dialogue-HeavyNoirDetective FictionDetective Protagonist
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Pulp

Charles Bukowski Β· 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

NoirDialogue-HeavyDetective FictionDetective Protagonist
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The Thin Man

Dashiell Hammett Β· 197 pages

Nick and Nora Charles are Hammett's most enchanting creations, a rich, glamorous couple who solve homicides in between wisecracks and martinis. At once knowing and unabashedly romantic, The Thin Man is a murder mystery that doubles as a sophisticated comedy of manners.

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The Redbreast

Jo Nesbo Β· 519 pages

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The Last Dance

Ed McBain Β· 274 pages

"The hanging death of a nondescript old man in a shabby little apartment in a meager section of the 87th Precinct was nothing much in this city, especially to detectives Carella and Meyer. But everyone has a story, and this old man's story stood to make some people a lot of money. His story takes Carella, Meyer, Brown, and Weeks on a search through Isola's seedy strip clubs and to the bright light

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The Concrete Blonde

Michael Connelly Β· 512 pages

NoirDetective FictionCrimeLaw Enforcement
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Alias: Omnibus

Michael Gaydos Β· 592 pages

SuperheroesDialogue-HeavyGraphic Novel & MangaDetective Protagonist
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Maigret in Montmartre

Georges Simenon Β· 146 pages

NoirLaw EnforcementCrimeDetective Fiction
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Gotham Central Book Three: On the Freak Beat

Greg Rucka, Ed Brubaker Β· 221 pages

SuperheroesGraphic Novel & MangaDetective ProtagonistCrime
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Miami Blues

Charles Willeford Β· 208 pages

After a brutal day investigating a quadruple homicide, Detective Hoke Moseley settles into his room at the un-illustrious El Dorado Hotel and nurses a glass of brandy. With his guard down, he doesn’t think twice when he hears a knock on the door. The next day, he finds himself in the hospital, badly bruised and with his jaw wired shut. He thinks back over ten years of cases wondering who would wan

NoirDetective FictionDetective ProtagonistLaw Enforcement
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X-Factor, Vol. 1: The Longest Night

Peter David, Ryan Sook Β· 144 pages

SuperheroesNoirGraphic Novel & MangaDetective Fiction
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Gotham Central, Book One: In the Line of Duty

Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka Β· 235 pages

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The Trespasser

Tana French Β· 488 pages

"Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she's there. The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she's getting close to the breaking point. Their new case looks like yet another by-the-numbers lovers' qu

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Watchmen

Alan Moore Β· 416 pages

"This book examines each of the series' twelve issues in unprecedented detail, moving page by page and panel by panel to reveal the hidden foundations of this milestone in modern storytelling. Edited with notes by Leslie S. Klinger, this new edition draws upon critical and scholastic commentary, in-depth interviews with Dave Gibbons, and previously unseen original source material. Klinger provides

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Rules of Prey

John Sandford Β· 368 pages

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The Snack Thief

Andrea Camilleri Β· 336 pages

Suspecting a link between the murder of an elderly man and the shooting of an Italian fisherman, Inspector Montalbano encounters impoverished housekeeper and sometime prostitute Karima, whose thieving young son's life is endangered after she disappears.

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Gotham Central, Vol. 2: Half a Life

Greg Rucka Β· 168 pages

NoirGraphic Novel & MangaSuperheroesDetective Fiction
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Before Watchmen: Rorschach #1

Brian Azzarello Β· 256 pages

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Arctic-Nation

Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido Β· 72 pages

NoirDetective FictionGraphic Novel & MangaDetective Protagonist
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