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Readers who enjoyed Batman (2011-2016) #12 by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV also liked the following books featuring the same tropes, story themes, relationship dynamics and character types.
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Boy's Toys by Manna Francis
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnother short story in The Administration series.Warrick finds a new kink: guns... -
I Am Sal by Abraham Falls
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWhat if you were born as a fully formed adult? Completely aware of your surroundings, fully able to speak, walk, think, and recognize, by name, all of the items you could see? The only thing missing, the only nagging void in your memory: your identity... -
The Immortal Gene by Jonas Saul
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings"Saul knows how to ratchet up the tension and keep the pages turning." ~ Publishers Weekly PLAYING GOD HAS CONSEQUENCES Jake Wood has it made. He is a tough homicide detective with a partner who's like a brother, and he's about to marry the girl of his dreams.Then Jake learns a close friend is missing and travels to South America in search of him...Categorized as:
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The Nether: A Play by Jennifer Haley
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 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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Banquets of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis book is the fourth of six that describe mysteries solved by the Black Widowers, based on a literary dining club he belonged to known as the Trap Door Spiders. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, together with a general introduction and an afterword following each story by the author... -
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Puzzles of the Black Widowers by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe fifth of the six books featuring the Black Widowers. It collects twelve stories by Asimov, most reprinted from mystery magazines and a few previously unpublished, together with a general introduction and an afterword following each story by the author. Each story involves the club members' knowledge of trivia... -
Tears by Francine Pascal
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsI am fearless. I am not afraid of pain…But I can still feel it... -
分身 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratings<비밀>, <백야행>, <변신>의 작가 히가시노 게이고의 1993년 작. 원제는 <분신 分身>이다. <분신>이라는 원제가 보여주듯 이 소설은 서로 같은 얼굴과 몸을 가진 두 소녀의 이야기다. 얌전한 성격의 마리코와 아마추어 록 밴드의 보컬로 활약하는 후타바 두 소녀가 이야기의 주인공이다. 행복한 가정 속에서 밝게 자란 마리코에게는 한 가지 고민이 있다. 부모님과 한 군데도 닮은 곳이 없다는 것. 그러던 어느 날 마리코의 집에 원인 모를 화재가 발생하고, 마리코는 화재의 원인을 찾아 여행을 떠나게 된다.홀어머니와 자란 후타바는 밴드의 보컬로 TV에 출연하게 된다. 어머니는 후타바의 TV 출연을 극구 말리지만, 후타바는 막무가내로 출연해 우승하게 된다... -
Fell of Dark by Reginald Hill
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn innocent man is on the run in a Hitchcockian psychological thriller by the author of the “outstanding” Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries (The New York Times). Best known for his Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves himself to be a “master of . . -
Happy Are the Clean of Heart by Andrew M. Greeley
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTHE FALLEN STAR lay in a death-like coma, victim of an attack as mysterious as it was savage. Until violence interrupted her glittering career, she was a singer and actress adored by millions... -
Quest of Qui by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWHO IS DOC SAVAGE?To the world at large, Doc Savage is a strange, mysterious figure of glistening bronze skin and golden eyes. To his amazing co-adventurers - the five greatest brains ever assembled in one group - he is a man of superhuman strength and protean genius, whose life is dedicated to the destruction of evil-doers... -
The Union Club Mysteries by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Union Club Mysteries is a collection of mystery short stories by American author Isaac Asimov featuring his fictional mystery solver Griswold. It was first published in hardcover by Doubleday in 1983 and in paperback by the Fawcett Crest imprint of Ballantine Books in 1985... -
Whiff of Death by Isaac Asimov
Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsEveryone knew that Ralph Neufeld was a careful young chemist, especially his professor, Lou Brade. That's why Ralph's accidental demise due to a confusion of chemicals struck Brade, as well as the police, as highly unlikely.Someone on campus had, somehow, switched bottles on poor Neufeld, and the result was as deadly as had been planned... -
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Archform: Beauty by L.E. Modesitt Jr.
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFour centuries in the future, the world is rich—nanomachines watch the health of the wealthy and manufacture food and gadgets for everybody—but no utopia, as we see in the lives of five very different people: a singing teacher, a news researcher, a police investigator, a politician and a ruthless businessman... -
The Launch Party by Lauren A. Forry
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAgatha Christie meets Andy Weir in the ultimate locked room mystery set in the first hotel on the moon.FEATURED IN THE EVENING STANDARD'S BOOKS TO WATCH IN 2023... -
A Matter of Time by Glen Cook
Rated: 3.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMay 1975. St. Louis. In a snow-swept street, a cop finds the body of a man who died fifty years ago. It's still warm. July 1866, Lidice, Bohemia: A teenage girl calmly watches her parents die as another being takes control of her body. August 2058, Prague: Three political rebels flee in to the past, taking with them a terrible secret... -
拉普拉斯的魔女 by Keigo Higashino, 東野圭吾
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 11 ratings在這個世界上,沒有一個個體能夠獨自存在,而不具備任何意義──因傷退休的前警官武尾,受託擔任年輕少女羽原圓華的保鏢,隨行期間,少女不時展露出能夠預測未來等不可思議的神奇能力。某日,在報上出現一則發生於溫泉區的硫化氫中毒致死的意外事件後,少女就此消失蹤影。該起中毒致死意外,在地球化學教授青江判定不可能是人為事件的情況下,以意外落幕。然而重重的疑點、現場出現的神祕少女,不斷牽引出更多的謎題……此時,相隔甚遠的另一個溫泉區,相同的中毒致死事件竟然再度上演,為了追查真相而前往第二起意外現場的青江,再度遇見同一名少女──羽原圓華……【拉普拉斯之魔】Démon de... -
Absolute Planetary Book Two by Warren Ellis
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsCollects issues 13-27 of the original series as well as 14 pages of additional content.As the series hurtles towards its conclusion, Snow initiates the second part of his comeback plan to stop The Four, makes a startling revelation about his past, and uncovers information on the world's first moon shot .. -
Creation in Death / Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb, Susan Ericksen
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 8 ratings... -
Moriarty the Patriot, Vol. 3 by Ryōsuke Takeuchi, Arthur Conan Doyle
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsBefore he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their comeuppance... -
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Batman: Under the Hood by Judd Winick
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsBatman is confronted with a hidden face from the past -- it's the return of the vigilante Red Hood who appears to be Batman's one-time partner Jason Todd, the same Jason Todd that died many years ago. But the Red Hood's violent ways pit him against the Dark Knight in his hunt for the very person responsible for his death: The Joker... -
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Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev: Ultimate Collection, Book 1 by Brian Michael Bendis
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsDuring a character-defining run, Brian Michael Bendis crafted a pulp-fiction narrative that exploited the Man Without Fear's rich tapestry of characters and psychodrama, and resolved them in an incredibly nuanced, modern approach... -
Batman (2011-2016) #15 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratings“Death of the Family” part 3. The Joker’s attacks have taken their toll on Batman and his allies, and now they have to face the impossible. Plus: in the backup feature, witness The Joker’s confrontation with the Riddler as the horror of The Joker’s plan is revealed... -
Batman (2011-2016) #4 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsShocking discoveries lead Batman deeper into the mystery of the Court of Owls and its secret and bloody ties to both Gotham City and the Wayne family. But an even deadlier threat awaits Batman: a trap set hundreds of years ago, far beneath his city... -
Batman (2011-2016) #16 by Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 7 ratingsBatman heads into his showdown with The Joker as the madman’s plan is finally revealed! And in the backup story, in the midst of The Joker’s assault on Batman and his allies, get a secret glimpse into what started The Clown Prince of Crime on his horrifying journey! “Death of the Family” part 4... -
Batman (2011-2016) #2 by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsBruce Wayne is back in the cowl, hunting a new and deadly killer in Gotham City – a killer with a vendetta against Bruce Wayne! But who is this mysterious killer in an owl skull mask? And is he the key to unlocking one of Gotham's oldest and most terrifying secrets? Be there for their first brutal...Categorized as:
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Sleeper, Vol. 3: A Crooked Line by Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsHolden Carver was a superpowered doubleagent working for John Lynch,the world's most calculating spymaster, until he was left out in the cold for nearly a year. Running from his own people, and living amongst the enemy has changed Holden. He's turned his back on the things he once believed in and truly embraced his dark inner self..
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