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Seasons of War by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe thirteenth thrilling novel in the internationally bestselling Skulduggery Pleasant series, SEASONS OF WAR will test the Skeleton Detective and Valkyrie like never before…War is coming. To avert catastrophe, Skulduggery and Valkyrie are sent on a secret mission that takes them away from everything they know, to a forsaken land of magic and grim, unrelenting terror... -
![A Time of Torment by John Connolly]()
A Time of Torment by John Connolly
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsDangerous and driven private investigator Charlie Parker returns in the latest gripping thriller of internationally bestselling author John Connolly’s series, in which ungodly fears haunt a strange and isolated community.Jerome Burnel was once a hero. He intervened to prevent multiple killings, and in doing so destroyed himself. His life was torn apart. He was imprisoned, brutalized... -
![Armageddon Outta Here by Derek Landy]()
Armageddon Outta Here by Derek Landy
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe ULTIMATE story collection for Skulduggery Pleasant fans, now updated to include Apocalypse Kings AND six more new stories for this edition - 22 stories in all!ENTER A WORLD OF MAGIC AND MYSTERYEnter a world where Apocalypse Kings and ancient monsters stalk beside the killers, the misfits, the oddballs and the weirdos.Enter the world of Skulduggery Pleasant... -
![Under the Bones: A Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum]()
Under the Bones: A Lou Thorne Thriller by Kory M. Shrum
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEnemies make the best allies. Louie Thorne is good at only one thing. Killing. She knows peace only when she kills and this relentless thirst drives her to hunt the world's worst crime lords. But when her cancer-stricken aunt makes a dying wish, Louie is torn between her own dark nature and a promise made to the only family she has left... -
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![Savage Nature by Christine Feehan]()
Savage Nature by Christine Feehan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsWhen Saria Boudreaux finds a dead body in the Louisiana bayou near her home, her first instinct is to go to the police. But there's a problem: it looks like the victim may have been killed by a big cat - and her brothers are all shape-shifting leopards... -
![The Order of Brigid's Cross by Terri Reid]()
The Order of Brigid's Cross by Terri Reid
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsDetective Sean O’Reilly is called in to interrogate a young boy who is the only witness to a massacre during a gang war. The child’s story is too far-fetched for most of the Chicago Police Force to believe – claims of an army of other-worldly creatures who attacked and dismembered the rival gangs. But Sean O’Reilly believes him, because he’s seen them himself... -
![The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer]()
The Neon Boneyard by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsDaniel Faust has clawed his way from the gutter to a penthouse suite, carving a bloody swath across the Las Vegas underworld. He's buried his enemies and more than a few friends along the way. If there's one thing a modern-day sorcerer knows for certain, though, it's that the past never stays buried forever... -
![She Who Waits by Daniel Polansky]()
She Who Waits by Daniel Polansky
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe third novel in the brilliant dark fantasy Low Town seriesLow Town: the worst ghetto in the worst city in the Thirteen Lands. Good only for depravity and death. And Warden, long ago a respected agent in the formidable Black House, is now the most depraved Low Town denizen of them all... -
![The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer]()
The Killing Floor Blues by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsNobody has ever escaped from the Iceberg. It's a privately-owned prison deep in the Mojave Desert, staffed by brutal guards and surrounded by desolate wasteland. Inside the walls, gangs and predators are constant threats; outside the walls, there's nothing but a sniper's bullet or a slow death in the desert heat... -
![The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer]()
The Castle Doctrine by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsOut of prison and back on the streets, Daniel Faust returns home to a city on fire. The Chicago mob is making their play for control of Las Vegas, with an army of gunmen and a lethal shapeshifter on their side, while Daniel's friend Jennifer marshals the forces of the Vegas underworld... -
![Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith]()
Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsI am no longer trapped in the darkness. But the darkness is still trapped inside me. We did it. We cracked the gates, escaped from Furnace. We're out, but we're not free. Not yet. Now the whole city is in lockdown — the roads sealed, the police scouring every building. And there are worse things here — creatures of unimaginable fury hunting us down. An unholy army, sent by Alfred Furnace himself... -
![Last Resort by Anthony M. Strong]()
Last Resort by Anthony M. Strong
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAn island with a secret, deep inside the Bermuda Triangle.After a tumultuous year, the last thing on John Decker’s mind when he and fiancé, Nancy, arrive on the tropical island paradise of Singer Cay, is the Bermuda Triangle. He’s about to marry the woman he loves, surrounded by friends and family. A well-earned break and a dream destination wedding.But Singer Cay hides a dark and mysterious past... -
![Whitechapel Rising by Anthony M. Strong]()
Whitechapel Rising by Anthony M. Strong
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAn impossible killer stalks the streets of London.Jack the Ripper faded into history over a century ago, his identity lost to the ages. Until a work crew restoring a Mayfair home make a shocking find. A secret basement room walled up since Victorian times. The Whitechapel murderer's lair. And inside, a corpse that has waited in silent darkness for over a hundred years. But it won't stay that way. -
![Priest of Lies by Peter McLean]()
Priest of Lies by Peter McLean
Rated: 4.32 of 5 stars · 23 ratingsTomas Piety has been many things: soldier, priest, gangster...and spy. As Tomas's power grows, the nobility better watch their backs, in this dark and gritty epic fantasy series.People are weak, and the poorer and more oppressed they are, the weaker they become--until they can't take it anymore. And when they rise up...may the gods help their oppressors... -
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![New York Night by Stephen Leather, Paul Thornley]()
New York Night by Stephen Leather, Paul Thornley
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTeenagers are being possessed and turning into sadistic murderers. Priests can't help, nor can psychiatrists. So who is behind the demonic possessions? Jack Nightingale is called in to investigate, and finds his own soul is on the line... -
![Lost in the Mind by Alice Winters]()
Lost in the Mind by Alice Winters
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAfter the last incident—which involved a serial killer—Chevy and Seneca are considering puppy wrangling as a new, safer profession than psychic detective work. Honestly, Seneca would prefer to focus on his new relationship with Chevy, even if he’s worried about the menacing countdown calendar leading to Chevy’s birthday... -
![Quick Fixes: Tales of Repairman Jack by F. Paul Wilson]()
Quick Fixes: Tales of Repairman Jack by F. Paul Wilson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWho do the world’s most exciting authors turn to when they need a shot of adrenaline? F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack! "One of the all-time great characters in one of the all-time great series." — Lee Child“Repairman Jack is one of my favorite characters—I’m full of happy anticipation every time I hold a new RJ novel in my hands... -
![Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum]()
Shadows in the Water by Kory M. Shrum
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsMeet Louie Thorne. They didn't kill her — and they'll soon regret it.When DEA agent Jack Thorne's house is stormed by vengeful drug lords, both he and his wife are shot dead. Only his daughter Louie survives — by using a terrifying power that defies reason.Piecing together a life in his absence, Louie embraces her gift and her rage under the force of a single need: revenge... -
![The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly]()
The Wolf in Winter by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsProsperous, and the secret that it hides beneath its ruins . . .The community of Prosperous, Maine has always thrived when others have suffered. Its inhabitants are wealthy, its children's future secure. It shuns outsiders. It guards its own. And at the heart of Prosperous lie the ruins of an ancient church, transported stone by stone from England centuries earlier by the founders of the town . -
![The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly]()
The Wrath of Angels by John Connolly
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsIn the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power. Hidden in the plane is a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil... -
![The Lovers by John Connolly]()
The Lovers by John Connolly
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsCharlie Parker is a lost soul. Deprived of his private investigator's license and under scrutiny by the police, Parker takes a job in a Portland bar. But he uses his enforced retirement to begin a different kind of investigation: an examination of his own past and an inquiry into the death of his father, who took his own life after apparently shooting dead two unarmed teenagers... -
![The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig]()
The Raptor & the Wren by Chuck Wendig
Rated: 4.23 of 5 stars · 11 ratingsOfficial Amazon description:In the fifth book of the “wildly entertaining” (Kirkus Reviews) Miriam Black series, Miriam continues her journey to find answers on how to change her fate and begin to make right some of what she’s done wrong... -
![A Parliament of Bodies by Marshall Ryan Maresca]()
A Parliament of Bodies by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe city of Maradaine is vexed by the Gearbox Murders: a series of gruesome deaths orchestrated by a twisted mechanical genius. With no motive and no pattern, Inspectors Satrine Rainey and Minox Welling—the retired spy and untrained mage—are at a loss to find a meaningful lead in the case... -
![Saint Odd by Dean Koontz]()
Saint Odd by Dean Koontz
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 36 ratingsThe future is haunting Odd Thomas.The carnival has returned to Pico Mundo, the same one that came to town when Odd was just sixteen. Odd is drawn to an arcade tent where he discovers Gypsy Mummy, the fortune-telling machine that told him that he and Stormy Llewellyn were destined to be together forever.But Stormy is dead and Pico Mundo is under threat once more... -
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![Subtle Bodies by Jordan Castillo Price]()
Subtle Bodies by Jordan Castillo Price
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratings“It’s probably nothing….”Usually, when Victor Bayne is called upon to investigate a ghostly apparition, the “haunting” can be chalked up to a perfectly mundane cause. When he’s sent to check out some suspicious phenomena in small-town Iowa—and no one seems unduly alarmed—he’s hoping for more of a weekend getaway. Especially since he’s bringing along Jacob as his Stiff... -
![Unstoppable by Jonathan Maberry, Bryan Thomas Schmidt]()
Unstoppable by Jonathan Maberry, Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn anthology of new stories by top authors set in the New York Times Bestselling universe of Maberry's Joe Ledger Horror Thriller series about government agents fighting zombies, plagues, and other supernatural terrors... -
![L'Ordine della chiave by Virginia De Winter]()
L'Ordine della chiave by Virginia De Winter
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAxel Vanderberg, giovane erede al trono di Aldenor, non è altro che una matricola il cui sogno è diventare un giorno Duca dell'Ordine della Chiave, conquistando prestigio e rispetto. Adesso la carica è ricoperta da Rafael Valance, sul quale all'improvviso ricadono ricadono i sospetti per l'omicidio della fidanzata Emelyn. Ma quel delitto sarà solo il primo di una lunga serie... -
![The Minority Council by Kate Griffin]()
The Minority Council by Kate Griffin
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsMatthew Swift, sorcerer, Midnight Mayor, is in charge. Or so he'd like to think. London, being London, is having its issues. Drug use is rampant. Teenage vandalism is driving away business. Violent crimes are on the rise. Once upon a time, Matthew Swift wouldn't have cared. Now it's his mess to clean up... -
![The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous]()
The Eye of the Moon by Anonymous
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFollowing a massive rampage that left the streets of Santa Mondega soaked with blood, the elusive supernatural serial killer known only as the Bourbon Kid is now himself being haunted. Hot on his heels are several vampire gangs, the Secret Service, a couple of werewolves, corrupt cops, and the Dark Lord himself, and none will rest until he is dead... -
![A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer]()
A Plain-Dealing Villain by Craig Schaefer
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsIt's hard to make a dishonest buck in Sin City, especially when a rogue FBI agent is gunning for your head. Flat broke and one step ahead of the law, Daniel Faust flees Vegas and lands in Chicago, where a risky heist promises to fill his pockets with cash... -
![Redwood by Mark Z. Danielewski]()
Redwood by Mark Z. Danielewski
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Season One finale of this riveting multisensory masterpiece from the visionary author of House of Leaves... -
![A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson]()
A Usual Suspect by Vanessa Nelson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsShe can see the truth, but when she's accused of murder, no one believes she's innocent.Hallie works as a skip tracer - hunting down people wanted by the law, for one reason or another. It's not glamourous, and it doesn't pay all that well. But it's legal work, and that's hard to come by in the cramped quarters of old town... -
![Home by Stacia Kane]()
Home by Stacia Kane
Rated: 4.16 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsAs a Debunker, Chess Putnam is used to investigating reports of suspected hauntings and sending ghosts back to the City of Eternity beneath the surface of the earth. What she isn't used to is having suburban housewives refusing to acknowledge the presence of ghosts in their homes. There are lots of reasons why someone might harbor a spirit, and none of them are good... -
![Smoke Signals by Craig Halloran]()
Smoke Signals by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsUnexpected Vows ...Having fought for their very lives to escape the clutches of Kane Lancaster, Smoke and Sid, find themselves face to face with one of the most important decisions of their lives. Marriage. While Sid mulls over Smokes proposition to be her husband he sets out to do the right thing on his own and engages in a lengthy visit with Sid's parents, Sally & Keith... -
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![Lady Henterman's Wardrobe by Marshall Ryan Maresca]()
Lady Henterman's Wardrobe by Marshall Ryan Maresca
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMixing high fantasy and urban fantasy, the second novel of the Streets of Maradaine series follows the Rynax brothers' crew of outlaws as they attempt their biggest heist yet and restore justice to the common people.The neighborhood of North Seleth has suffered--and not just the Holver Alley Fire... -
![Smoke on the Water by Craig Halloran]()
Smoke on the Water by Craig Halloran
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe unexpected never rests … Now that she's no longer an FBI agent, Sidney is restless. She drops Megan off at Grandma and Grandpa's so she can have some adult time, and then she goes to the shooting range. An old guy called Big Jake out-shoots her and then saves Sid from two huge goons who smell like the Drake. And then Big Jake turns up dead... -
![Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones]()
Threads of Malice by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this relentlessly gripping thriller, Compton Crook Award winner Tamara Siler Jones weaves together her unique blend of fantasy, forensics, and suspense to create a world terrorized by a killer out of our darkest nightmares. Now one man must follow a trail of savaged victims to save an innocent life hanging by the slimmest of hopes... -
![Valley of the Soul by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones]()
Valley of the Soul by Tamara Siler Jones, Tambo Jones
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn the mage wars, Dubric Byerly risked his life–and sacrificed the woman he loved–to catch magic’s darkest killers. Those battles are long over–and the monsters Dubric hunts these days are nothing more than men. Until now. A recent string of grisly crimes has Dubric and his pages scouring the countryside for clues that hint at the worst: that history’s most murderous mage has come to Faldorrah... -
![Who's Afraid Too? by Maria Lewis]()
Who's Afraid Too? by Maria Lewis
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTommi Grayson: all bark, all bite . . . and now she's BACK! After the worst family reunion in history, Tommi needed some space. She's spent the last few weeks trying to understand her heritage - the one that comes with a side order of fur - as well as learning about her Maori ancestry and how she can connect to it. But she can only escape for so long... -
![空の境界 上 by Kinoko Nasu, 奈須 きのこ]()
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![Spiderstalk by D. Nathan Hilliard]()
Spiderstalk by D. Nathan Hilliard
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLife hasn't been kind to Adam Sellars lately... In the past year he has broken up with his fiancee, barely survived a terrible car wreck, and had his brother's family vanish while he lay unconscious in the hospital. All they left behind was a frantic call on his cell phone's voice messages, and a blurry photo of a spider... -
![Blood and Thunder by Angela Roquet]()
Blood and Thunder by Angela Roquet
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBeing a vampire isn’t easy. Jenna Skye thought she could pull it off without giving up her old life, but the compromises are taking a toll — and not just on her. Jenna’s sister Laura is eager to return to her glamorous life in Hollywood, and Mandy, Jenna’s wolfy partner, is getting sick of playing her K9 sidekick to get around the police department’s red tape... -
![Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth]()
Deep State by Christopher Farnsworth
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIt’s been four years since a new president ascended to the White House. Zach Barrows has not seen Nathaniel Cade, the President’s Vampire, since being fired from his position as Cade’s handler and sent to a small, cramped office in a government building in Nebraska.Once, he and Cade fought a shadow war against the monsters, spies, and demons that threatened the United States... -
![Zero Saints by Gabino Iglesias]()
Zero Saints by Gabino Iglesias
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnforcer and drug dealer Fernando has seen better days. On his way home from work, some heavily-tattooed gangsters throw him in the back of a car and take him to an abandoned house, where they saw off his friend's head and feed the kid's fingers to...something. Their message is clear: this is their territory, now.But Fernando isn't put down that easily... -
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![The Cross by Scott G. Mariani, Sean McCabe]()
The Cross by Scott G. Mariani, Sean McCabe
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe vampires call it the Cross of Ardaich: a relic thought to have been destroyed in the war between the Federation and the rebels. But it has been found, and its incredible powers could signal the end of civilization...A cannibalistic serial killer becomes the perfect tool for the race of the Ubervampyr. His mission: find the cross. His reward: join the ranks of the undead... -
![Of Truth and Beasts by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee]()
Of Truth and Beasts by Barb Hendee, J.C. Hendee
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsYoung journeyer Wynn Hygeorht sets out with her companions, the vampire Chane Andraso and Shade, an elven wolf, in search of a dwarven stronghold that may well be the last resting place of a mythical orb- one of five such mysterious devices from the war of Forgotten History. And now, a direct descendant of that war's infamous mass murderer-the Lord of Slaughter-is tracking Wynn... -
![The Blood Alchemist by Becca Andre]()
The Blood Alchemist by Becca Andre
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMaster alchemist Addie Daulton hasn’t always done the right thing. To atone for sins from her forgotten past, and earn back the respect of the people she loves, she decides to show the world that alchemy can be used for good. For healing. But she can’t do anything without a lab... -
![A Dangerous Man by Charlie Huston]()
A Dangerous Man by Charlie Huston
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“Among the new voices in twenty-first-century crime fiction, Charlie Huston . . . is where it’s at.”–The Washington Post“Huston writes dialogue so combustible it could fuel a bus and characters crazy enough to take it on the road.”–The New York Times Book ReviewReluctant hitman Henry Thompson has fallen on hard times... -
![The Whisperers by John Connolly]()
The Whisperers by John Connolly
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratings""'Oh, little one, ' he whispered, as he gently stroked her cheek, the first time he had touched her in fifteen years. 'What have they done to you? What have they done to us all?' ""In his latest dark and chilling Charlie Parker thriller, New York Times bestselling author John Connolly takes us to the border between Maine and Canada... -
![The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker]()
The Ghost Files by Apryl Baker
Rated: 4.05 of 5 stars · 21 ratingsSoon to be a major motion picture!Cherry blossom lipstick: check Smokey eyes: check Skinny jeans: checkDead kid in the mirror: check For sixteen year old Mattie Hathaway, this is her normal everyday routine. She’s been able to see ghosts since her mother tried to murder her when she was five years old. No way does she want anyone to know she can talk to spooks...
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