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Nona the Ninth Sneak Peek by Tamsyn Muir
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsTamsyn Muir's New York Times and USA Today bestselling Locked Tomb Series continues with Nona ...the Ninth? Download a FREE sneak peek today!“You will love Nona, and Nona loves you.” —Alix E. Harrow“Unlike anything I've ever read.” —V.E. Schwab on Gideon the Ninth“Deft, tense and atmospheric, compellingly immersive and wildly original... -
Bedside Manor by Jack Townsend
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratings“We were a thousand miles away from home when the car gave up the ghost…” When Jack’s car breaks down in the middle of a cross-country road trip, the mysterious house at the top of the hill is a beacon of hope. If he can borrow a phone to call for help, he’ll be on his way in no time. But someone - or something - has other plans... -
Dire Wolf Stakes by Ramy Vance, Michael Anderle
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsLove kills. So do bow-wielding assassins.Maine’s troubles are only just beginning. The Mantle is still catnip to assassins. News of her victory is out and another liqudator of the living is after her. That would be enough trouble, if her ex wasn’t also in town, proclaiming his undying love for her... -
The Cheerleaders of Doom by Michael Buckley
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThe NERDS series combines the excitement of international espionage with the awkwardness of elementary school as it follows the adventures of a group of unpopular fifth graders who run a spy network from inside their school. With the help of cutting-edge science, they transform their nerdy qualities into incredible abilities, and the results are awesome, inspiringâ��and hilarious...Categorized as:
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The Incredible Adventures of Professor Shonku by Satyajit Ray
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M Is for Mama's Boy by Michael Buckley, Johnny Heller
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe excitement of international espionage combined with the awkwardness of elementary makes for non-stop laughs in NERDS, the hilarious series from New York Times bestselling author Michael Buckley! The last time we met the NERDS, a team of superspies operating out of their school basement, they were using their high-tech abilities to stop an evil genius from destroying the world... -
Becoming Elektra by Christian Handel
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSie bestimmen, wer du bistWenn dein Leben eine Lüge ist ... Als die junge und schöne Elektra Hamilton bei einem Reitunfall ums Leben kommt, erhält Isabel ein unerwartetes Angebot. Sie, die Elektra wie aus dem Gesicht geschnitten ist, soll deren Platz einnehmen. Sie muss lediglich für immer verschweigen, wer sie wirklich ist... -
Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants by Andrea Beaty, Bahni Turpin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAda Twist is full of questions. A scientist to her very core, Ada asks why again and again. One question always leads to another until she’s off on a journey of discovery! When Rosie Revere’s Uncle Ned gets a little carried away wearing his famous helium pants, it’s up to Ada and friends to chase him down... -
Active Memory by Dan Wells
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsFrom Dan Wells, author of the New York Times bestselling Partials Sequence and the John Cleaver series, comes the third and final book in the dark, pulse-pounding, sci-fi neo-noir series that began with the acclaimed novel Bluescreen... -
Eureka: Road Less Traveled: Road Less Traveled by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Global Dynamics researcher has a breakthrough on her project visualizing another dimension. And since GD's experiments have a bad tendency to affect the entire town, Sheriff Jack Carter heads over to check it out. What he sees blows him away... -
Doctor Who: The Star Beast (Target Collection) by Gary Russell
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsBased on a script by Russell T Davies, this brand-new adventure for Doctor Who’s 60th Anniversary features David Tennant as the Fourteenth Doctor and Catherine Tate as Donna Noble... -
Duckett & Dyer: Dicks For Hire by G.M. Nair
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMichael Duckett is fed up with his life. His job is a drag and his roommate and best friend of fifteen years, Stephanie Dyer, is only making him more anxious with her lazy irresponsibility. Things continue to escalate when they face the threat of imminent eviction from their palatial 5th floor walk-up and find that someone has been plastering ads all over the city for their Detective Agency... -
Chasing Violet by Rena Marks, C.L. Scholey
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsViolet Knight is tired of men hooking up with her for her money. She caught the latest loser pants-down and rump-up one week before the wedding. Now she’s upgraded her honeymoon cruiseship for a pampering space-cruise that caters to females only. That’s exactly what her burnt heart needs. A hunky serviceman whose job is to worship the female patronage aboard the month-long trip... -
A Toast to Murder by Michele Scott
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPop open a new Wine Lover's mystery. The big day is swiftly approaching for Nikki Sands-Manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley-and her fiancé Derek Malveaux, who owns the winery. But when they start receiving cryptic messages questioning their belief in fate, things quickly turn fatal... -
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Critical Point by S.L. Huang
Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsS. L. Huang's Critical Point is a breakout SF thriller for fans of John Scalzi and Greg Rucka.Math-genius mercenary Cas Russell has stopped a shadow organization from brainwashing the world and discovered her past was deliberately erased and her superhuman abilities deliberately created... -
A Matter of Malice by Thomas King
Rated: 3.90 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsWhen a TV producer asks Thumps to assist with an episode about a local woman from a wealthy family whose death was ruled “misadventure,” he is reluctant to get involved. Then the producer dies in the exact same manner, and Thumps finds himself solving two cases... -
Eureka: Substitution Method by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWelcome to Eureka. Population: BRILLIANT It's a town of geniuses-and now it's the smartest series going. Founded by Albert Einstein and Harry Truman after WWII, Eureka is home to the greatest minds in science and technology. But the creations of these eccentric geniuses threaten to destroy the world as often as they save it... -
Eureka: Brain Box Blues by Cris Ramsay
Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsEven the brightest of Eureka's residents can't read someone else's mind. Then Global Dynamics develops the Brain Box: a device capable of capturing and storing human thoughts. When the Box starts messing with people's minds, Sheriff Jack Carter will have to keep his thoughts to himself if he's going to save the town from going out of their heads... -
Null Set: A Cas Russell Novel by S.L. Huang
Rated: 3.72 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsThe breakout sf thriller for fans of John Scalzi and Greg RuckaMath-genius mercenary Cas Russell has decided to Fight Crime(tm). After all, with her extraordinary mathematical ability, she can neuter bombs or out-shoot an army... -
Hangman by Maya Binyam
Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAn enthralling and original first novel about exile, diaspora, and the impossibility of Black refuge in America and beyond.In the morning, I received a phone call and was told to board a flight. The arrangements had been made on my behalf. I packed no clothes, because my clothes had been packed for me. A car arrived to pick me up... -
The History of Living Forever by Jake Wolff
Rated: 3.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA chemistry student falls for his teacher and uncovers a centuries-old quest for the elixir of lifeThe morning after the death of his first love, Conrad Aybinder receives a bequest. Sammy Tampari was Conrad’s lover. He was his teacher. And, it turns out, he was not just a chemist, but an alchemist, searching for a mythic elixir of life... -
Chilling Effect by Valerie Valdes
Rated: 3.55 of 5 stars · 27 ratingsA hilarious, offbeat debut space opera that skewers everything from pop culture to video games and features an irresistible foul-mouthed captain and her motley crew, strange life forms, exciting twists, and a galaxy full of fun and adventure.Captain Eva Innocente and the crew of La Sirena Negra cruise the galaxy delivering small cargo for even smaller profits... -
Kaiju No. 8, Vol. 8 by Naoya Matsumoto, 松本直也
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWith the highest kaiju-emergence rates in the world, Japan is no stranger to attack by deadly monsters. Enter the Japan Defense Force, a military organization tasked with the neutralization of kaiju. Kafka Hibino, a kaiju-corpse cleanup man, has always dreamed of joining the force. But when he gets another shot at achieving his childhood dream, he undergoes an unexpected transformation... -
The Nice House on the Lake, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV, Álvaro Martínez Bueno
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWith Something Is Killing the Children and The Department of Truth, James Tynion IV has changed the face of horror in modern comics—now get ready for his most ambitious story yet, alongside his Detective Comics partner Álvaro Martínez Bueno! Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter—well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago... -
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Hawkeye, Volume 2 by Matt Fraction, David Aja
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsMatt Fraction and David Aja’s Eisner Award-winning reinvention of the arrowed Avenger concludes!Kate Bishop heads to Los Angeles to get away from New York and Clint Barton — but she can’t escape trouble, because Madame Masque is hanging out poolside! As Kate helps a reclusive artist find his lost masterpiece, Madame Masque finds Kate. By which we mean tries to kill her again... -
Harley Quinn: Ravenous by Rachael Allen
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsHarley Quinn's journey gets even more chaotic as she falls in love and embraces her inner Super-Villain in the thrilling second book of the Harley Quinn origin trilogy.When Harleen Quinzel wakes up in a hospital bed with no recollection of the past few months, she scrambles to pick up the pieces of her life... -
Top 10 by Alan Moore
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe massive, multilayered city of Neopolis, built shortly after World War II, was designed as a home for the expanding population of science-heroes, heroines and villains that had ballooned into existance in the previous decade. Bringing these powered beings together solved some problems but created others - turning Neopolis into a pressure cooker that normal policing methods could never contain... -
Doom Patrol: Book One by Grant Morrison, Richard Case
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe groundbreaking series from Grant Morrison that led American comics in a wholly unexpected direction. Originally conceived in the 1960s by the visionary team of writer Arnold Drake and artist Bruno Premiani, the Doom Patrol was reborn a generation later through Grant Morrison’s singular imagination... -
Top 10, Vol. 2 by Alan Moore
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsIn the second installment of this Eisner Award-winning series the super-science police officers of Precinct 10 continue to protect and serve the super-powered citizenry of Neopolis. Full color... -
Red Hood and the Outlaws, Vol. 1: Dark Trinity by Scott Lobdell, Dexter Soy
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA part of DC Universe: Rebirth!Jason Todd, a.k.a. Red Hood has been many things--a Robin, dead, the Red Hood--now he's back and he's embracing his bad side!With his new status as a villain, Red Hood plans to take down Gotham's underworld from the inside...
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