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2) Fear case
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A new, horrific detective series by Matt Kindt (Ether, Mind MGMT) and Tyler Jenkins (Grass Kings)! A no-nonsense Secret Service agent and his new-age partner investigate a mysterious box known as the Fear Case, which has appeared throughout history at sites of disaster and tragedy. Whoever comes into possession of this case must pass it on within three days or face deadly consequences. The agents must track down this Fear Case while staying one step...
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Lupin the Third volume 8
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Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise follows the exploits of master thief, Lupin III, and his fellow partners-in-crime, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko. Over the 35 years since the first installment of Lupin's exploits appeared in print in Japan, the franchise has spun off a total of 3 separate manga series (comprising dozens of volumes) and hundreds of animated TV episodes, theatrical features, and original video productions. Take a healthy dose of James...
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Lupin the Third volume 7
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Monkey Punch's Lupin III franchise follows the exploits of master thief, Lupin III, and his fellow partners-in-crime, Jigen, Goemon, and Fujiko. Over the 35 years since the first installment of Lupin's exploits appeared in print in Japan, the franchise has spun off a total of 3 separate manga series (comprising dozens of volumes) and hundreds of animated TV episodes, theatrical features, and original video productions. Take a healthy dose of James...
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Richard Stark's Parker volume 1
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Darwyn Cooke, Eisner-Award-winning writer/artist, sets his artistic sights on bringing to life one of the true classics of crime fiction: Richard Stark's Parker. Stark was a pseudonym used by the revered and multi-award-winning author, Donald Westlake. The Hunter, the first book in the Parker series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in...
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Frank Miller's Sin City volume 3
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Criminals have always called the shots in Sin City, whether bootleggers, gamblers, or politicians. But ever since the first dame set up shop in Old Town, those side-streets have been run by the women who walk the night. It's been a delicate truce, but now there's a messy body and the mob's looking to reclaim those licentious streets. They're going to have to put down a tight band of dangerous women and a guy named Dwight to do it. Now Dwight, he knows...
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Where is Lee Harvey Oswald's body?
The Kennedy assassination is a rat's nest of conspiracy theories: mafia involvement, a second gunman, a government cover-up… but the most important one may just be the idea that the body in Oswald's grave is not actually Lee Harvey.
Meet the ragtag group of "useful idiots" unwittingly brought together to clean up the crime of the century – a wannabe cowboy from Wisconsin, a Buddy Holly-idolizing (former) car...
8) Black dahlia
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"On January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her daughter in a Los Angeles neighborhood passed what looked to be a discarded mannequin. It turned out to be the body of Elizabeth Short: posed, drained of blood, meticulously scrubbed, and cut in two. From this point, Geary reconstitutes and reveals for us the life of this 22-year-old woman who had become known as "Black Dahlia" because of her striking appearance. How could her life have ended in such...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
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Charlene, a contestant on the game show Perfect Link recounts the details of her blind date with Fred, which included several Mystery, Inc.-related adventures. Then, in the third part of The dragon's eye, Scooby, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred and Velma travel to Rome, Italy, to find out more about the stolen gemstone necklace and Faberg�e egg.
10) The Human Target
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Human Target volume 1
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"Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target-a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He's had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor when things go sideways. An assassination attempt Chance didn't see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder, as he has 12 days to discover just who in the DC Universe hated Luthor enough...
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"Detective Nick Burkhardt of the Portland PD is more than familiar with strange happenings--as a Grimm, he has gone head to head with many creatures that were thought to be the stuff of children's fairy tales. Not only are these creatures real, but they've kidnapped his mother in an effort to obtain an artifact of great power: the Coins of Zakynthos. Tossed into a globe-spanning journey along with his partnet, Detective Hank Griffith, and his Wesen...
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"The X-Files: Season 10 is a comic book series published by IDW Publishing starting in June 2013. The series serves as a canonical continuation of the television series The X-Files, and follows the events of the 2008 film The X-Files: I Want to Believe."--Wikipedia.org
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"The laugh had vanished... the mocking, sinister laugh that signaled doom for the petty souls whose wrongdoing stained the world. It was gone, lost in the night that echoed it. Now, one by one, his friends and operatives are being ruthlessly murdered. Someone is trying to draw him out. Thirty-five years later, it is time for him to return. The laugh is here again. The Shadow is back. God help the guilty." -- Page [4] of cover.
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A brand new graphic novel by award-winning artist, author, director, and playwright, Cynthia von Buhler!
Back in the detective saddle, the fabulous, rabbit-loving Minky Woodcock straps on her gumshoes and uncovers a disturbing case involving the mysterious inventor Nikola Tesla.
Hired by business tycoon J.P. Morgan Jr., Minky sets out to investigate the validity of claims that the eccentric Tesla has created a Death Ray machine. But things take...
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Velvet (Graphic novels) volume 3
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Velvet Templeton's hunt has led her into a dark well of lies, murder, and international business. And as the secrets she chases come to light, their answers all point to one place, the halls of world power, Washington D.C."--Back cover.
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Criminal volume 1
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The traditional heist story is turned on its head in COWARD. Leo can plan the perfect score, but only if he can be convinced the job is safe, because Leo is not a shoot-first think-later type of criminal. Leo is a professional, whose biggest desire in life is not to end up exactly where he belongs: in a prison cell.
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