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"Two mauled bodies in the woods. Top secret autopsies. The most chilling cases of Scarpetta's career. In this thrilling new installment of Patricia Cornwell's #1 bestselling Scarpetta series, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds herself in a Northern Virginia wilderness examining the remains of two campers wanted by federal law enforcement. The victims have been savaged beyond recognition, and other evidence is terrifying and baffling, including...

In a small Mississippi town, justice and the law are two very different things. A modern noir-thriller based on the acclaimed novel by Michael Farris Smith. Two lost souls, tortured by the mistakes of their past, are bound by a secret that keeps them running.

Jim Thompson's sinewy, brutal, and beloved novel brought to life as a five-part graphic noir! Adapted by writer Devin Faraci, and illustrated with gut-punchingly vivid art by Vic Malhotra (Murder Book), The Killer Inside Me gives us a pitch-black glimpse into the mind of the American serial killer years before Charles Manson, John Wayne Gacy, and Brett Easton Ellis's American Psycho.

Through her nightmarish medical contraption, Reika has tied her and Fionas fates together, presenting Arashi and Mikoto with an impossible choice. Can they stop Reika, even if it means losing a dear friend"

Reikas reinforcements may be formidable, but she has sorely underestimated the power of Black Labels teamwork. Neither Lady Dires mighty shield nor the puppet armies of Algol can protect her. At last, the master mind behind humanitys supposed destruction seems to be up against the ropes! Is Arashi prepared to execute triage"!

CHISPA. NONSTOP. In order to save the community from the city's seedy underbelly (and pay rent and bar tabs!), failed security guard Grifty and his mutant monkey-man best friend Mashbone set up a DIY private detective agency at their favorite bar. Their first client comes along just as the duo's latest bar tab is called in. As quickly as it begins, the case leads the inept gumshoes into more danger than the two losers can handle!

"A novel about a journalist in pursuit of a story about a child who survived a cult mass suicide, which may not be all that it appeared to be, told in Janice Hallett's signature original and innovative style of emails, messages, news clips, and screenplay excerpts"-- "Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into believing her baby was the Antichrist. When the girl came to her senses and called the...

The attempted poisoning of an influential CEO Suspicious happenings at a local doctor's clinic Sketchy job requests at a back-street military shop High schooler and phantom thieves leader Ren Amamiya tackles these mysterious incidents together with his trustworthy friends and the famous high school detective Goro Akechi!

The whole of London is shocked when the mayor is found dead on an Underground train, but perhaps none more than university student Al Adley. Though he took the Tube at the time of the fatal stabbing, he doesnt remember seeing anything unusualcertainly nothing to explain how a bloody knife found its way into his pocket that night. However, in spite of this damning evidence, Detective Ellis believes Als claims of innocence. Now the two must work together...

What do you do when you hate your wife and youre sleeping with your stepdaughter? If youre ostrich farmer Pep, you beat your wifes head in with a shovel when your stepdaughter asks you to. You might do it some rainy night, and toss the body down a well for good measure. You might even think youre getting some money out of it. But if youre hapless and unlucky as Pep is, you might find yourself trapped in a hell of your own making, endlessly wondering:...