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- End of the World Blues
Jon Courtenay Grimwoodstandalone novel2006
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"Kit Nouveau didn't escape himself when he fled to Japan. Now running a biker bar in the Roppongi district of Tokyo, he's also sleeping with the wife of a High Yakusa ganglord. All things considered, being held up at gunpoint isn't a complete shock. The pale girl in the red cloak appearing from nowhere and punching an ivory spike into his attacker's head on the other hand." "Nijie has stolen fifteen million dollars, she's on the run, she's just killed a man and she has a cat who knows more than it should. It's a lot to deal with when you haven't even left school." "But Nijie is also Lady Neku, and in a sentient castle at the end of the world Lady Neku otherwise known as Baroness Nawa-no-ukiyo. Countess High Strange and chatelaine of Schlass Omga realizes that Kit has stolen some of her memories. What happens to a man who finally realises he can't outrun himself? Kit Nouveau is about to find out."--BOOK JACKET. "Kit Nouveau figured he'd already come to the end of the world. An Iraqi war veteran, expatriate, and part owner of Pirate Mary's, the best Irish bar in Tokyo, Kit had settled down to await the inevitable with barely a whimper. It wasn't exactly how Kit thought he'd end up, and he was right." "It's going to end up a lot worse." "A teenage runaway with fifteen million dollars in stolen cash and a taste for cosplay is about to save Kit's life in a lethal swirl of scarlet and bridal lace. Lady Neku, a.k.a. Countess of High Strange, has her own dangerous destiny to fulfill and it's mysteriously connected to Kit's ravaged past. Now Kit's only hope for redemption is to save an ex-girlfriend he tragically failed once before. But everyone says it's already too late. And she's left behind only one ominous clue: her suicide note."--BOOK JACKET.
- Nicholas Linnear
series2 books1994
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- The Welcoming
Nora Robertsstandalone novel2002
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Roman DeWinter came to the charming seaside inn with only the clothes on his back and a loaded .38 revolver. His orders: expose a criminal organization based at a quaint vacation hideaway, and all the evidence pointed to the innkeeper, Charity Ford. It was just another assignment for him. Routing, simple, uncomplicated. But he had never known the warmth of a home until he found his way to Charity. He didn't expect he would learn to care for his key suspect, and want something more with her. Charity knew Roman was different. His gaze smoldered with angry passion, arousing a dangerous fascination. His mere presence made her most forbidden desires come alive. Still, Charity knew so little about him, and it put her on edge. Was this stranger a threat to her happiness, or the man she'd been waiting a lifetime to welcome? They both have fallen in love. Has Roman made a mistake by not telling Charity the truth?
- The Curse Workers
series3 books2010
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Holly Black's Curse Workers trilogy is set in an alternate America where 'curse work' — magic that harms or transforms through touch — is illegal, enforced through gloves and Prohibition-era-style crime families. It follows Cassel Sharpe, the only non-worker in a family of con artists and workers, as he tries to stay out of his family's schemes despite his own hidden connection to their world. The series runs from White Cat through two further novels.
- Richard Forthrast
series2 books2011
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Neal Stephenson's Richard 'Dodge' Forthrast novels open with Reamde, a globe-spanning thriller that starts when ransomware inside an MMORPG economy pulls Richard's extended family into a real-world hostage crisis involving hackers, jihadists and Russian mobsters. The sequel Fall; or, Dodge in Hell shifts registers entirely, following Richard's digitally preserved mind after death into an afterlife simulation built from his scanned brain. The two books share a protagonist and family but differ sharply in genre and scale.
- The Merchant Princes
series14 books2004
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The Merchant Princes is a science fantasy and alternate history series of nine novels by British writer Charles Stross. In the series, there exist a number of parallel worlds, all of which are on the same geographical Earth but with different societies at different points of development. Members of a certain bloodline can travel between these worlds along with their immediate possessions. The series largely follows Miriam Beckstein, a technology journalist raised in a familiar "normal" Earth, who discovers she was born in a parallel world and is a member of this bloodline. She quickly becomes entangled in political maneuvering and assassination plots with her estranged family. Miriam uses modern technology and investigative journalism to attempt to stay a step ahead.
- The QE2 Is Missing
Harry Harrisonstandalone novel1980
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A political thriller about South American politics, Nazis and arms dealers set on a cruise ship.
- Tempest (Julie Cross)
series4 books2011
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Julie Cross' Tempest trilogy opens with Tempest (2012), a young-adult science-fiction novel published by St. Martin's Press that was nominated for a 2012 RT Book Reviews award and received a starred Kirkus review. It continues across Vortex and Timestorm, published through 2014.
- Alex Rider
series13 books2001
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Alex Rider is a series of spy novels by the English author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around the teenaged spy Alex Rider and are primarily aimed towards young adults. The series comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic novels, seven short stories, and a supplementary book.
- The Manhattan Hunt Club
John Saulstandalone novel2001
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The Manhattan Hunt Club is a thriller horror novel by John Saul, published by Ballantine Books on July 31, 2001. The novel follows the story of Jeff Converse, who is falsely convicted of a brutal crime and finds himself trapped in a secret society called the Manhattan Hunt Club.
- Hap Collins and Leonard Pine
series46 books1990
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Joe R. Lansdale's Hap and Leonard novels follow two working-class East Texas friends, Hap, a straight white ex-activist, and Leonard, a gay Black Vietnam veteran, who keep getting pulled from odd jobs into local crime they can't leave alone, beginning with Savage Season. The long-running series mixes hardboiled crime plotting with the two leads' running banter and loyalty to each other. Other contributors have added short pieces to the same continuity over the years.
