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Fire, Burn!Novel
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Mystery & detective and historical mystery, mysterious in tone.
“Carr considered this one of his best impossible crime novels.”
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Vampires of El NorteNovel
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The Mortal InstrumentsUniverse
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Fantasy and urban fantasy, set in contemporary.
“There is a world laid over your own like a second skin, and you have been trained since birth not to see it.”
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Sally LockhartSeries
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Start with The Ruby in the Smoke →
AlienistSeries
series2 books1994
completed
Mystery & detective and historical mystery, dark in tone, set in north america.
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The Difference EngineNovel
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