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  • Cover of Daniel McEvoy
    Daniel McEvoySeries

    series · 2 books · 2011

    Mystery & detective, tense in tone, about murder investigation and organized crime.

    Start with Plugged →

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  • Cover of Joe Pitt Casebooks
    Joe Pitt CasebooksSeries

    series · 5 books · 2005

    Horror, about vampires and organized crime, set in north america.

    “Each casebook chronicles Joe Pitt's life as well as his struggles in the underground of vampyre clans of New York.”

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    Start with Already Dead →

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  • Cover of Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)
    Otherworld (Kelley Armstrong)Series

    series · 100 books · 1996

    Paranormal and urban fantasy, set in north america.

    “Each book tends to follow a different member of this hidden community while slowly building a shared, continuing world.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Bitten →

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  • Cover of Jerusalem's Lot
    Jerusalem's LotSeries

    series · 3 books · 1975

    Horror, about vampires, set in small town and north america.

    “Stephen King's 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot follows writer Ben Mears as he returns to his childhood town of Jerusalem's Lot, Maine, only to discover that its residents are being turned into vampires by a newly arrived stranger.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with 'Salem's Lot →

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  • Cover of Hap Collins and Leonard Pine
    Hap Collins and Leonard PineSeries

    series · 46 books · 1990

    Mystery & detective, about friendship, set in north america.

    “The long-running series mixes hardboiled crime plotting with the two leads' running banter and loyalty to each other.”

    from the catalogue
    Start with Savage Season →

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  • Cover of The Yiddish Policemen's Union
    The Yiddish Policemen's UnionNovel

    Michael Chabon · standalone novel · 2007

    Alternate history and mystery & detective, about murder investigation, set in north america.

    “Michael Chabon's Hugo- and Nebula-winning noir, told as hardboiled alternate history.”

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