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  • Cover of Anita Blake
    Anita BlakeSeries

    series · 42 books · 1993

    Urban fantasy, dark in tone, about vampires, set in north america.

    “The books have sold more than six million copies; many have made The New York Times Best Seller list.”

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    Start with Guilty Pleasures →

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    John Decker UniverseSeries

    series · 19 books · 2015

    Horror, set in contemporary.

    Start with Soul Catcher →

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  • Cover of Jack Nightingale
    Jack NightingaleSeries

    series · 39 books · 2010

    Set in contemporary.

    “Stephen Leather's series follows Nightingale as people around him start dying in increasingly inexplicable ways, forcing a skeptic into treating the occult threat as real.”

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    Start with Nightfall →

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  • Cover of Felix Castor
    Felix CastorSeries

    series · 7 books · 2006

    Urban fantasy, tense and dark in tone, set in big city.

    “Mike Carey's Felix Castor novels follow a freelance exorcist working London's supernatural underside, taking paying jobs to banish ghosts and bind demons in a city where the dead don't always stay quiet.”

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    Start with The Devil You Know →

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  • Cover of Meredith Gentry
    Meredith GentrySeries

    series · 10 books · 2000

    Urban fantasy, about fae and political intrigue.

    “The first book in the series, A Kiss of Shadows, was released by Del Rey on October 3, 2000.”

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    Start with A Kiss of Shadows →

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  • Cover of Finders Keepers (Stephen King)
    Finders Keepers (Stephen King)Series

    series · 7 books · 2014

    Thriller & suspense, tense in tone, set in north america.

    “The mix of true-crime procedural instincts and creeping horror is a hallmark of King's later work with the character.”

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    Start with Mr. Mercedes →

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