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"Theo Benton decides to move to the United States to finally finish her novel, and she is soon drawn into a literary labyrinth where identity is something that can be lost and remade for the sake of sales and readership. When her mentor and lover is brutally murdered, Theo wants the killer to be found and justice to be served. But when the prime suspect turns out to be her older brother, Gus, Theo does what is necessary to protect him-to save him....
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In 1866 London, Dr. Julia Lewis, when grisly murders happen all over the city, works with Inspector Richard Tennant to understand a killer's dark obsessions and motivations, facing off against a fiendishly calculating opponent who has set his sights on Julia.
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2022
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Private detective Jerome K. Jerome Bloche is hired by his friend Father Arthur, a former boxer turned Catholic priest, to look into a series of blackmail letters extorting money from his parishioners that share one odd detail: the money is to be donated to the church to repair its famous organ! Meanwhile Jeromes girlfriend Babette gets a shocking surprise when her father, whom she believed to have died when she was a child, shows up on her doorstep....
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2023
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Several years after the scandal that rocked the Parisian financial and political world, Alexandre, continuing to live as the mysterious businessman Dantes, has been cleared and is running his company Pharaoh. But he will soon discover that one of his subsidiaries, specializing in waste processing and energy recovery, requires his immediate attention. Could another scandal be on the horizon? Determined to find out the truth, Dantes will have to travel...
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2022
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Buckaroo, Oregon, has given birth to many infamous serial killers, but the worst was the Nailbiter. And now...is it possible he has a daughter? Could Alices search for the truth about her parentage lead her to the origin of the serial killers? A new tale of bloody horror by creators JOSHUA WILLIAMSON and MIKE HENDERSON! Also collected for the first time, the NAILBITER story from the NAILBITER/HACK/SLASH crossover special! Fans of WYTCHES, OUTCAST,...
6) The Client
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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An average Joe falls in love with a hooker from Ecuador and, when she goes missing, pressures a local mobster into telling him where she is by kidnapping his only daughter What could possibly go wrong? A story about second chances, with a buddy road trip and musings on art and beauty thrown in for good measure.
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2023
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Brown Bear is dead. Desert Star has vanished. When the tribe seeks revenge and captures a white settlers daughter, Maria, Morning Breeze decides to use her to track down the man responsible for their fatelittle knowing that his adversary is himself pursuing Maria The trail leads Breeze to Finsbury, the official in charge of Indian Affairs, who believes that ends justify means. The white mans ends, that is. Can Breeze salvage anything of his peoples...
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2023
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Having been dragged reluctantly into the shady world of counterfeit art trafficking, Dantes agrees to protect his crooked father, Maquet. But it turns out that its not just angry art collectors who are looking for him; his father has also incurred the wrath of a powerful Chinese triad. To make matters worse, Dantess vineyard has also been implicated in Maquets schemes, and he now finds himself faced with something no father should ever have to go...
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2022
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Three strangers entangled by fate, coincidence, and cruelty find themselves at the end of the longest night of their lives, bound together against the dark forces of...well fate, coincidence, and cruelty. Apart, none of them will see sunrise; together they might have a shot, in this thriller by MATT FRACTION and ELSA CHARRETIER, with colors by MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and stunning hand-crafted lettering by cartoonist KURT ANKENY. One night. One city. Three...
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2023
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Alexandre's relentless quest for revenge reaches its climax, finally providing answers to a number of questions... Who abducted Lucie and Sarah, and why? Will Salers succeed in his scheme and become the new President of France? Will Dants finally be able to take down Saint-Hubert, the former banker who ruined his life? What is Isaac's real role in all this? And will Alexandre also have to face justice for his own crimes?
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2022
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Humanitys survival is in his hands, and being the emperor of the world is no picnic But other fears have been invading Wismerhills dreams of late, telling him to get ready, for something is coming some cruel and merciless evil. The premonitions whisper of a nameless threat and of death!
14) Desert Star V2
Pub. Date
2023
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Matthew Montgomery's quest to solve the mystery behind his wife and daughter's brutal murder has led him as far as the train tracks go: Topeka. This cautious, law-abiding man has come to this hub of sex, violence and alcohol in search of a man who goes by the name of Jason Cauldry, from whom he intends to get some answers about the death of his loved ones. And find him he does. Turns out Cauldry is lord and master of the town's brothels, enrolling...
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2022
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NEW YORK CITY, 1951: The star of the hit TV show "Satellite Sam " turns up dead in a flophouse filled with dirty secrets. If his son can sober up, he might be able to figure out why in this noir mystery shot through with sex and violence in the seedy underbelly of TV 's golden age. By MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, Casanova, Hawkeye) and HOWARD CHAYKIN (BLACK KISS I & II, AMERICAN FLAGG!).
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2023
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Alexandre, the victim of a financial conspiracy, has taken on a new identity, and now living as the wealthy Dants continues on his path for revenge. However, new events threaten both his plans and his life: not only are the Russian mafia prepared to do anything to recover their money, but his real identity is no longer a secret to the Machiavellian Jean Saint-Hubert, the man behind his downfall. And with the extreme-right party "French Nation" seemingly...
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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While escaping from jail, Alexandre suffers a serious facial injury, but with the help of Isaac and Gabriel's daughter, Sarah, he begins to craft a new identity for himself: the mysterious Christopher Dantes. After failing to find where his sister is now living, he moves onto the next most important task at hand... revenge. Dantes arranges to meet the key figures in the plot that ruined him, and slowly begins working his way into their lives. His...
18) November Vol IV
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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In a city where unseen and incomprehensible forces conspired to bring three strangers together over the course of one insane and violent night, daylight breaks and the fate of those strangers finally arrives. The conclusion to this noir quartet of graphic novellas by MATT FRACTION (SEX CRIMINALS, ADVENTUREMAN) and ELSA CHARRETIER (The Infinite Loop, Windhaven), with MATT HOLLINGSWORTH and KURT ANKENY.
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2022
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Coach Boss holds sway over Craw County for one reason: he wins football games. But after the biggest, ugliest loss of his career, the coach must become more of a criminal than ever before if he 's gonna keep ahead of his enemies. Enemies like Roberta Tubb, who 's come to town with a machine gun and some serious questions about how her daddy died. The 2015 Harvey Award-winning (Best New Series) and 2016 Eisner Award-winning (Best Continuing Series)...
20) Gasolina Vol 1
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2022
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Fugitives. Rebels. Newlyweds. Amalia and Randy have played many roles in order to survive. Now, they must become unlikely leaders in the fight against a new cartel, who unleash monsters on their enemies to ignite the most inhuman war Mexico and the world has ever seen. Narcos meets Alien in this new series from SEAN MACKIEWICZ and NIKO WALTER. Collects GASOLINA #1-6
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