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All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker
1975 is a time of change in America. The Vietnam War is ending. Muhammad Ali is fighting Joe Frazier. And in the smalltown of Monta Clare, Missouri, girls are disappearing. When the daughter of a wealthy family is targeted, the most unlikely hero emerges—Patch, a local boy, who saves the girl, and, in doing so, leaves heartache in his wake... -
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余污 [Yu Wu] by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou, 肉包不吃肉
Rated: 4.41 of 5 stars · 17 ratingsThe traitor Gu Mang returned to his home kingdom again. Everyone rejoiced in his banishment. It was said the one who hated him most was his closest friend – the cold and stoic Young Master Mo.A rumour: Young Master Mo prepared three hundred and sixty-five methods of torture to try on Gu Mang, enough to play with him for a year without repetition... -
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![A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne]()
A Treacherous Trade by Kerrigan Byrne
“Forgive me…for I have sinned.”And nothing interrupts a good confession like a murder.Fiona Mahoney stands in the ashes of her hopes facing her tempting adversary, Inspector Grayson Croft. Her sins are about to spill from her lips, when he says the one thing that could dispel all thoughts of revelation or redemption... -
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The Diamond King: A Tale of Love, Hate, and Diamonds by Vlad Kahany
The Great Gatsby meets Peaky Blinders…How does a street thief become a king?When Drasko, a nine-year-old thief from the slums, is presented with a once-in-a-lifetime offer, life takes him to a far-away land on the hunt for diamonds.Twenty years later, Drasko Mawr, now the wealthiest diamond miner in the world, comes back to London.And he must play a dangerous game—a deal he has signed with blood...Categorized as:
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![论救错反派的下场 Mistakenly Saving the Villain by Feng Yu Nie, 凤羽涅]()
论救错反派的下场 Mistakenly Saving the Villain by Feng Yu Nie, 凤羽涅
Professor System has issued a mission: to rescue the gentle, kind and tragic protagonist shou of the novel “The Exceptional Furnace”.Song ‘Scholar-Tyrant’ Qingshi: “Don’t worry, Professor! I can definitely ensure the patient’s recovery!”In the Immortal Realm:Song Qingshi praised from the bottom of his heart: “My patient is the kindest and most beautiful little angel in the world... -
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A Taste for Poison by Aleksandr Voinov
Rated: 4.22 of 5 stars · 9 ratingsEven a king gets stung when he reaches for a scorpion.After barely surviving an assassination attempt, King Adrastes is a changed man—one who mistrusts even his allies and friends. He readies his Empire for war against an enigmatic enemy, the Elder of Vededrin, but not everyone approves... -
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Keeper of Pleas by Annelie Wendeberg
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn December 10, 1880, Coroner Sévère makes a gruesome discovery: nine newborns, buried in flowerpots, and hidden in plain sight in Whitechapel. A mortician receives the bodies and vanishes. Clues for the two seemingly unconnected cases are scarce... -
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The German by Lee Thomas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt the height of World War II, a killer preys on the young men of a quiet Texas town. The murders are calculated, vicious, and they are just beginning. Sheriff Tom Rabbit and his men are baffled and the community he serves is terrified of the monster lurking their streets. The only clues the killer leaves behind are painted snuffboxes containing notes written in German... -
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The German by Lee Thomas
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSet during the height of World War II, The German examines the effect a series of ritualistic murders has on a small, Texas community. A killer preys on the young men of Barnard, Texas, leaving cryptic notes written in German. As the panic builds all eyes turn toward a quiet man with secrets of his own, who is trying to escape a violent past.Ernst Lang fled Germany in 1934... -
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The Burial Plot by Elizabeth Macneal
Rated: 3.99 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsFrom the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Doll Factory, The Burial Plot is an unstoppable historical thriller about murder, manipulation, and a young woman trying to wrestle power from the hands of a dangerous man. But he’s always one step ahead . . .London, 1839... -
![Realm of Ruin by KC Kingmaker]()
Realm of Ruin by KC Kingmaker
I’ve bound myself to the Knights of the Round Table… and they’ve been snatched away from me.I’m out of the crumbling kingdom of Camelot, yet I’m no safer anywhere I go. I don’t have my possessive, protective warriors to lean on in this wild realm.Instead, I’m stuck with the mysterious adventurer who rescued me. The most famous of all the heroes from legend... -
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A Hyacinth for His Hideousness by Tharah Meester
Rated: 3.60 of 5 stars · 5 ratingsFollowing a public humiliation, Hyacinth Black is on the verge of being beaten to death by his father. Of all people, the man who is commonly referred to as ‘Your Hideousness’ comes to his defence; but his intervention has a price. Hyacinth must marry his rescuer... -
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Uncle Silas By Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu Illustrated (Penguin Classics) by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsUncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg... -
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Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike... -
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Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre... -
![Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike... -
![Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike... -
![Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg... -
![Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 29 ratingsUncle Silas is a Victorian Gothic mystery/thriller novel by the Anglo-Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. It is notable as one of the earliest examples of the locked room mystery subgenre. It is not a novel of the supernatural (despite a few creepily ambiguous touches), but does show a strong interest in the occult and in the ideas of Swedenborg... -
![Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu]()
Uncle Silas Illustrated by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Rated: 3.74 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsUncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram-Haugh", is a Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike... -
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The Blind Concubine (Xia NiangNiang) [瞎娘娘] by Xi Ni
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 13 ratingsA blind concubine lives in the cold palace. The blind concubine has a snow white cat. Day after day, year after year, he lives quietly in the courtyard of the cold palace. It is as if he has already been forgotten by the entire imperial palace... -
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Married to a Pirate by Athena Rose
Rated: 3.43 of 5 stars · 23 ratings"You enslaved me!""Nay, I liberated you, my lady. And there will be more liberating to come if you behave."Imagine you escape the pirate captain who you were forced to marry.He’s dark and brooding and you’re convinced he’s happy to be rid of you.But just when you think you’re free, you’re captured by another band of pirates who take great delight in telling you the plans they have for you... -
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The Italian by Ann Radcliffe
Rated: 3.46 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsFrom the first moment Vincentio di Vivaldi, a young nobleman, sets eyes on the veiled figure of Ellena, he is captivated by her enigmatic beauty and grace. But his haughty and manipulative mother is against the match and enlists the help of her confessor to come between them... -
![Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù]()
Heaven Official's Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR, SOMEONE TO LIVE FORGods should never meddle in the affairs of mortals, but Xie Lian is not one to follow the rules when lives are at risk. He spits in the face of heaven and its laws and descends in a fury to save his country from drought and civil war... -
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![Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 2 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL]()
Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 2 by Gyeoeul Gwon, SUOL
Rated: 4.53 of 5 stars · 34 ratings"Nothing good can come from a relationship built on secrets." Penelope's fate is looking grim, but she's got a plan: sneak out, rescue Eckles, and secure herself a one-way ticket out of death... -
![Pandora Hearts, Volume 20 by Jun Mochizuki, Jun Mochizuki]()
Pandora Hearts, Volume 20 by Jun Mochizuki, Jun Mochizuki
Rated: 4.63 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe pathetic farce that has unfolded in earnest is no more than an absurd yarn spun by the man who caused the Tragedy of Sablier by following his heart's desires. The players in his tale begin dancing with abandon, their emotions bottled up inside, as though they are marionettes manipulated by a master puppeteer . . -
![Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 3 by SUOL, Gwon Gyeoeul]()
Villains Are Destined to Die, Vol. 3 by SUOL, Gwon Gyeoeul
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 29 ratings“I don’t want to live like this either, only ever being despised.”Life in hard mode for “villain” Penelope Eckhart means with every step forward, she’s shoved five steps back. Just when things seem to be stabilizing between her and the brothers, she finds herself coming to blows with Reynold, who insists on dredging up the past―an affront Penelope refuses to take lying down... -
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A Fire Endless by Rebecca Ross
In the stunning conclusion to the Elements of Cadence duology, A Fire Endless finds the delicate balance between the human and faerie realm threatened by Bane, the spirit of the North Wind, whose defeat can only come through fire, song, and heart-rending sacrifice.East and West. Humans and Spirits. Breccans and Tamerlaines... -
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Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Vol. 3 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù
Rated: 4.61 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsThe manhua adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel series continues as Wei Wuxian’s cover is blown!Wei Wuxian’s studies come to an abrupt end when he picks a fight with a young master of the Jin Clan. A lifetime later, he wakes from his dream of days gone by to find he’s still unraveling the mystery of the ghost arm...
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