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Cryptozoic! – Brian Aldiss

2017-12-26

Pulled from the forests of the Jurassic as an artist, called back to a totalitarian dystopia, trained to kill, and sent back into the past—Eddie Bush has become an unlikely assassin with an unpredictable future.

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Gorel and the Pot-Bellied God – Lavie Tidhar

2016-12-15

Gunslinger and drug-addict Gorel of Goliris partners with a motley crew of ner-do-wells to steal a magical artifact in a retro swords-and-sorcery adventure.

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Even the Wicked – Ed McBain

2016-10-15

Zach Blake and his daughter Penny return to Martha’s Vineyard, seeking the truth behind the “accidental” death of their wife/mother Mary.

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Pale in Death – Ed Brock

2016-03-27

His past had come calling, dropping by unexpectedly, in the shape of an officially unidentified female body left like garbage …

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El Camino Del Rio – Jim Sanderson

2016-02-29

A Latino border guard tries to keep the peace—and come to terms with himself—in a desolate borderland populated by strange locals, drug runners, and illegal immigrants.

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Rouse the Demon – Carolyn Weston

2015-09-06

When a famed hypnotist is found bludgeoned to death in his home, detectives Krug and Kellogg set out to solve what may be their strangest case yet.

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Poor Poor Ophelia – Carolyn Weston

2015-03-10

A woman’s body is pulled out of Santa Monica bay with only one clue to her identity: a lawyer’s business card in a waterproof case, wrapped around her neck like a necklace.

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Michigan Roll – Tom Kakonis

2015-02-02

Timothy Waverly heads to Traverse City, MI, planning to spy on his estranged son. Plans change when he meets seductress Midnight and is sucked into her troubles with the mob.

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Schismatrix Plus – Bruce Sterling

2014-12-20

Abelard Lindsay, disgraced Shaper diplomat, sets out on a grand tour of the posthuman solar system, showcasing some extreme changes in our far-flung future.

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The Shooting Gallery – Hugh C. Rae

2014-12-12

A rainy night, a car skidding into the drive of a hospital, the son of a local politician dead of a heroin overdose. This triggers an intense police search for the pusher.

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A Time of Changes – Robert Silverberg

2013-11-30

Kinnall Darival, exiled prince, risks all to spread love and the self, hoping to revert his world from a culture of self-denial and the repression of emotion.

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