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"This is the tale of an exciting journey along the Silk Road with a young Monk and his newfound guardian, Samir, a larger than life character and the so-called "Seller of Dreams." The man is a scammer; his biggest skill being the ability to talk his way into getting what he wants. While that talking did save Monkey's life, it has left a lot of people furious with Samir--furious enough to hire assassins. Monkey decides to try and save Samir from the...
62) The wanted
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English
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"It seemed like a simple case--before the bodies starting piling up. Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, take on the deadliest case of their lives in the new masterpiece of suspense from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. When single mother Devon Connor hires private investigator Elvis Cole, it's because her troubled teenage son Tyson is flashing cash and she's afraid he's dealing drugs. But the truth is devastatingly different....
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Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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Fighting his way across the West to rescue his wife and exact revenge on the men who destroyed him, while settling old scores along the way, Ming Tsu is aided by a blind clairvoyant and a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers.
65) Traveler
Author
Series
Seeker trilogy (Arwen Dayton) volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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After learning that she pledged her life to deception, Quin and her oldest companion Shinobu search for answers in the past about the Seeker legacy and uncover a sinister plan, begun generations ago, with the power to end it.
Author
Series
Charles Jenkins novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A thriller of espionage, spy games, and treachery in which a former CIA officer in his early sixties is asked to travel undercover to Moscow to locate a Russian assassin only to find things are not as he was led to believe".
67) Blood of elves
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Publisher
Orbit
Pub. Date
2009.
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English
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Into a tumultuous time is born a child for whom the witches of the world have been waiting. Ciri, the granddaughter of Queen Calanthe, the Lioness of Cintra, has strange powers and a strange destiny, for prophecy names her the Flame, one with the power tochange the world: for good, or fo
Geralt, a witcher, is tasked with protecting child of prophecy Ciri, who will someday have the power to change the world.
68) Throne of glass
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Throne of glass novels volume 1
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English
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In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of...
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Guardian (Karen Robards) volume 2
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"...as Bianca races to outmaneuver her tireless pursuers, her father loops her in on a job that might just do the trick: recover King Priams Treasure, a collection of heavily guarded, priceless artifacts stolen by the Russians during World War II, and return it to Germany. Impossible? Maybe for some, but a high-risk heist is all in a days work for Bianca St. Ives, especially when theres intel on the lineintel that could finally bring down the shadowy...
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Spademan volume 1
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
Working as a hit man on the ravaged streets of New York City after a dirty bomb is unleashed on Times Square, Spademan takes an assignment to kill the daughter of a powerful evangelist only to discover that his mark holds a shocking secret and that his client hides a more sinister agenda.
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Series
Songs of the seraphim volume 2
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Toby O'Dare, former government assassin, is summoned by the angel Malchiah to fifteenth-century Rome--the city of Michelangelo and Raphael, of Leo X and the Holy Inquisition--to solve a terrible crime of poisoning and to uncover the secrets of an earthbound restless spirit, a diabolical dybbuk.
72) Reina de sombras
Author
Series
Throne of glass novel volume 4
Publisher
Alfaguara
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Primera edición.
Language
Español
Description
Embracing her identity as Aelin Galathynius, Queen of Terrasen, Celaena returns to the empire to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past.
73) The kill room
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Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First trade edition.
Language
English
Description
Renowned investigator and forensics expert, Lincoln Rhyme, is drafted to investigate the sniper-killing of a U.S. citizen in the Bahamas. While his partner, Amelia Sachs, traces the victim's steps in Manhattan, Rhyme leaves the city to pursue the sniper himself.
74) The execution
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Series
Jeremy Fisk novels volume 2
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English
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"Detective Jeremy Fisk is out to stop an assassin let loose in New York City by a shadowy business cartel in this pulse-pounding follow up to the New York Times bestseller The Intercept, from Law & Order creator Dick Wolf"--
After a Mexican assassin leaves behind twenty-three beheaded bodies on the United States border, Detective Cecilia Garza of the Mexican intelligence agency follows him to New York City where she teams up with NYPD Detective Jeremy...
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Series
Psy-Changeling trinity volume 1
Language
English
Description
Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive Silver Mercant. At a time when the fledgling Trinity Accord seeks to unite a divided world, with Silver playing a crucial role as director of a worldwide emergency response network, wildness and chaos are the last things she needs in her life. But that's exactly what Valentin Nikolaev, alpha of the StoneWater bears, brings with him. Valentin has never met a more fascinating woman. Though...
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Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
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English
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When a joint FBI-Seattle Police investigation into an international child pornography ring gets too close to powerful enemies, sex-crimes detective Livia Lone becomes the target of a hit that barely goes awry, and suspects that the FBI itself was behind it.
Author
Series
Jeremy Fisk novels volume 3
Language
English
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When a leaker named Verlyn Merritt releases sensitive documents from the NYPD Intelligence Division to WikiLeaks, some of the deadliest criminals have access to Detective Jeremy Fisk's unlisted home address. Within hours, three mysterious assailants arrive at his Sutton Place apartment. Who are they and why do they want Fisk dead? With the clock ticking and millions of lives at stake, Fisk and Chay must find the mastermind before he can wreak havoc...
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Nena Knight novels volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Language
English
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"Her Name Is Knight revolves around Nena Knight, codename Echo, a highly trained assassin for The Tribe -- a clandestine international organization dedicated to the protection and advancement of the peoples and countries of Africa around the world. Her Name Is Knight is a propulsive character story and action thriller driven by retribution, passion, strength -- and coming to terms with your own true self, regardless of what anyone calls you."--Goodreads.com....
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Two star-crossed assassins in Elizabethan England must go undercover as actors in one of William Shakespeare's plays in a plot to kill the queen"--
In the early sixteen-hundreds, two star-crossed assassins, nineteen-year-old Toby and seventeen-year-old Kit, go undercover as actors in a Shakespeare play in a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth.
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