James Patrick Cronin
1) Notorious
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Told in different voices, on Centerlight Island, halfway between the United States and Canada, middle-schoolers Keenan and ZeeBee team up to seek gold rumored to be hidden there a famous gangster.
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A bold novel about ambition, grief, creativity, beauty, and existential emptiness that retraces the arc of American life and culture in the first decades of the 21st century.
It is early 2017 in New York City, Donald Trump is President, and Solomon Fields, a young Jewish journalist-turned-advertising hack, finds himself disillusioned by the hollowness and conformity of American life and language. Once brimming with dreams and ideals instilled in...
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How did Everson Croft discover his powers?
Let's go back to the night I turned 13, the night Grandpa filleted my finger with his cane sword.
I can't say what terrified me more, the cold anger in his eyes or the crazy things in his locked study. A talking trunk. Squirming coats. A bookshelf whose titles shifted before my eyes. And one chilling title in particular: Book of Souls.
Ten years later I'm on my way to a Romanian monastery, in search of...
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A case they'll never forget… if only they can remember.
Professor Croft here, partnered once again with the gambling, spell-slinging James Wesson.
Four Grimstone teens are dead, the life seemingly vacuumed from their withered bodies. The lone clue, a magic residue in their blood. Convinced it's the work of a supernatural drug, Sheriff Jackson entrusts the case to us while she's away. I just need to keep my junior partner in line.
Suddenly it's the...
5) Camp Dread
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Your monster hunting pros
When a camp counselor goes missing under shadowy circumstances, the Blue Wolf and his team race to an idyllic summer camp to recover her.
But the mystery of the counselor only darkens. Prior to disappearing, she shook her cabin with supernatural tales of the deadly and deranged… and now they're coming to life. Towering over them all is Tommy Wortmann, a demonic brute intent on turning the camp into his grisly killing grounds.
Can...
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The Best-Selling Criminal Procedure, Criminal Law, and Forensic Science series! No holds barred law enforcement philosophy Whether you're a hard luck grunt working the street or a white shirt administrator who'd need a GPS to find it, Way of the Warrior is for you. A sixteen-year veteran of patrol, investigations and narcotics work, as well as a second-generation cop, best-selling author Bernard Schaffer has something to say about the True-Blue Line....
7) Grimstone
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Go West, Prof Croft!
When my magical order assigns me to Grimstone, Colorado on a case, I'm in no hurry to pack my staff and spell books.
The outlaw county is a far cry from my academic calling in New York City. And I'm being paired with junior wizard James Wesson. A hustler, womanizer, and wannabe cowboy, he's exactly why I prefer working alone.
But something sinister is snatching blondes on the full moon. The local werewolf gang? The six-hundred...
8) Suck It Up
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They say it takes a predator to catch one. Does an overweight cat qualify?
With my apartment scheduled for fumigation, Tabitha and I are forced to pitch camp in my friend's living room.
Fortunately, Kayla already knows my succubus cat can talk-and that she doesn't hold back. But something's been preying on our host. I immediately suspect her new roommates, mainly the creep with the vampiric vibes.
The feeder could also be lurking inside Kayla's favorite...
9) Pox You
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Warning: Foul-mouthed cat ahead
Prof Croft here and, yes, I trapped a murderous succubus in a kitten's body and made her my pet. The alternative was to behead her, and as wizards go, I'm just not that callous.
Do you think Tabitha shows any appreciation? Two years old now, her speech has grown along with her girth, and when not insulting me, she's plotting ways to devour my soul.
But that's the least of my problems. An early winter storm has plunged...
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What's worse than a sharp-tongued cat in a heatwave? Being stuck inside with her. When my friend Kayla asks for my help as a wizard, I jump at the chance to escape my apartment-and Tabitha. In New York's inner city, a child's closet hides a monster. At least according to my starry-eyed friend, who claims powers of intuition. But this time she might be onto something. The scariest part? The child will only confide in Tabitha. Now I need to convince...
11) Siren Call
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How did Everson Croft end up with a talking cat?
For that story, we have to go back to my early years as a wizard.
With New York City in the dumps, the red light is back on in Times Square.
Vampires, dark fae, and exotic entertainers have set up shop, promising pleasures beyond the wildest imagination. But now male clients are turning up stiff - all over.
I'm thinking supernatural predator, even as the clues keep drawing me back to Tabitha: a...
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The best-selling autobiography of America's most controversial celebrity icon, Marilyn Manson (with a bonus chapter not in the hardcover).
In his twenty-nine years, rock idol Manson has experienced more than most people have (or would want to) in a lifetime. Now, in his shocking and candid memoir, he takes readers from backstage to gaol cells, from recording studios to emergency rooms, from the pit of despair to the top of the charts, and recounts...
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Desperate times
As two worlds reel from a colossal final pulse that cuts off all contact between them, two unimaginable discoveries raise the stakes even further.
In a secret American facility, a power hidden from society for a decade is about to break free.
And something much bigger, buried deep beneath the Scottish Highlands for thousands of years, is about to rise up.
Desperate measures
All hope of restoring the gateway to New Kerguelen lies in...
14) Endgame
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Under siege
As the relentless approach of a truly gargantuan mothership sparks chaos on Earth, many believe the end times are here.
The unknown beings are more technologically advanced than humanity can even comprehend, let alone match.
Worst of all, observation makes one thing clear: they aren't coming to chat.
United in fear
For the first time since Dan McCarthy's initial contact with aliens a full sixteen years earlier, the whole world is united...
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A secret like this doesn't keep itself....
Not Alone: First Encounter is a prequel to the globally acclaimed Not Alone series, set several years before two worlds collide under the weight of the grandest conspiracy of all time.
For the first time ever, First Encounter lifts the curtain on a deadly series of events surrounding the initial meeting between the ruthless Richard Walker - untouchable head of the controversial Interspace Defense Agency...
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The pulse hits without warning
In one harrowingly destructive instant, a mysterious seismic pulse in the Scottish Highlands rips away all semblance of global security.
Complacency grew in the years since Dan McCarthy brought humanity into contact with intelligent aliens, but those days are gone.
When peace is shattered, fear takes over.
The stakes rise without mercy
As the pulse's chaos spreads, it becomes painfully clear that Dan's teenage daughter...
17) Origins
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The scene is set. The truth is coming...
Five years in the making
Not Alone: Origins is a collection of exciting character origin stories designed to provide exclusive insights into the people who make Not Alone tick, as well as to show how they first became embroiled in the grandest conspiracy of all time.
From Emma Ford's early days with Jack Neal at XPR, all the way to John Cole's ruthless rise to the top and Timo Fiore's early interests in space...
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Fifteen of the best indie authors. Fifteen extraordinary stories. One best-selling universe.
It's the 22nd century. The galaxy has opened up to humanity as a hyperactive beehive of stargates and new technologies, and we suddenly find ourselves in a vast playground of different races, environments, and cultures. There's just one catch: We are pretty much at the bottom of the food chain, and there's only one way for humanity to move up - by becoming...
19) Soldier
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Titus sought glory in the Free States Infantry. He ended up in the Engineers. When the chance came to prove himself, he grabbed it with both hands.
And caught the eye of the Intelligence service. How could a boot enlisted engineer transform into a soldier who works behind the scenes to root out corruption in the ranks as easily as providing combat intel to the front lines?
Titus thought life was dangerous as a ground pounder where he could hold...