The Big Book of the Continental Op
10 best books like The Big Book of the Continental Op (Dashiell Hammett): A Night in the Lonesome October, The Diamond Throne, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777, Villains by Necessity, The Hound of Justice, Wolverine: The Long Night, Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City, Suttree, Early Autumn, No Graves As Yet
A Night in the Lonesome October
| Author | Roger Zelazny |
| ISBN | 0380771411 |
Review updated yet again (and again) on November 1, 2018
A group read with some of my greatest friends: OhWell, Sarah, and Tadiana.
First a disclaimer: I lost count to the number of times I read the book. Seriously. I still find something new with each reread. I would also like to welcome...
| Author | David Eddings |
| ISBN | 0345367693 |
'You'd better get ready to ride, Sparhawk.'
Meet Sparhawk: Pandion Knight and Queen’s Champion. If this were D&D his character class would likely be Paladin; he can cast spells, but mostly prefers to just chop off heads with his considerable broadsword.
Sparhawk is a bit of...
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
| Author | Rick Atkinson |
| ISBN | 1627790438 |
In the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy Rick Atkinson recounts the first twenty-one months of America’s violent war for independence. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental...
| Author | Eve Forward |
| ISBN | 0812522281 |
With the banishment of Evil from the realms, the final victory of Good is assured-unless a few stalwart antiheroes can save the world from a serious and potentially fatal imbalance. First novelist Forward explores the complications that arise from a surfeit of "goodness" in the world. The result is...
| Author | Claire O'Dell |
| ISBN | 0062699334 |
Dr. Janet Watson and former covert agent Sara Holmes, introduced in the acclaimed A Study in Honor, continue their dangerous investigation into the new American Civil War with the help of fresh allies, advanced technology, and brilliant deduction in this superb reimagining of Sherlock Holmes.
It’s...
Wolverine: The Long Night
| Author | Benjamin Percy |
| ISBN | 1302916890 |
Following a string of mysterious deaths in Burns, Alaska, Special Agents Sally Pierce and Tad Marshall arrive to investigate. They soon find there's more going on than meets the eye... Marvel's hit scripted podcast "Wolverine: The Long Night," comes to life on the page! Chilling twists and turns,...
Batman, Volume 5: Zero Year: Dark City
| Author | Scott Snyder |
| ISBN | 1401248853 |
The Riddler never has been better!
This collected edition features #25-27, 29-33 from the comic book “Batman”.
Creative Team:
Writers: Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV
Illustrators: Greg Capullo & Andy Clarke
WHAT HAPPENED...
| Author | Cormac McCarthy |
| ISBN | 0679736328 |
This compelling novel has as its protagonist Cornelius Suttree, living alone and in exile in a disintegrating houseboat on the wrong side of the Tennessee River close by Knoxville. He stays at the edge of an outcast community inhabited by eccentrics, criminals and the poverty-stricken. Rising above...
| Author | Robert B. Parker |
| ISBN | 0440122147 |
"[Robert B.] Parker's brilliance is in his simple dialogue, and in Spenser."--The Philadelphia Inquirer
A bitter divorce is only the beginning. First the father hires thugs to kidnap his son. Then the mother hires Spenser to get the boy back. But as soon as Spenser senses the lay of the land,...
| Author | Anne Perry |
| ISBN | 0345484231 |
Through Anne Perry’s magnificent Victorian novels, millions of readers have enjoyed the pleasures and intrigue of a bygone age. Now, with the debut of an extraordinary new series, this New York Times bestselling author sweeps us into the golden summer of 1914, a time of brief enchantment when English...
The Long and Faraway Gone
| Author | Lou Berney |
| ISBN | 0062292439 |
With the compelling narrative tension and psychological complexity of the works of Laura Lippman, Dennis Lehane, Kate Atkinson, and Michael Connelly, Edgar Award-nominee Lou Berney’s The Long and Faraway Gone is a smart, fiercely compassionate crime story that explores the mysteries of memory...
B.P.R.D., Vol. 10: The Warning
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| ISBN | 1595823042 |
This is the beginning of the trilogy that ends the Plague of Frogs storyline (Well, it morphs into Hell on Earth). Things get real, real quick as it's revealed how much trouble mankind is in. That moment with Johann driving through his home is heartbreaking. I like that Arcudi manages to thrown in some...
House of Whispers Vol. 1: The Power Divided
One of four books expanding Neil Gaiman's acclaimed Sandman Universe. Welcome to the House of Dahomey, the houseboat of Erzulie Fr�da, where the souls of Voodoo followers go when they sleep but even the fearsome Erzulie is powerless when her dream river turns sour, tossing her house from one realm...
| Author | Lawrence Block |
| ISBN | 1937387321 |
A collection of Matthew Scudder short stories with an introduction by Brian Koppelman and an afterword by Block about the stories.
Contents:
Growing up with Matt Scudder / by Brian Koppelman --
Out the window --
A candle for the bag lady --
By the dawn's early light --
Batman's...
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| ISBN | 1616556463 |
In the wake of World War II, Professor Trevor Bruttenholm - occult investigator and guardian of the young Hellboy - and a group of war-weary veterans investigate Hitler's top secret Project Vampir Sturm, exposing one of the greatest villains of the Third Reich, uncovering the secret history of vampires,...
Doctor Strange: Damnation
| Author | Donny Cates |
| ISBN | 1302913921 |
The city of sin gets its biggest sinner yet. When Doctor Strange raises Las Vegas up from its destruction during SECRET EMPIRE, he inadvertently opens a big door for the embodiment of evil, MEPHISTO! The devilish villain takes the city for himself and sets his sights on the rest of the world. It's going...
Lord James Harrington and the Spring Mystery
Meet Lord James Harrington and his delightful wife, Beth; residents of the tiny village of Cavendish, deep in the heart of West Sussex in England. They adore hosting seasonal events, running their country hotel, keeping the local folklore alive and listening to the latest murder mystery on the wireless....
Kingdom of Needle and Bone
We live in an age of wonders.
Modern medicine has conquered or contained many of the diseases that used to carry children away before their time, reducing mortality and improving health. Vaccination and treatment are widely available, not held in reserve for the chosen few. There are still...
