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Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas Machado de Assis "New translation of Machado's famous novel is for the most part faithful and readable. However, work has occasional odd errors and omissions, and fails to give sufficient attention to Machado's rhyth… OL1003017W
The bone magician The bone magician F. E. Higgins With his father, a fugitive, falsely accused of multiple murders and the real serial killer stalking the wretched streets of Urbs Umida, Pin Carpue, a young undertaker's assistant, investigates and s… OL11921074W
My so-called death My so-called death Stacey Jay After dying in a cheerleading accident, high school freshman Karen turns into a zombie and enrolls at a boarding school for the undead where she uncovers a murder mystery. OL11993818W
The Everafter The Everafter Amy Huntley Madison Stanton doesn't know where she is or how she got there. But she does know this-she is dead. And alone, in a vast, dark space. The only company she has is in the place are luminescent objects … OL13652421W
The body snatchers The body snatchers Daniel Cohen Examines burial customs and attitudes toward death through the ages and discusses magical, religious, economic, scientific, and political motives for body snatching and grave robbing. OL15218537W
The Lying Game The Lying Game Sara Shepard I had a life anyone would kill for. Then someone did. The worst part of being dead is that there's nothing left to live for. No more kisses. No more secrets. No more gossip. It's enough to kill… OL15550642W
Element Zero Element Zero James Knapp Technologically reanimated corpses are frontline soldiers engaged in a neverending war. Agent Nico Wachalowski uncovered a conspiracy that allowed Samuel Fawkes, the scientist who created them, to co… OL15671095W
Between Between Jessica Warman By weaving through her memories and watching the family and friends she left behind, eighteen-year-old Liz Valchar solves the mystery of how her life ended in the Long Island Sound. OL16132407W
Forget me not Forget me not Carolee Dean Told from separate viewpoints, Ally discovers that she may have tried to kill herself and Elijah, recalling his own suicide attempt, tries to give Ally a reason to live and escape from the spirits th… OL16151904W
Devine intervention Devine intervention Martha Brockenbrough To graduate from heaven's soul rehabilitation program for wayward teenagers, guardian angel Jerome must keep sixteen-year-old Heidi safe, but when he accidentally lets her down, he has only twenty-fo… OL16318149W
Necromancing the stone Necromancing the stone Lish McBride Kidnapped six weeks ago by the Blackthorn pack of werewolves and fey hounds, and under their protection, Sam LaCroix is unsure if his necromancer rival is dead. OL16415315W
Blackwatch Blackwatch Jenna Burtenshaw Will the sinister and soulless Silas Dane abandon Kate Winter, who has the ability to pierce the veil between life and death, when she is pursued by the Blackwatch squadron of spies and assassins? OL16442214W
Blood ninja III Blood ninja III Nick Lake In sixteenth-century Japan, Taro enlists his friends to help vanquish a dragon in hopes of winning a reward that would allow him to marry Hana, but he also faces surprisingly difficult obstacles as K… OL16540367W
The Graveyard Book (Graphic Novel), Volume 1 The Graveyard Book (Graphic Novel), Volume 1 Neil Gaiman Presents a graphic adaptation of the life of Nobody Owens who is raised in a graveyard by a group of ghosts and avoids leaving the graveyard for fear that he will be killed by the man who has already… OL17061398W
Hold me closer, necromancer Hold me closer, necromancer Lish McBride Sam LaCroix, a Seattle fast-food worker and college dropout, discovers that he is a necromancer, part of a world of harbingers, werewolves, satyrs, and one particular necromancer who sees Sam as a th… OL17213815W
Hereafter Hereafter Kate Brian Rory Miller thought her life was over when a notorious serial killer set his sights on her, forcing her family into witness protection. But her new home, a remote island with azure blue skies and whi… OL17216130W
Grave danger Grave danger Jonny Zucker "Max Flash, explosive escapologist and master magician, is back for his fourth death-defying mission. The Department for Extraordinary Activity tells Max that the Sorceror's Venom, an ancient Egyptia… OL17714638W
The Unbound The Unbound V. E. Schwab Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive. Last summer, Mackenzie Bi… OL17714884W
Second life Second life Paul Griner "Second Life takes us into the strange world of the second life of bodies and what happens to the physical vessel after one dies. Elena Kelly is a body broker or "corpse wrangler," one of the best in… OL17868125W
Deceptions Deceptions Kelley Armstrong "Olivia Taylor Jones's life has exploded. She's discovered she is not only adopted, but her real parents are convicted serial killers. Fleeing the media frenzy, she took refuge in the oddly secluded … OL19161800W
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