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Tag Archives: Crime

Murder by Death

August 16, 2013by The Thorn 1 Comment

Synopsis: You’ll die laughing figuring it out! The world’s greatest detectives have been invited to dinner. But when murder is on the menu, who will make it to dessert? You […]

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Thief of Thieves, vol. 1

August 14, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: Conrad Paulson lives a secret double-life as master thief Redmond. There is nothing he can’t steal, nothing he can’t have… except for the life he left behind. Now with […]

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The Cheap Detective

August 12, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Cheap Detective is a hilarious Humphrey Bogart send-up, blending the plots of Casablanca and The Maltese Falcon with the comedic vision of Neil Simon. Peter Falk is Lou […]

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Scene of the Crime

August 10, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Summary: From the co-creators of Gotham Central and FATALE comes a lost crime noir masterpiece. Long out of print, and presented here for the first time in an oversized hardback […]

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Literature

Mad Mission, part III: Our Man From Bond Street

August 4, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: The Mad Mission Gang Returns…And This Time, They’ve Got A License To Thrill! The action goes international in this third adventure, as Sam (Sam Hui), Kodyjack (Karl Maka) and […]

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X-23, vol.1

August 2, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: After the events of SECOND COMING and the stunning conclusion to X-FORCE, X-23 strikes out on her own in this all-new tale, by bestselling author Marjorie Liu and spinning […]

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Sun taam

July 31, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: 2007’s largest grossing film at the Hong Kong box office – the smash-hit Mad Detective – is one of the freshest and most satisfying films from that country in […]

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Une vraie jeune fille

July 30, 2013by The Thorn 2 Comments

Synopsis: It’s summer in the 1960s and Alice has returned home from school for her vacation. Stifled by the boredom of life in the country, she becomes infatuated with Jim, […]

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Film, Literature

The Spy Who Loved Me

July 27, 2013by The Thorn 3 Comments

Synopsis: Nobody does it better than Bond, and he proves it once more in this explosively entertaining adventure that takes him from the Egyptian pyramids to the ocean floor to […]

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Fatale, Book 1

July 25, 2013by The Thorn 4 Comments

Summary: Secrets, lies, horror, lust, and monsters from the time before time all collide in Fatale: Death Chases Me. In present day, a man meets a woman who he becomes […]

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The Last Seduction

July 24, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and a marriage to Clay, a wealthy physician (Bill Pullman). But everything isn’t enough for Bridget, who persuades […]

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Squadron Supreme: Power to the People

July 19, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Summary: They were gods walking the Earth… powerful but flawed, they dreamed of remaking the world in their image. After their apocalyptic battle with Redstone, and after their terrifying fight […]

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Little Shots of Happiness

July 16, 2013by The Thorn Leave a comment

Synopsis: An urban comedy of identity lost and found through sex. Frances, a bored 9-to-5-er, decides to leave her mentally unstable husband and begins to live out of her office, […]

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