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1) Sloth sleuth
Author
Series
Sloth sleuth volume 1
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
On an island crawling with crime, everyone's a suspect. Luckily, its resident sloth can solve crimes in her sleep (and often does!). Meet Paz, the world's first sloth sleuth. She may be slow . . . but she's always one step ahead of the bad guys
Author
Series
Bad machinery volume 2
Publisher
Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Genius Cat Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
First an "O" balloon goes missing, then a fistful of cake. When things start mysteriously disappearing at Toby's superhero birthday party, P.I. Butterfly flies into action. But with a party full of suspects, and a possible best friend betrayal, even her special butterfly wings might not help solve this case. Will P.I. Butterfly identify the Birthday Bandit before it's too late?
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Having been kicked out of the orphanage, a despairing young man by the name of Atsushi Nakajima rescues a strange man from a suicide attempt-- Osamu Dazai. Turns out that Dazai is part of an armed-detective agency staffed by individuals whose supernatural powers take on a literary bent!
Author
Series
Usotoki rhetoric volume 1
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
"It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Urabe Kanoko has left her hometown after it turns against her for having the ability to hear lies when spoken. She collapses from hunger after arriving in a town called Tsukumoya, where she meets a poverty-stricken detective named Iwai Soma. Is this fate? Or something more?"--Publisher
Author
Series
Usotoki rhetoric volume 5
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Kanoko, a girl who can hear lies, and impoverished but cunning detective Soma Iwai venture back to Kanoko's hometown. Kanoko, who was chased out of her town for her ability, now comes face-to-face with her mother."--Back cover
Author
Series
Hellboy series volume 6
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Hellboy keeps an appointment with a 200-years-dead African witch doctor, who gives him a bell and sees him off into the ocean to encounter the Bog Roosh. After lotsa underwater spookery, Hellboy washes up on an island to face the revenant, who claims to know the prehistory of God, which entails a crew of malevolent great spirits
Author
Series
P.I. Butterfly volume 1
Publisher
Genius Cat Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
It's Saturday, the best morning of the week when a scream interrupts the perfect day for learning about butterflies. Mili the guppy is missing! But have no fear, P.I. Butterfly is on the case. She'll stop at nothing to solve the mystery. P.I. Butterfly preserves the scene, records every clue, and interviews suspicious suspects, but she ends up on a trail to nowhere fast. As she drowns her sorrows in a glass of milk, a fishy finding leads to a new...
Author
Series
Usotoki rhetoric volume 4
Publisher
One Peace Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"It is 1926, the first year of the Showa era. Kanoko, a girl who can hear lies, and impoverished but cunning detective Soma Iwai now face a murder on a solitary island. Meanwhile, Chiyo Fujishima, a big fan of detectives, has her own case to solve. This volume also includes a special short with a retro-modern back-alley tale of mystery!"--Back cover
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"With only minutes to stop Moby-Dick from crashing down on Yokohama, Atsushi encounters his nemesis, Akutagawa! However the face-off turns into a three-man battle when Fitzgerald enters the fray. Can Atsushi and Akutagawa counter the Guild leader's extravagant ability in time to stop the white whale's descent ...?!"--Page 4 of cover
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Holmes and Watson come face to face with a formidable foe...Several hostages are caught in a deadly game... Sherlock and John race against time to solve a series of bizarre cases, free the victims, and uncover the culprit...This manga adapts 'The Great Game', the third episode of the smash-hit Hartswood Films TV show starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Holmes and Martin Freeman as Watson. Collects Sherlock: The Great Game #1-6. Copyright Hartswood Films...
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Holmes and Watson tackle brain-teasing crimes in modern-day London in this stunning Manga, presented in its original right-to-left reading order, and in the full chapters as originally serialized! Meet Holmes and Watson for the first time ... all over again!"--Amazon.com
15) InvestiGATORS
Author
Series
InvestiGators volume 1
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks--or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When the Agency and the Port Mafia receive a visit from an old mutual friend, they learn where Dostoyevsky's clandestine base is hidden. Two sworn enemies--Atsushi and Akutagawa--must now bite the bullet and infiltrate the site together under Dazai's orders, but will this forced teamwork give birth to an invincible duo... or will it stir hatred once more?"--Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The Armed Detective Agency's genius sleuth Ranpo hits a wall after a skill user with the frightening ability to eliminate criminal evidence sets the stage for the most mind-boggling murder case yet. What's more, as the Agency members continue to solve the riddle that is Dostoyevsky, they discover the evil conjurer is just the tip of the iceberg ..."--Provided by publisher
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2020]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Geronimo and his friend Hercule Poirat venture into the sewers to find the origin of the horrible stink that is driving all the mice away from New Mouse City--and learn an important lesson about recycling."--Provided by publisher
Author
Series
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The Armed Detective Agency receives an anonymous request--and it's asking for Kyouka's help by name. But during her investigation with Atsushi, ex-Guild member Montgomery keeps mysteriously getting in their way! And as another old foe defies death while seeking a triumphant return, a newer enemy--the sinister Dostoyevsky--bares his fangs against both the Armed Detective Agency and the Port Mafia. Threatening to slowly but surely swallow the dark...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
"All she ever wanted was to be a super hero. But life had other plans for Jessica Jones. Now, the adventures of the would-be Avenger turned bitter superpowered private eye continue with two new cases. In "Rebecca, Come Home," Jessica travels to upstate New York to investigate the disappearance of a teenage girl rumored to be a mutant in a prejudiced small town - but a murder mystery and a drunken, ill-advised fling might complicate matters somewhat....
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