18 books like Sharp Teeth

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Sharp teeth Toby Barlow · 2008 · ★ 3.9 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A Los Angeles dogcatcher falls for a female werewolf desperate to keep her monstrous identity a secret in this debut literary horror thriller. An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing as the initiated convince L.A.'s down-and-out to join their pack. Paying no heed to moons, full or otherwise, they change from human to canine at will—and they're… Shares: Gangs, Los angeles, Werewolves, Crime

Dust Joan Frances Turner · 2010 · ★ 3.3 · 379p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Jessie and her gang of zombies have a wonderful life in "Hicksville", Indiana. But now new beings are in the woods; they aren't human nor are they zombies. But a new disease has come that makes the undead more alive and the living to exist on the brink of death. Shares: Gangs, Crime

How Gangs Work J. Densley · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 225p · ≈ 7h · Moderate "In the wake of the 2011 UK riots and the British government's new American-style 'war on gangs', this book is the definitive account of 'how gangs work'. Based on two years of ethnographic fieldwork with gangs and drawing on a variety of sources, How Gangs Work provides a vivid portrayal of gang life, but not as the British traditionally know it" -Back cover. Shares: Gangs, Crime

Severed John Gilmore · 1994 · 237p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The Black Dahlia murder hit post-War Los Angeles like a bombshell . . . an impenetrable mystery—the haunting crown jewel of LAPD’s “unsolved” murders. Even before her savage death, beautiful 22-year-old Elizabeth Short, an aspiring starlet and nightclub habitué, was known as the Black Dahlia—now a magnetic icon in American pop culture, an almost mythical symbol of noir Hollywood. In this expanded… Shares: Los angeles, Murder

Demon apocalypse Darren Shan · 2008 · ★ 4.5 · 200p · ≈ 6h · Moderate One boy's life ripped to shreds before his eyes... One wrathful demon master hell-bent on revenge... An army of grisly Demonata on the rampage... It's the end of the world as we know it. The sixth novel in the chilling Demonata series by Darren Shan, author of the New York Times bestselling Cirque Du Freak series, will terrify readers long after the last page. Shares: Werewolves, Horror stories

Deadlock Sean Black · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "The California State Prison at Pelican Bay holds three and a half thousand of America's most violent criminals. Three thousand, four hundred and ninety nine of them want the remaining inmate dead. Your job is to keep him alive..." ONE PRISONER Highly intelligent and brutally violent, Frank 'Reaper' Hays is a leading member of America's most powerful white supremacist prison gang. ONE… Shares: Gangs, Crime

Devour Melina Morel · 2007 · ★ 3.8 · 330p · ≈ 11h · Moderate A spellbinding debut, paranormal thriller A Werewolf... A vampire... And the woman who wants them both. The dashing Pierre du Montfort is a werewolf who's never had trouble hiding his cursed heritage. But now with his dark secret about to be unleashed, he's willing to do anything-and savage anyone-in order to stay alive... Beautiful and intrepid werewolf hunter Catherine Marais has no qualms… Shares: Werewolves, Supernatural

City of Stairs Robert Jackson Bennett · 2014 · ★ 4.3 · 452p · ≈ 15h · Moderate The city of Bulikov once wielded the powers of the gods to conquer the world, enslaving and brutalizing millions — until its divine protectors were killed. Now, Bulikov’s history has been censored and erased, its citizens subjugated. But the surreal landscape of the city itself, forever altered by the thousands of miracles its guardians once worked upon it, stands as a haunting reminder of its… Shares: Crime, Murder

Necromancing the stone Lish McBride · 2012 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. Shares: Werewolves, Supernatural

The Reversal Michael Connelly · 2010 · ★ 4.5 In this bestselling thriller, after DNA evidence frees a sadistic killer, defense attorney Mickey Haller and LAPD Detective Harry Bosch must put him behind bars before he strikes again. Inspiration for the #1 Netflix series The Lincoln Lawyer.​ Longtime defense attorney Mickey Haller is recruited to change stripes and prosecute the high-profile retrial of a brutal child murder. After… Shares: Los angeles, Murder

Ghost Shadow Heather Graham · 2010 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate "There are those who walk among us who are no longer alive, but not yet crossed over. They seek retribution, vengeance, to warn. Among the living, few intuit their presence. Katie O'Hara is one who can. As she's drawn deeper and deeper into a gruesome years-old murder, whispered warnings from a spectral friend become more and more insistent. But Katie must uncover the truth: could David Beckett… Shares: Crime, Murder

Badlands C. J. Box · 2015 · ★ 4.1 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate "Edgar Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author C.J. Box is back with a masterpiece of suspense set in a time and place that readers won't soon forget. Twenty miles across the North Dakota border, where the scenery goes from rolling grass prairie to pipeline fields, detective Cassie Dewell has been assigned as the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad-a place people used to be from, but were… Shares: Gangs, Crime

Destination James Ellroy · 1999 · ★ 3.3 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Collection of crime stories, some fiction, some nonfiction. Shares: Los angeles, Crime, Murder

Soul Taken Patricia Briggs · 2022 · ★ 4.5 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Mercy Thompson, car mechanic and shapeshifter, must face her greatest fears in this chilling entry in the No. 1 New York Times bestselling series. The vampire Wulfe is missing. Since he's deadly, possibly insane, and his current idea of 'fun' is stalking Mercy, some may see it as no great loss. But when he disappears, the Tri-Cities pack is blamed. The mistress of the vampire seethe informs… Shares: Werewolves, Supernatural

Death Walks the Woods Cyril Hare · 1954 · 212p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Also published as That Yew Tree's Shade The archdruid's yew, Yew Hill, Markshire, had provided cover in its day for a variety of activities, but never before had it been shelter for murder. Then one day, in the calm of Eastertide, murder was found; and overnight, as the police began their remorseless questioning, Yewbury was shocked out of admiring foliage. Detective Superintendent Trimble had… Shares: Crime, Murder

Sleight of Hand Phillip Margolin · 2013 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate While on the trail of a stolen relic, P.I. Dana Cutler is called back to Virginia where she must stop Charles Benedict, a criminal defense lawyer, amateur illusionist and professional hit man, from framing a millionaire for the murder of his much younger wife. Shares: Crime, Murder

Nine Dragons Michael Connelly · 2009 · ★ 4.4 · 377p · ≈ 12h · Moderate LAPD Detective Harry Bosch is off the chain in the fastest, fiercest, and highest-stakes case of his life. Fortune Liquors is a small shop in a tough South L.A. neighborhood, a store Bosch has known for years. The murder of John Li, the store's owner, hits Bosch hard, and he promises Li's family that he'll find the killer. The world Bosch steps into next is unknown territory. He brings in a… Shares: Los angeles, Crime, Murder

A Stranger in Mayfair Charles Finch · 2010 · 336p · ≈ 11h · Moderate In Charles Finch's A Stranger in Mayfair, the next enthralling installment in the Charles Lenox Mysteries, detective Lenox tries to resist the lure of a case and focus on his new career in Parliament. Returning from a continental honeymoon with his new wife, Lady Jane, Lenox is asked by a colleague in Parliament to consult in the murder of a footman, bludgeoned to death with a brick. His… Shares: Crime, Murder

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