<div>From the New York Times&ndash;bestselling author: &ldquo;Outrageous characters, uproariously funny plot twists, and brutal, nonstop action . . . a sure-fire winner.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly (starred review) Daniel McEvoy has a problem. Well, really, he has several, but for this Irish ex-pat bouncer at a seedy, small-time casino, the fact that his girlfriend was just murdered in the parking lot is uppermost in his mind. That is until lots of people around him start dying, and not of natural causes. Suddenly Daniel&rsquo;s got half the New Jersey mob, dirty cops, and his man-crazy upstairs neighbor after him and he still doesn&rsquo;t know what&#39;s going on . . . &ldquo;A brilliant madcap mystery.&rdquo; &mdash;Ridley Pearson &ldquo;Plugged is that rare book that mixes terrific suspense with laugh-out-loud humor.&rdquo; &mdash;Associated Press &ldquo;Compared with that criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, Dan McEvoy is a bungling idiot. But that&rsquo;s essentially the appeal of Eoin Colfer&rsquo;s first adult protagonist . . . Lots of bloody fun.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times Book Review &ldquo;Perfect noir . . . terrific.&rdquo; &mdash;Harlan Coben </div>

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<div>The New York Times–bestselling author’s “comic thriller sends a hard-luck New Jersey club owner tumbling through a mad, mad world of assorted nuts” (Kirkus Reviews). As a down-on-his-luck Irish bouncer at a seedy New Jersey bar, Daniel McEvoy succeeded in solving a bizarre string of murders—including that of the girl he loved—with the help of a motley crew of unlikely characters. But that wasn’t the end of his troubles. Now, after being politely asked at gunpoint to deliver a package for a local gangster who blames McEvoy for his mother’s death, he’s dodging traps and eluding corrupt cops while also trying to locate a missing aunt with a serious drinking problem. If he doesn’t develop one himself first . . . “McEvoy’s nicely evoked mix of Irish fatalism, resigned violence, and hilarity would make any story a winner; the cast of witty, quirky supporting characters and the pleasingly twisted story line are a bonus. Recommended for readers who enjoy the gritty crime and humor of Elmore Leonard and Michael Van Rooy.” —Booklist “Compared with that criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, Dan McEvoy is a bungling idiot. But that’s essentially the appeal of Eoin Colfer’s first adult protagonist.” —The New York Times Book Review “Entertaining . . . His terse, muscular prose makes even a car chase seem like a new idea.” —Kirkus Reviews</div>

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<div>&#8220;True Detective meets Swamp Thing in the Artemis Fowl author&#8217;s neo-noirish thriller about a curmudgeonly dragon in Louisiana.&#8221; &#8212;GuardianFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series comes a hilarious and high-octane adult novel about a vodka-drinking, Flashdance-loving dragon who lives an isolated life in the bayous of Louisiana&#8212;and the raucous adventures that ensue when he crosses paths with a fifteen-year-old troublemaker on the run from a crooked sheriff. In the days of yore, he flew the skies and scorched angry mobs&#8212;now he hides from swamp tour boats and rises only with the greatest reluctance from his Laz-Z-Boy recliner. Laying low in the bayou, this once-magnificent fire breather has been reduced to lighting Marlboros with nose sparks, swilling Absolut in a Flashdance T-shirt, and binging Netflix in a fishing shack. For centuries, he struck fear in hearts far and wide as Wyvern, Lord Highfire of the Highfire Eyrie&#8212;now he goes by Vern. However...he has survived, unlike the rest. He is the last of his kind, the last dragon. Still, no amount of vodka can drown the loneliness in his molten core. Vern&#8217;s glory days are long gone. Or are they?A canny Cajun swamp rat, young Everett &#8220;Squib&#8221; Moreau does what he can to survive, trying not to break the heart of his saintly single mother. He&#8217;s finally decided to work for a shady smuggler&#8212;but on his first night, he witnesses his boss murdered by a crooked constable. Regence Hooke is not just a dirty cop, he&#8217;s a despicable human being&#8212;who happens to want Squib&#8217;s momma in the worst way. When Hooke goes after his hidden witness with a grenade launcher, Squib finds himself airlifted from certain death by&#8230;a dragon?The swamp can make strange bedfellows, and rather than be fried alive so the dragon can keep his secret, Squib strikes a deal with the scaly apex predator. He can act as his go-between (aka familiar)&#8212;fetch his vodka, keep him company, etc.&#8212;in exchange for protection from Hooke. Soon the three of them are careening headlong toward a combustible confrontation. There&#8217;s about to be a fiery reckoning, in which either dragons finally go extinct&#8212;or Vern&#8217;s glory days are back.A triumphant return to the genre-bending fantasy that Eoin Colfer is so well known for, Highfire is an effortlessly clever and relentlessly funny tour-de-force of comedy and action.</div>

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