Books like The exterminators by Simon Oliver

The Martian is a 2011 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It was his debut novel under his own name. It was originally self-published in 2011; Crown Publishing purchased the rights and re-released it in 2014. The story follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in 2035 and must improvise in order to survive.

Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicia’s refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into something far grander, a mystery that captures the public imagination and casts Alicia into notoriety. The price of her art skyrockets, and she, the silent patient, is hidden away from the tabloids and spotlight at the Grove, a secure forensic unit in North London. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who has waited a long time for the opportunity to work with Alicia. His determination to get her to talk and unravel the mystery of why she shot her husband takes him down a twisting path into his own motivations–a search for the truth that threatens to consume him.

Inspector Tyador Borlú must travel to Ul Qoma to search for answers in the murder of a woman found in the city of Besźel.

What’s the point in solving murders if we’re all going to die soon, anyway? Detective Hank Palace has faced this question ever since asteroid 2011GV1 hovered into view. There’s no chance left. No hope. Just six precious months until impact. The Last Policeman presents a fascinating portrait of a pre-apocalyptic United States. The economy spirals downward while crops rot in the fields. Churches and synagogues are packed. People all over the world are walking off the job—but not Hank Palace. He’s investigating a death by hanging in a city that sees a dozen suicides every week—except this one feels suspicious, and Palace is the only cop who cares. The first in a trilogy, The Last Policeman offers a mystery set on the brink of an apocalypse. As Palace’s investigation plays out under the shadow of 2011GV1, we’re confronted by hard questions way beyond “whodunit.” What basis does civilization rest upon? What is life worth? What would any of us do, what would we really do, if our days were numbered?

A young boy is lured into a circus-like theatre run by an evil ringmaster. A tie-in comic with the album of the same name, the villainous Showman is modeled after singer Alice Cooper.

Collects several tales of the Dream King--or Morpheus--and his siblings, including Delirium, who asks her older brother to help search the Waking World for Destruction, who is missing, which results in strained relationships between several family members.

"Reflections offers two feature-length tales of terror: "The mirror," in which a narcissistic girl's reflection begins to take ruthless command of her life; and "Demon of vengeance," where a sadistic warlord bent on seeking retribution for his selfish and reckless son's injuries find the tables of revenge turned against him" -- p. [4] of cover.

Aya joins Tôya on the quest for his real memories. On an island where Aya spent a summer as a child, they discover that they met back then, but he looks the same now as he did then. They decide to start over together in Niigata Prefecture, but Kagami is getting closer all the time to Ceres' hagoromo.

The Talisman is a 1984 fantasy novel by American writers Stephen King and Peter Straub. The Talisman was nominated for both the Locus and World Fantasy Awards in 1985. King and Straub followed up with a sequel, Black House (2001). Followed by: Black House

After the mind-bending revelations of his most recent case, Private Detective Max Mutt Mason would like nothing more than to drink away the nightmares at his local dive. But there's no rest for the wicked, and in a town like Los Allende, you can be sure nobody's going to sleep tonight. From a dirt-poor farmer with something foul in his well, to a professor's startling discovery at the local observatory, to a chorus line of reanimated corpses - Mason's weird world is about to go full-blown crazy, as he peels away another layer of the veneer we call reality in a conspiracy from beyond both time and space.

"The comics adaptation created by Mike Mignola and based on the film from Columbia Pictures (Sony) and Zoetrope Studios returns to print after a decades-long absence. Mike Mignola is one of the most popular comic book artists of the past thirty years, known for such important works as *Batman: Gotham by Gaslight*, *Cosmic Odyssey*, and, of course, *Hellboy*. Considered to be among Mignola's greatest works, *Bram Stoker's Dracula* was his last project before *Hellboy* launched and was originally released as a full-color four issue adaptation of Francis Ford Coppola's 1992 movie released by Columbia Pictures (Sony). Unavailable for nearly 25 years, and collected here in gorgeous black and white, *Bram Stoker's Dracula* is a book fans have long been clamoring for...and the wait is finally over" (Amazon.com).

A collection of stories where the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense investigates a haunted train, Nazi war criminals, spirits of drowned witches and an imprisoned sewer goddes.

Full colour, graphic novel adaptations of some of the most hauntingly entertaining Horowitz short stories! Jacob is in the car when his dad stops to pick up a stranger in the rain. Who is he? And why is he out in a storm? Soon, Jacob has all the answers.