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Author
Series
Sandman mystery theatre volume 8
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
221 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this series of noir detective tales of intrigue, bigotry and incest, millionaire Wesley Dodds takes on the costumed persona of the Sandman in 1930s New York donning a gas mask, fedora, business suit and cape to fight the forces of evil. In this eighth volume, in the early days of World War II, the Sandman finds himself drawn into international intrigue when a brash young Polish pilot petitions him to finance the resistance efforts overseas. But...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
1 volume (unnumbered pages) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's 1927--the late days of the barnstorming era, when pilots competed with each other by performing deadlier and more wondrous feats. Injured pilot Hawk E. Baron is back from the frontlines of the war. Still a young man, he's an adventurer who lives his life traveling from town to town in his plane entertaining folks--most of whom have never seen a car, let alone a plane. His world changes when he meets Tillie, a young woman who shares his passion...
7583) Ghostwriter
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
86 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Language
English
Description
This noir graphic novel, which stars a pregnant radio scriptwriter, won Spain's 2017 National Comic Award.
"Barcelona, 1943. As a scriptwriter for a popular radio advice column, Laia is embroiled in the romantic entanglements of others. Each day, letters flood in from troubled wives and girlfriends recounting their partner's abuses, and Laia tries her best to counsel them. In contrast, her own life seems perfectly ordered, with a devoted husband...
Author
Series
Elizabethan mystery volume 3
Publisher
Center Point Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
351 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The discovery of a skeleton in young Queen Elizabeth's garden casts suspicion on famed astrologer Dr. John Dee. When the doctor's pupil is the victim of a second murder, the concerned queen enlists her trusted Kate to clear prized astrologer of wrongdoing"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
455 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
The gothic old Peabody School will be the perfect place to hold a charity haunted house... until a wealthy socialite is found dead in the gloomy halls. Can the Simmons sisters narrow down the list of suspects, or will they reach a dead end?
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Magneto, the mutant master of magnetism -- one of the founders of the mutant nation of Krakoa, a former villain who has never stopped fighting for the benefit of mutantkind -- stars in the story that will shake Krakoa to its core! A horrific murder. A shocking revelation. And a trial that will divide the new mutant nation down the middle -- and possibly shatter it forever! Leah Williams and Lucs Werneck bring you an epic mystery that threatens the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Wheeler Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
493 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With two trail drives under his belt, Dewey "Mac" Mackenzie has proven to be more than a good chuckwagon cook. He's good at serving up justice, too--with a side of hot lead ... Mac Mackenzie has enough problems on his plate. He's got bounty hunters on his tail, no one on his side, and no place to hide. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse, he hears the rumbling of a cattle stampede--heading straight for his camp. Mac's got two choices: Get...
Author
Series
A treasury of Victorian murder volume 9
Publisher
NBM/ComicsLit
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
In graphic novel format, tells the story of a family of serial killers who owned a small general store and inn in Labette County, Kansas, from 1872 to 1873
Author
Series
Good Asian volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Physical Desc
volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Following Edison Harki, a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in 1936 Chinatown, THE GOOD ASIAN is Chinatown noir starring the first generation of Americans to come of age under an immigration ban--the Chinese--as they're besieged by rampant murders, abusive police, and a world that seemingly never changes"--
Author
Publisher
NBM/ComicsLit
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth entry in Geary's chronicling of famous XXth century murders tackles the extremely controversial case of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Geary delves into his most political case yet in this series, however, all his favorite elements are there: the murders are unsolved, the attention of the media is tremendous, there are multiple theories as to what really happened. What's unusual about this particular event is...
7591) Hamlet
Author
Series
Publisher
Manga Classics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
463 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Distressed by his father's death and his mother's over-hasty remarriage, Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, is faced by a spectre from beyond the grave bearing a grim message of murder and revenge."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jessica has just faced her greatest fears - her most dangerous enemy - and won! Surely everything is smooth sailing from here? Nope! Instead she finds a corpse in her office - the body of a woman who came to Jessica for help years ago with a case Jessica failed to solve. And now she's being framed for the woman's murder! As Jessica reopens her investigation in hopes of bringing Dia Sloane's killer to justice, she finds herself caught in the web of...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
467 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Following her successful appearance at an Embassy Ball--where Eliza Doolittle won Professor Henry Higgins' bet that he could pass off a Cockney flower girl as a duchess--Eliza becomes an assistant to his chief rival Emil Nepommuck. After Nepommuck publicly takes credit for transforming Eliza into a lady, an enraged Higgins submits proof to a London newspaper that Nepommuck is a fraud. When Nepommuck is found with a dagger in his back, Henry Higgins...
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