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2) Maria M
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English
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"A brutal, original graphic novel crime noir from comics legend Gilbert Hernandez (Love and Rockets). Femme fatale Maria M.'s life south of the border is a sordid cacophony of sex, drugs, and power. She emigrates to America in search of a better life, only to find that it takes more than a change of scenery to break the cycle of violence..."--Back cover.
3) Night fever
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English
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Description
In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can't sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city, with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer as his guide. Rainer shows Jonathan the hidden world of the night, a world without rules or limits. But when the fun turns dangerous, Jonathan may find himself trapped in the dark... And the question is, what will he do to get home?
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Our story opens in Bay City in 1931 in the midst of the Great Depression. Big Sam sees himself as a righteous, truth-seeking patriot, defending the American way, as his Irish immigrant father would have wanted, against a rising tide of left-wing unionism, strikes, and disruption that plague his home town. At the same time he makes monthly, secret overnight trips on behalf of Cousin Joseph, a mysterious man on the phone he has never laid eyes on, to...
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English
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Private investigator John Blacksad puts one of his nine lives on the line in this sizzling story of hot jazz and cold-blooded murder. Writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido join creative forces once again to deliver A Silent Hell, a grim tale of 1950s noir set against the colorful backdrop of New Orleans's fabled music scene. Hired to track down a missing pianist, Blacksad quickly finds himself in the midst of voodoo, drugs, the rollicking...
6) Snow White
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Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The scene: New York City. The dazzling lights cast shadows that grow ever darker as the glitzy prosperity of the Roaring Twenties screeches to a halt. Enter a cast of familiar characters: a young girl, Samantha White, returning after being sent away by her cruel stepmother, the Queen of the Follies, years earlier; her father, the King of Wall Street, who survives the stock market crash only to suffer a strange and sudden death; seven street urchins,...
8) Area 10
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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
A killer known as Henry the Eighth leaves a trail of decapitated corpses. For NYPD detective Adam Kamen, reeling from a personal tragedy and bitter divorce, cracking the "Henry" case offers a chance to get his life back on track--until a freak accident leaves him with a bizarre brain injury. When he recovers, Adam's perceptions of time are altered. He soon becomes convinced that his condition is tied to the "Henry" killings and that the key may lie...
11) Noir burlesque
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Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
An atmospheric, violent crime caper set in 1950s New York, with everything from femme fatales to double-crosses.
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Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"The dark days of the Great Depression, ancient secrets of the Middle Ages, haunted plains of the old West, and bombed out ruins of World War Two... The third book of the hit series Fatale features four interlinked stories of horror and noir, each one a puzzle piece in the mystery of the Femme Fatale."--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Arcade Pub
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
"Betty Mayfield is blond and beautiful and has just been found guilty of murdering her husband. But when the judge realizes the jury is terrified of her father-in-law - the man who owns everything in this small North Carolina town - he overturns the verdict. Her father-in-law swears vengeance, and Betty flees. Seeking a new life, she meets Larry Mitchell, a brash but charming gigolo, on the train to Vancouver. He brings her to the Royal Vancouver...
15) Low moon
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Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Five graphic stories by Norwegian artist Jason.
17) The chill
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Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"It's summertime in New York, but a 'chill' has settled over the city-- a serial killer is on the loose, and the ritualized murders are becoming increasingly sadistic. The NYPD and the FBI have a suspect: a gorgeous young woman named Arlana. The only problem is that every witness provides a different description of her. None of this makes any sense to anyone except Martin Cleary, a beaten-down Irish cop from Boston with a whopper of a secret in his...
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Series
Hwansaeng ; 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now it's up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Dana must content with paranoia, murder, black market organ dealers, and a sister who may be losing more of her humanity with each new day."--Cover, page...
Author
Series
Fatale ; 4
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Nicholas Lash lost everything when he met Josephine, and now her trail of secrets leads him to mid-'90s Seattle, and the tragic story of a struggling grunge band, and the beautiful woman with amnesia who stumbles into their world. Is she their muse? Will she save them from 'One-Hit Wonder' status? Or is she something much worse, especially since there's a psycho killer hunting her?
Author
Publisher
FairSquare Comics
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A missing girl case bring together the most famous dynamic duo in the world for the first time! Forget what you know about Earth's finest detectives. Re-envisioning the classic characters as African Americans living in New York City's famous Harlem district, WATSON & HOLMES brings Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's heroes to the 21st Century. Watson, an Afghanistan war vet, works in an inner-city clinic; Holmes, a local P.I. who takes unusual cases. When one...
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