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Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are asked to help the King of Bohemia find a very important photograph. It won''t be easy. The King's former love, Irene Adler, has hidden the photograph. Holmes must don a clever disguise, stage a brawl, and even fake a house fire to find the mysterious image! But has Holmes underestimated Irene Adler?
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) writes and illustrates a crime and mystery story inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa's tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo Kobayashi
When the body of a skilled samurai is found along the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, the search begins for his killer. Detective Heigo Kobayashi takes the case but finds only dead-end clues and no firsthand witnesses.
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Death arrives in this darkly humorous and brilliantly illustrated tale created by Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship Almanack!
Death becomes a patient of a recently-bereaved psychoanalyst. The topic of discussion? His frolicsome child, who has no apparent interest in grim-reaping! Featuring an unfathomable number of lines which have been hand-chiseled into inked clay, this labor of love by Nicholas Gurewitch invokes the morbid...
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WHY WE LOVE IT: The creators of FAIRY QUEST, Paul Jenkins (DEATHMATCH, WOLVERINE: ORIGIN) and Humberto Ramos (SPIDERMAN: BIG TIME, WOLVERINE: CIVIL WAR) have created a compelling mystery thriller that is truly one of a kind.
WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT: The beautiful work of Humberto Ramos unfolds a story of religion, atheism, murder, and mystery, as told by Paul Jenkins. Fans of BBC's Sherlock and Luther will not want to miss this tale of corruption through...
5) Betty #182
Publisher
Archie Comics
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Betty worries that the first day of school will be the worst day of school! Then, Betty has a case of puppy love - literally - when she finds a stray dog! Finally, when Betty retrieves Archie's missing class ring, Veronica assumes he's made his final choice - and the love triangle goes on and on!
Publisher
Antarctic Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Arthur Bellfield, writer of War's Chosen (OGN) (Arcana Comics) and God Cell: Gate of the Gods (Advent Comics), shows us that some girls really DO prefer bad guys.
Chloe Anderson is a troubled woman who dates super villains and often calls upon them to help her solve cases as a crisis manager for superhuman millennials. Her life has led her to give up on love, so now she dates only men to whom she won't form an attachment. Then she meets the one:...
Publisher
Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Meet Leo Sully-Darmon, a hot-shot photogenic criminal defense attorney who takes on cases nobody else will touch. Leo loves a good cause just as much as he loves a good photo-op, and he happens to excel at both. But when he agrees to represent a woman accused of crimes against humanity during her former life as an officer in an Iraqi detention camp, he may have bitten off more than he can chew, as antagonistic forces conspire to cast doubt on his...
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
After meeting Tan while investigating the murder of Janejira, Bun still can't believe the declaration of love from his former prime suspect. Though the twos feelings are finally blooming, a rift remains between them, and solving the case may be the only thing that can allow them to open their hearts to each other?
Publisher
Antarctic Press
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Something strange haunts the neighborhoods of 19th-century London. Weird creatures are wreaking havoc, and it doesn't look good. Who will people call? The police, of course, but also on the case are...the Steambusters! Celebrated creator Joe Wight delivers the thrilling adventures of a tantalizing and tenacious trio of London lovelies determined to best the worst that the supernatural has to offer!
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows the only thing more painful than relationships is not having them--or is it the other way around? Whatever, says author and cartoonist Nick Galifianakis. In his first book, If You Loved Me, You'd Think This Was Cute: Uncomfortably True Cartoons About You, he makes the case that either way, the only recourse is to embrace our frailties and laugh.
Taken from Carolyn Hax's nationally syndicated advice column, this compilation spins the...
11) Ruby Falls
Publisher
Dark Horse
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Kill Time Till Time Kills You. A neo-noir tale of love, memory and murder from legendary writer Ann Nocenti (The Seeds, Daredevil) and rising Italian artist Flavia Biondi (La Generazione) making her American comics debut.
Ruby Falls is a sleepy town. But sleep brings nightmares, and 20-something Lana is about to wake up in the middle of her hometown's biggest secret: the "disappearance" of Betty Gallagher, who was infamous for her progressive ways...
12) Fiction Squad #1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WHY WE LOVE IT: After publishing the first two volumes of FAIRY QUEST, we kinda have a thing for Fablewood, where all fairy tales and bedtime stories live side-by-side. So when Paul Jenkins came up with a mystery and fantasy mash-up adventure set there and enlisted his CIVIL WAR: FRONT LINE artist Ramon Bachs, we hopped aboard faster than Alice went down the rabbit hole.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: In FICTION SQUAD, every nursery rhyme is a crime scene in...
13) Passing Line
Publisher
Digital Manga
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Kazu first thought that his unconventional, flashy-looking cram school teacher, Kimura, was like someone from another world one he would never fit into. The first impression Kazu gets is of someone who would look down on a poor student like himself, but Kimura's unexpected kindness to Kazu changes his mind. Unable to focus on his studies, Kazu confesses his affection before his exam. Because Kazu is both male and his student, Kimura hesitates. Later,...
14) The Empty Man #1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
WHY WE LOVE IT: There's nothing scarier than horror that hits home-a tale of terror only one or two steps removed from our reality. THE EMPTY MAN is a dystopic version of the world we know, where a terrifying disease has taken on almost deific connotations.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT: Cullen Bunn (THE SIXTH GUN, VENOM) and Vanesa R. Del Rey (HIT) are two of the most exciting talents in the industry, and perfectly in sync on this haunting new crime procedural.
WHAT...
Publisher
Valiant Entertainment
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
How do you solve the case of your own death?
Paranormal expert Doctor Shan Fong Mirage was born with the ability to see and speak to the deadan ability that has mysteriously stopped working. Have her powers failed or is something far more sinister at work? Will she figure out her fate and the fate of the one she loves the most? Valiants gripping supernatural mystery starts here!
Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Witness the most controversial and famous true crime cases that shook the 20th century! These 240 pages retell the love affair that ended the life of prominent architect Stanford White, the New Orleans' Axe-Man and his gruesome killing spree, and the abduction (and resulting media circus) of aviator Charles Lindbergh's sonall collected in a handsome quarter-bound omnibus.
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A Digital-Only release!
Family counselors describe the parent/teen relationship thusly: Wisdom vs. youth. Tough love. Generation gap. In Luann's case the descriptions go: Toasting a marshmallow over a volcano. Riding a crazed moose. Throwing a fire bomb into an oil well. Whether you're a parent or a teen, Picky Parents, Touchy Teens is a useful guide to what not to do.
18) The Returning #1
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Language
English
Description
WHY WE LOVE IT: BOOM! We can't get enough innovative mashups of some of our favorite genres: Fantasy, Horror, and Mystery. Plus, we're fascinated with the science of NDE's!
WHY YOU WILL LOVE IT: Awardwinning novelist Jason Starr (Wolverine Max, The Chill) and artist Andrea Mutti (Noir, The Executor) deliver a gripping but deeply human drama set in an uncertain world.
WHAT'S IT ABOUT: It's 2022, and some people who have had NearDeath
Experiences...
Publisher
Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
As ever with Sisco, its a case of out of the frying pan, into the fire." Having escaped (literally) from charges of conspiring with the Indian Secret Service, he finds himself being used as a scapegoat by another countrys agents. But who is it this time? The trail leads to his opposite number in the Internal Security Serviceand theres no love lost between them. Theres little doubt Sisco will save the day once more, but will his unorthodox methods...
Publisher
Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
The Bob's Burgers comic book delivers the second serving of its one-story issues when Louise's Unsolved Mysteries and Curious Curiosities Presents... Giant Chinchilla Girl! Louise invents a machine capable of teleportation - but when she decides to give it a spin herself, the outcome is a little fuzzy. Or in her case, furry. Everyone loves Bob's Burgers, the fan-favorite animated sitcom that airs on Fox television with other hits such as The Simpsons...