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Synopsis
Martin Keane is a literary writer whose second novel just received scathing reviews. He has a police officer father he can barely stand - a man who couldn't be more different from. But he decides to combine the two together for his next book, a historical cop thriller which he hopes will give him the chance to work through his family issues and cope with his past. Then, suddenly, Martin's wife disappears without a trace. And even as people start suspecting Martin himself might be responsible, he knows there's much more to it than that. He's sure there are clues to her abduction that he's overlooking, ones which can perhaps even
be found in the novel he's obsessively writing. As he and his father investigate his wife's disappearance, he'll find the truth is much more shocking than he thought - in a twist ending no one would ever dare guess.
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Peter Milligan has written a dazzling variety of comics, including Shade, The Changing Man, Enigma and The Extremist. He is the current writer of Marvel's X-Force. He lives in the UK.
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Grade 9 Up Following the fledgling success of his first book, Martin Keane is now suffering from writer's block. His wife, Erin, encourages him to explore his family's rich Irish heritage for a source of inspiration. This puts him back in contact with his estranged father, a policeman, further complicating their relationship. He eventually decides to take a four-month sabbatical to Ireland in order to research his new book. When he gets back, all appears well until Erin disappears. Where did she go? Is she alive? As Martin races to find the truth, he uncovers family secrets long buried in a place called the Bronx Kill. This title attempts to integrate a few pages of prose interspersed within a mostly graphic-novel format unfortunately, it doesn't work. The art has an almost dirty quality to it, appearing to be made up of mostly incomplete sketches. The characters, especially Martin, often have exaggerated facial expressions that make the horror of the story seem almost cartoonish in nature. The prose, which serves as a story-within-a-story, ultimately makes the tale more confusing since the graphic-novel portion already contains haphazard flashbacks of Martin's ancestors. The book's unfinished and scattered elements ultimately make it hard for readers to enjoy. Ryan Donovan, New York Public Library
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- PublisherVertigo
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1401211550
- ISBN 13 9781401211554
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages184
- IllustratorRomberger James
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