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Dark Spaces Casebook
Dark Spaces Casebook
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Dark Spaces Casebook collects Wildfire and Dungeon by Scott Snyder and Hayden Sherman, Good Deeds by Che Grayson and Kelsey Ramsay, and The Hollywood Special by Jeremy Lambert and Claire Roe.
In Wildfire, a crew of women from an inmate firefighting program are risking everything on the frontlines when their newest recruit—a white-collar convict with a deep network of shady dealers—discovers they’re mere miles from her crooked former associate’s abandoned mansion. When she proposes a plan to abandon their duties and hunt for riches under cover of smoke and ash, the team must decide if they’re ready to jeopardize their one sure path back to normalcy for a shot at a score that would truly change their lives…but is this a flicker of fortune, or a deadly trap?
In Good Deeds, teenager Cheyenne Rite and her mother, Rebecca, move to St. Augustine, Florida. There, they cross paths with Jean McKnight, a disgraced big-city journalist determined to pay her dues and rebuild her career, starting with a fluff piece on the town’s upcoming 450th anniversary celebration. When the quaint community’s festivities give way to bloodshed and Cheyenne is the sole witness, Jean begins an investigation and the women find themselves at the heart of a supernatural conspiracy linked to St. Augustine’s colonial past. Together, they vow to expose the town’s historical sins, but the deeper Jean digs, the less clear everything becomes. Who is Cheyenne Rite, and when does a quest for truth become a thirst for vengeance?
In The Hollywood Special, it’s 1942 and a train is touring the U.S. supporting the war effort. On board is fading star Vivian Drake. When the Special pulls into the coal-mining town of Minersville, Pennsylvania, amid the collapse of a mine, Vivian finds herself facing every failure and bad memory she’s bottled up in the form of what the miners found in the dark—the thing they call the Mismatch Man, who feeds on pain and regret. And Vivian’s got both in spades.
In Dungeon, Tyler Letts moved his family from the rustle and bustle of the Big Apple to upstate New York. However, his dream of a quiet rural life is interrupted when he discovers a dungeon underneath their land, filled with torture devices, weapons, and a threatening message on the wall that reads “Tell anyone and you and yours are next.” FBI agent Bohdi Madoc is called in to investigate. Decades ago, he was trapped in one of these dungeons. Now, he’ll have to drudge up his past and work alongside Tyler to find out who the dungeon master is.
Perfect for fans of thrillers, horror, and crime, these four graphic novels will take you into the dark spaces of the unknown!
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