Comic Crime

Eleven vigilante justice thrillers. One terminal diagnosis. One man’s final list. Chris Seely is not a cop. He’s not a lawyer. He’s not a hero. He’s a man who has just been handed the kind of diagnosis that changes everything. When the shock wears off, Chris does not make the usual kind of bucket list. No dream vacation. No peaceful farewell tour. No sentimental final act. He makes a list of names. Predators. Liars. Users. Lowlifes. Criminals. People who hurt others and somehow slipped through the cracks. At first, the list is just a private fantasy. A way to blow off steam. A dark ...

A narrative history of the popular television show Batman: The Animated Series, including exclusive interviews and never-before-shared stories from the making of the series. At a time when televised cartoons―especially within the superhero genre―were often over-looked, Batman: The Animated...

She could forgive the affair. She could forgive the hidden millions. But one-star reviews were personal. Jennifer Flanders is a prolific self-published mystery author and an amateur detective of extraordinary confidence. She has exposed a murder at a Napa vineyard, investigated a suspicious death on a weight-loss cruise, and hunted a vegetarian stalker through an Aspen ski resort. The police may dispute every conclusion, but Jennifer knows what she knows. Her greatest enemy is Magnolia, the anonymous reviewer methodically awarding one star to everything Jennifer publishes. Then Jennifer ...

Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author—and actual Florida Man—Dave Barry returns with a “hilariously funny” (Steve Martin) caper full of oddballs and more twists and turns than a snake slithering away from a gator. Jesse Braddock is trapped in a tiny cabin deep in...

Adapting what may be the most popular of graphic novels, by the edgy Hard Case Crime author, adding layers and exploring the nature of morality. Faced with overwhelming poverty and a pregnant wife, a tragic, struggling comedian is forced to turn to crime. In his first heist, he is immersed in...

From the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit MrBallen Podcast and YouTube channel, a vividly illustrated graphic novel, adapted for audio, featuring nine spine-chilling stories—based on real events—of the horror that lurks within the unknown In MrBallen Presents: Where...

“Christopher Moore is a very sick man, in the very best sense of that word.” —Carl Hiassen “[Moore’s novels] deftly blend surreal, occult, and even science-fiction doings with laugh-out-loud satire of contemporary culture.” —Washington Post “If there’s a funnier writer out...

*Now an award-winning Apple TV+ series starring Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Jack Lowden* 'The most exciting development in spy fiction since the Cold War' The Times 'To have been lucky enough to play Smiley in one's career; and now go and play Jackson Lamb in Mick Herron's novels - the...

A riveting work of historical detection revealing that the origin of one of the world’s most iconic superheroes hides within it a fascinating family story—and a crucial history of twentieth-century feminism Wonder Woman, created in 1941, is the most popular female superhero of all time...

Brought to you by Penguin. STOP PRESS! The Stranger Times wins the 2023 British Fantasy Award for Best Audio Work! Some comebacks can be murder . . . Stella is enjoying life as an almost student, or at least she is until a man falls from the sky right in front of her, leaving a big old hole in...

“You know Slow Horses—now meet the Sheepdogs.” —The Sunday Times (London) Two Misfits. One Mission. Zero Back-Up. When a high-stakes heist goes wrong, an ex-CIA operative and a special operations pilot find themselves in the middle of a game of espionage and survival as they navigate...

A brilliant debut novel—part propulsive thriller, part pitch-perfect comic romp—that explores surprising tensions at the heart of the immigrant experience, inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt. When the Andric family goes on a weekend away, 19-year-old Maja’s rich boyfriend...

Now reimagined in audio, the world of KINGDOM COME, originally published to critical acclaim by DC Comics in 1996 as a four-issue comic book series, comes alive in a dynamic production featuring a full cast, sound effects, and music. In the near-future world of KINGDOM COME, superheroes are...

From the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit MrBallen Podcast and YouTube channel comes a spine-chilling novel featuring nine gripping stories based on real events—including four all-new, never-before-shared tales—of the terrors that hide inside us all Have you ever...

Confectionery Crimes & Magical Mishaps The Magical Mayhem Files In a world where magical cookies can rewrite reality, enchanted tea kettles offer unsolicited life advice, and glitter is a perfectly legitimate weapon, Elara’s life was supposed to quieten down. Instead, she’s inherited a semi-sentient manor, a flock of misfit companions, and a recipe that might just end the world. Again. When a suspiciously sticky conspiracy begins to rise, one involving dessert cabals, dangerously opinionated soufflés, and a villain who believes perfection can be baked into existence, Elara and her ...

A delightfully twisty and darkly comic crime thriller, for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and How to Kill Your Family 💀 'A fast-paced, tension-building mystery with a shattering finale. Tam Barnett is a name to watch.' Daily Mail I'm obsessed with true crime. All the podcasts, the...

THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER MYSTERY AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT 'What's better than a good crime novel? I'll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig' MIRANDA HART 'We all need more laughs like this' AISLING BEA Detective Roger LeCarre. Scourge of crime. Guardian of...

A New York Times bestseller From Graham Norton—the BAFTA Award–winning and hugely popular BBC America television host—comes a charming debut novel set in an idyllic Irish village where a bumbling investigator has to sort through decades of gossip and secrets to solve a mysterious crime...

While visiting the scenic country of Malta, Jonathon Payne and David Jones bump into an old friend, who has come to the islands to search for a long-lost treasure of the Knights Hospitallers, an organization that dates back to the First Crusade in 1099 AD. When Ivan Volkov - the ruthless leader of a Russian crime syndicate - is betrayed, he is willing to do anything to get retribution. Protected by a team of hackers and henchmen, he travels to the Mediterranean, where he leaves a trail of bodies in his wake.

THE ABSURD CRIME FICTION PARODY BY FICTIONAL AUTHOR 'MARTIN FISHBACK' - AS SEEN ON BBC TWO 'What's better than a good crime novel? I'll tell you - a spoof crime novel, by the absurdly funny and clever Fergus Craig' MIRANDA HART 'We all need more laughs like this' AISLING BEA Exeter: a city in...