Publication

2007 - Berkley Prime Crime, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

65,250 words, Guess

Page Count

261 pages

Identifiers

and 3 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2006038923
  • Goodreads22070
  • LibraryThing2720619

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3553.O4753 K53 2007

Description

A cutting-edge mystery novel that combines the illustrations of Batman artist Terry Beatty with a New York Times bestelling author.Manhattan, 1948. America's most famous exstriptease artist, glamorous Maggie Starr, now runs her late husband's newspaper syndicate, distributing the Wonder Guy comic strip. Wonder Guy, soaring superhero, represents all that is good about postwar America. But when the cartoon character's publisher winds up dead, Maggie finds herself working with her stepson Jack Starr (also her V.P. and chief troubleshooter) to find a killer among cartoonists, wives, mistresses and minions of a different sort of "syndicate"-suspects with motives that are anything but superheroic.

Description

The action takes place in 1948 Manhattan, where Donny Harrison, publisher of Americana Comics, gets impaled on a huge cake knife at his 50th birthday party, and Jack Starr, troubleshooter for a newspaper syndicate, investigates the many who wished Harrison dead.

Subjects

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • A killing in comicsBerkley Prime Crime2007-01-01

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