Best Detective Graphic Novels - April 2024

Eight Million Ways to Die (Graphic Novel)

In crime-ravaged 1980s New York, a troubled ex-cop turned unlicensed detective takes on his most dangerous case, hunting down a serial killer-hitman, and ultimately coming face-to-face with his deadliest enemy, himself, in this graphic novel adaptation of the book by Lawrence Block.Matthew Scudder is dying, one bottle at a time. A young prostitute named Kim Dakkinen is dying too, her life measured out in tricks. She wanted out, had asked for Scudder's help, but suddenly she wasn't dying anymore, she was just dead. The former cop turned P.I. promised to protect her, but he failed. Now his atone... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1613778848
• ASIN: 1613778848
• ISBN: 1613778848
• Manufacturer: IDW Publishing

Rebekah - Girl Detective Books 1-8: Fun Short Story Mysteries for Children Ages 9-12 (The Mysterious Garden, Alien Invasion, Magellan Goes Missing, Ghost Hunting,Grown-Ups Out To Get Us?! + 3 more!)

Rebekah Daniels is just your ordinary spunky 9 year old girl living in the small town of Curtis Bay...EXCEPT she is determined NOT to be ordinary at all! Her small town is filled with mysteries and Rebekah is sure that she, along with her best friend Mouse, will be able to solve every last one of them. This book is a compilation of books 1-8 of "Rebekah - Girl Detective", short story mysteries for children ages 9-12. Each short story is around 20-24 pages long. It includes the following books: *Mysterious Garden *Alien Invasion *Magellan Goes Missing *Ghost Hunting *Grown-Ups Out To Get Us?! *... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0615877591
• ASIN: 0615877591
• ISBN: 0615877591
• Manufacturer: Magic Umbrella Publishing

Meanwhile: Pick Any Path. 3,856 Story Possibilities. (Top Ten Great Graphic Novels for Teens)

Follow the tabs to create your own story in this groundbreaking, bestselling graphic novel, now with a revised 10th anniversary cover!   Celebrate 10 years of this completely original graphic novel take on a “choose your own adventure.” A boy stumbles upon the lab of a mad scientist who asks him to choose between testing a mind-reading device, a time machine, and a doomsday machine. Using an ingenious system of tubes and tabs, readers can decide what to explore in this completely engrossing experiment in storytelling. Sometimes the page reads right to left, sometimes up and down, and some... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0810984237
• ASIN: 0810984237
• ISBN: 9780810984233
• Brand: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrams

The Mansion Mystery: A Detective Story About ... (whoops - almost gave it away! Let's just say it's a children's mystery for preteen boys and girls, ages 9-12) (The Sen Kids)

Nick and Neel are playing cricket on the terrace of their ancestral home when they stumble across an old riddle written by someone identified only as Mrs -. Who is this mysterious lady? Where does the riddle lead? And is Neel simply the most annoying little brother ever? It will take all of Nick's ingenuity, Neel's quick-wittedness and maybe a teeny-tiny bit of help from rather unexpected quarters to crack this code! *** Customer Reviews *** "... it feels like the first book of a great detective book series in the making" "I like all the modern references with super good clues and twists. On t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 198315945X
• ASIN: 198315945X
• ISBN: 198315945X
• Manufacturer: Independently published

Poe: Stories and Poems: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Gareth Hinds

In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format.It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad?In “The Cask of Amontillado,” a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In “The Masque of the Red Death,” a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can’t see his tormentors in �... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0763695092
• ASIN: 0763695092
• ISBN: 0763695092
• Manufacturer: Candlewick

Legend of the Star Runner: A Timmi Tobbson Adventure (Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteries for Kids 8-12)

Ages 8-12 | Chapter Book | Short Attention Spans | Video Preview Below"With the exuberance of a caper, determined protagonists, and a message steeped in family legacy, this is a splendid homage to adventure." - FOREWORD MAGAZINE - 5 out of 5 Unravel 'solve-them-yourself picture mysteries' and uncover the Legend of the Star Runner! Following the clues concealed within a centuries-old family legacy, Timmi Tobbson and his friends hope to save a dear friend. But only twenty-four hours remain to unravel the legend of a long-lost pirate ship, buried somewhere deep beneath the city streets. Unbeknown... [Read More]

• ASIN: 3963267771
• ASIN: 3963267771
• ISBN: 3963267771
• Brand: freshabooks
• Manufacturer: freshabooks

Batman (2011-2016) Vol. 1: The Court of Owls (Batman Graphic Novel)

• ASIN: B008J2GAKU
• ASIN: B008J2GAKU
• ISBN: 1401235417
• Manufacturer: DC

Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: The Victim Syndicate (Rebirth)

A part of DC Universe: Rebirth!Innocent victims maimed or broken by Batman's greatest enemies band together, and they blame Batman and his fellow vigilantes for what happened to them just as much as they blame the psychopaths who hurt them. Batman and his newly trained team of allies must take on these troubled souls, but one of Batman's teammates can't help but think they might have a point...From writer James Tynion (BATMAN/TMNT) and artist Alvaro Martinez (BATMAN ETERNAL) comes the second volume of the return of DETECTIVE COMICS! Collects DETECTIVE COMICS #943-949.Rebirth honors the richest... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401268919
• ASIN: 1401268919
• ISBN: 1401268919
• Brand: DC COMICS
• Manufacturer: DC Comics

Girl's Best Friend (A Maggie Brooklyn Mystery)

Nancy Drew fans will fall for the first title in Leslie Margolis's pitch-perfect middle-grade series, The Maggie Brooklyn Mysteries. Dogs are disappearing in her neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (ok, amateur) dog-walker. Maggie hates to see a pup in trouble, so she's even willing to help her ex-best friend Ivy recover her rescue-dog, Kermit. Kermit's being held for ransom, and Maggie has noticed some suspicious behavior lately. But she never suspected her crush Milo could be involved . . .Don't mi... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1599906902
• ASIN: 1599906902
• ISBN: 1599906902
• Brand: Bloomsbury U S A Children s Books
• Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA Childrens

The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Winner of the 2017 Newbery Medal)

Winner of the 2017 Newbery Award The New York Times Bestseller An Entertainment Weekly Best Middle Grade Book of 2016 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2016 An Amazon Top 20 Best Book of 2016 A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2016 Named to KirkusReviews’ Best Books of 2016 2017 Booklist Youth Editors’ Choice Every year, the people of the Protectorate leave a baby as an offering to the witch who lives in the forest. They hope this sacrifice will keep her from terrorizing their town. But the witch in t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1616207469
• ASIN: 1616207469
• ISBN: 1616207469
• Brand: Algonquin Young Readers
• Manufacturer: Algonquin Young Readers

The One and Only Ivan

Soon to be a major motion picture!Winner of the Newbery Medal and a #1 New York Times bestsellerThis unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of unexpected friendship. Inspired by the true story of a captive gorilla known as Ivan, this illustrated book is told from the point of view of Ivan himself. Having spent twenty-seven years behind the glass walls of his enclosure in a shopping mall, Ivan has grown accustomed to humans watching him. He hardly ever thinks about his life in the jungle. Instead, Ivan occupies himself with television,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0061992275
• ASIN: 0061992275
• ISBN: 0061992275
• Brand: HarperCollins
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins

City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (New York Trilogy)

A graphic novel classic with a new introduction by Art SpiegelmanQuinn writes mysteries. The Washington Post has described him as a "post-existentialist private eye." An unknown voice on the telephone is now begging for his help, drawing him into a world and a mystery far stranger than any he ever created in print.Adapted by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli, with graphics by David Mazzucchelli, Paul Auster's groundbreaking, Edgar Award-nominated masterwork has been astonishingly transformed into a new visual language."[This graphic novel] is, surprisingly, not just a worthy supplement to th... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0312423608
• ASIN: 0312423608
• ISBN: 9780312423605
• Brand: Picador USA
• Manufacturer: Picador

Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 9: Deface the Face

Once upon a time, Harvey Dent was the best man in Gotham City. Now he's two of the worst as the bifurcated criminal called Two-Face. Harvey's devilish duality is a painful reminder of the force for good he once was as Gotham's district attorney...and as the close friend and ally of Batman and Jim Gordon.But when a series of double-themed crimes breaks out and a sinister terrorist organization slithers back into town, the Dark Knight must turn to Two-Face to unravel the mystery and stop the invasion.For Harvey, it's a chance to crack the one case he could never solve...if he can keep his dark s... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401290647
• ASIN: 1401290647
• ISBN: 1401290647
• Manufacturer: DC Comics

The Secret Lake: A children's mystery adventure

A lost dog, a hidden time tunnel and a secret lake. A page-turning time travel adventure for children aged 8-11. Now enjoyed by thousands of young readers! When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of Harry, their elderly neighbour’s small dog. Where does he go? And why does he keep reappearing wet-through? Their quest to solve the riddle over the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound, and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake. Who is the boy rowing towards them who looks so terrified? And w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0956932304
• ASIN: 0956932304
• ISBN: 0956932304
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: Well Said Press

Detective Comics: 80 Years of Batman Deluxe Edition

Detective Comics featured DC's first masked adventurer and went on to give the company its name (from Detective Comics Inc.) and the only character to dominate American popular culture three separate times, each a generation apart: Batman.Join us in a celebration of Detective Comics' amazing eight-decade run and Batman's 80 years, with reflections on Detective Comics by Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Glen David Gold, Senator Patrick Leahy, Denny O'Neil, Anthony Tollin, police chief Shelley Zimmerman and Paul Levitz. This special collector's edition also features the very first Batman story; the d... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401285384
• ASIN: 1401285384
• ISBN: 1401285384
• Manufacturer: DC Comics

Best Friends

Bestselling creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first boyfriends, and finding your own

• UPC: 266434629

Best Detective Stories of Cyril Hare - eBook

Cyril Hare's short stories were mostly written for the London Evening Standard. Among them, The Story of Hermione, in which the eponymous character grows rich from the all too convenient deaths of several relatives, has been called

• UPC: 595491556
• Rating: 3.0

The Best Max Carrados Detective Stories

Written during the first flowering of detective fiction, these tales of a blind sleuth combine intellectual thrills with imagination and style. Ten mysteries range in settings from Edwardian London through the early

• UPC: 55747053
• Rating: 3.0

The Best of Archie Americana Vol. 1 : Golden Age

"An Archie magazine approved

• UPC: 592238819

The Best of Archie Americana Vol. 2 : Silver Age

In the 1960s and O70s, the youth of America enjoyed the latest fads and fashions, and spoke out for change. Ever timeless, Archie and his friends explored both the fun and unique brand of humor,

• UPC: 886820276

The Best of Archie Comics 3 Deluxe Edition

THE BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BOOK 3 DELUXE EDITION is a newly redesigned hardcover version of an all-time best-selling graphic novel and is the greatest full-color hardcover comics value you'll find at 416 full-size pages

• UPC: 292645658

Detective Comics #1000: The Deluxe Edition

9781401294199

• UPC: 991990820

Ellery Queen, Detective (a Dell Comic Reprint)

Ellery Queen, famous detective, continues his sleuthing in these Dell Four Color comic

• UPC: 53275826

The Best of Josie and the Pussycats

This fun full-color collection of all-time favorite stories featuring Josie, Melody, and Valerie--hand-picked by Archie creators, editors, and historians from thousands of pages of material--is a must-have for any Archie fan, Pussycats fan, and fans

• UPC: 55988443

Batman - Detective Comics Vol. 6: Fall of the Batmen

"Batman created by Bob Kane with Bill

• UPC: 769814020

The Best Detective Riddles: Detective Riddles That Break Your... by Echo, Robbin

• UPC: 303528408995
• Category: Graphic Novels, TPBs
• Price: 12 USD

DRAX VOLUME 1 GALAXYS BEST DETECTIVE GRAPHIC NOVEL New Paperback Collects #1-5

• UPC: 291776132417
• Category: Comics & Graphic Novels
• Price: 11 GBP