{"product_id":"kid-maroon","title":"Kid Maroon","description":"\u003cb\u003eMickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer meets Encyclopedia Brown in the hard-boiled detective adventure \u003ci\u003eKID MAROON\u003c\/i\u003e, where big city crime and corruption can only be cracked by the Kid – or can it?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Crimeville’s always been a lousy scum stain.” - Kid Maroon, the world’s only hard-boiled boy detective.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Two years ago, Walden Maroon outgrew his small town slice of Americana known as Tiny Falls, his loving parents, and the low stakes mysteries involving missing butterflies and stolen cookies. Since then, he’s dwelled within the gritty, gangster-ridden cesspit of a city known as Crimeville, where murders, vice, and corruption are the city’s bread and butter. Where the unholy trinity of Greed, Squalor, and Despair permeates both the air the citizens breathe and the ground on which they walk – and die. But at 12 years old, Kid is weary. When a string of horrific killings and arsons spring up in the streets, can he crack the case with his quick wits and slingshot? Or does Kid Maroon secretly yearn for what he’s never gotten to be … a kid?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e From bestselling writer Christopher Cantwell (\u003ci\u003eIron Man, Doctor Doom, The Blue Flame, Halt and Catch Fire\u003c\/i\u003e) and star artist Victor Santos (\u003ci\u003ePolar, Violent Love\u003c\/i\u003e)!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eComics series, serials, and graphic novels:\u003c\/b\u003e Dick Tracy, The Spirit (Will Eisner), \u003ci\u003eSin City\u003c\/i\u003e (Frank Miller), Richard Stark’s Parker series (Darwyn Cooke), \u003ci\u003eCriminal\u003c\/i\u003e (Ed Brubaker\/Sean Philips), \u003ci\u003eReckless\u003c\/i\u003e (Ed Brubaker\/Sean Philips ),\u003ci\u003e100 Bullets\u003c\/i\u003e (Brian Azzarello\/Eduardo Risso), The Question (Steve Ditko\/Denny O’Neil\/Denys Cowan), \u003ci\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/i\u003e (Max Allan Collins), \u003ci\u003ePowers\u003c\/i\u003e (Brian Michael Bendis\/Michal Avon Oeming), EC Comics crime\/suspense stories, hardboiled detective genre, and Golden Age comics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNovels\u003c\/b\u003e: Richard Stark’s (Donald E. Westlake’s)Parker Crime novels (including \u003ci\u003eThe Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eKiss of Death\u003c\/i\u003e), Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer books (including \u003ci\u003eI, The Jury\u003c\/i\u003e), Dennis Lahane books (including \u003ci\u003eMystic River\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/i\u003e), Hard Case Crime, Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade (\u003ci\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/i\u003e) , Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe (\u003ci\u003eFarewell, My Lovely\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e), Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles (\u003ci\u003eThe Thin Man\u003c\/i\u003e), John MacDonald’s Lew Archer (\u003ci\u003eThe Moving Target\u003c\/i\u003e), Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins (\u003ci\u003eDevil in a Blue Dress\u003c\/i\u003e), and Max Allan Collins.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eFilms and series\u003c\/b\u003e: BRICK (2005 film), movies and series based on the classic hardboiled novels and characters","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57305069322622,"sku":"NW9781638492696","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781638492696.jpg?v=1778563653","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/kid-maroon","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}