{"product_id":"codeword-crime-paperback","title":"Codeword: Crime - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChris Reynolds\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCODEWORD: CRIME\u003c\/b\u003e Totally captivating crime mysteries (Cinema Detectives adventures) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLooking for a gripping\u003c\/b\u003e series of comic book crime mysteries? Packed full of weirdness, this book will keep you turning the pages until the end. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSchool-leaver Rosa Pleck\u003c\/b\u003e has just joined Birmingham's \"Prime Services\" Detective Agency. One evening, she dreams about the other agency staff members and seems to experience their dreams for them.\u003cbr\u003eWho rides on the train along the coast?\u003cbr\u003eWhy are there apparently alien beings living in the city?\u003cbr\u003eAnd what's wrong with Ken Prime's lunch? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhen Rosa becomes an established member of the team, \u003c\/b\u003e things become no less strange.\u003cbr\u003eRosa travels to Sheffield University to do a favour for a friend, but then she finds something odd on the stairs. Is it a question of love - for Rosa as well as the client? And then, on Rosa's way home - what's happening in the world - and who are those horrible girls from her old days at school?\u003cbr\u003eWhich of the four shops on the corner hides the headquarters of the Gregory Gang? And how does Rosa escape with her sanity intact?\u003cbr\u003eDiscover the grim secret of Brighton's radioactive hospital and the sinister salesmen dealing with the site.\u003cbr\u003eAn old Apollo astronaut now lives in London. What is his connection with a woman who seems to be a superhero? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA client has built a new luxury house against strong local opposition.\u003c\/b\u003e Why is she now so afraid? And what's happening in the doomed council estate at the bottom of the hill? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLater, big changes are occurring in the city.\u003c\/b\u003e New buildings. Demolition. The whole world seems plunged into crisis. An old friend seems to be able to surf this wave of the future - but at what cost? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf you liked \u003ci\u003eDoctor Who, Life on Mars, Mauretania Comics, Ealing comedies, Harry O, Jim Rockford, Ironside, Batman 1966, or The New World, \u003c\/i\u003e you'll love this thrilling Crime Compendium. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHAT THE NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CHRIS REYNOLDS: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"To call Reynolds' comics black and white isn't quite to do them justice; they're more like black and white and black - and it's in that extra layer of darkness that his genius may be found.\" \u003ci\u003e- Rachel Cooke - Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It's all very strange and puzzling but bizarrely compelling. Reynolds' stark black and white frames stop you in your tracks. Time and again you find yourself thinking: just what is it exactly that I'm looking at?\"\u003ci\u003e - Bookmunch\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The stories are easy to consume but are tantalizingly difficult to characterize.\" \u003ci\u003e- The Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It is easy, if a little glib, to situate Reynolds' work in the canon of what we might call paranoiac modernism: there's a pinch of David Lynch in it, a spoonful of Edward Hopper, a dash of Ballard, Kafka, and Bruno Schulz. Characters' memories and identities splinter, or elide.\" \u003ci\u003e- Keith Miller - TLS\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Expect the black and white artwork to suck you into a parallel world that is stripped down to dichotomies and ideals, and the dialogue and direction to conjure a billion questions within you that will unfortunately never find answers in the long run.\" \u003ci\u003e- Lashaan Balasingam - Bookidote\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE CINEMA DETECTIVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eROSA PLECK\u003c\/b\u003e is a native daughter of Birmingham, UK. She joined \"Prime Services\", also known as the \"Cinema Detectives\" agency, straight out of school.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKEN PRIME\u003c\/b\u003e used to be a typical West Midlands businessman, but since he quit sales and took up detecting, his life has taken a crazier turn. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWHY \"CINEMA DETECTIVES\"?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBecause of Ken Prime's best business idea. Why not make a series of films based on his most amazing cases? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFOLLOW THE CINEMA DETECTIVES NOW.\u003c\/b\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 74\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.15 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43660093161607,"sku":"9781500536022","price":14.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/zq_ySpOx289781500536022.webp?v=1766343312","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/codeword-crime-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}