The Bronx Kill /
Milligan, Peter.
Romberger, James.
New York : D.C. Comics,
c2009.
Martin Keane's father wanted him to follow in the family tradition and become a police officer, but Martin wanted to be a writer. After critics thrash his second novel, Martin decides to write a cop thriller as a way to connect with his father and find success as an author. But when he returns from a fact-finding trip to Ireland, his wife has disappeared without a trace. Finding himself as the prime suspect, Martin learns of a place known as the Bronx Kill where his great-grandfather may have been murdered and the gateway to his family's turbulent history--his own father.
"Suggested for mature readers" --p. [4] of cover.
"Vertigo crime" --Cover.
Martin Keane's father wanted him to follow in the family tradition and become a police officer, but Martin wanted to be a writer. After critics thrash his second novel, Martin decides to write a cop thriller as a way to connect with his father and find success as an author. But when he returns from a fact-finding trip to Ireland, his wife has disappeared without a trace. Finding himself as the prime suspect, Martin learns of a place known as the Bronx Kill where his great-grandfather may have been murdered and the gateway to his family's turbulent history--his own father.
"Suggested for mature readers" --p. [4] of cover.
Fathers and sons
Missing persons
Family secrets
Noir fiction