Bury the Lede
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
Cub reporter Madison Jackson is young, scrappy, and hungry to prove that she deserves her coveted college internship at the premiere newspaper in town, The Boston Lede, so when her police scanner mentions a brutal murder tied to the prominent Boston Kennedys, Madison races to the crime scene, looking for the scoop of the century. What she finds instead is the woman who'll change her life forever: Dahlia Kennedy, celebrity socialite, now widow, covered in gore and the prime suspect in the murder of her husband and child. When Dahlia refuses to talk to anyone but Madison, they begin a dangerous game of cat and mouse that leads the young journalist down a twisted path. From Gaby Dunn (Bad with Money, I Hate Everyone But You) and Claire Roe (Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, Welcome Back) comes an all-new original graphic novel about the thrill of the chase and the dangers of going toe-to-toe with a potential killer.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A modern take on crime noir, this elaborate thriller stars the ambitious, bisexual, and occasionally devious Madison Jackson, a news intern at the Boston Lede. While the gig starts out as making coffee or grabbing quotes for senior staff, Madison is both shaken and elated when she happens to stumble in as one of the first reporters on the scene of a crime. Dahlia Kennedy, the wife of a wealthy man, is being arrested for the murder of her husband and won't reveal the location of her missing son. Every newspaper in the city is clamoring to get the scoop from the stoic Dahlia; inexplicably, she decides to "confess" to Madison, and refuses to talk to anyone else. Unprepared for the spotlight, Madison tries to solve the mystery from within the middle of the scandal, unsure if she's reporting the story or part of it. Between chasing plot-twisting leads, she tries not to fall for the flirtations of Dahlia (while also diving into dalliances both with a senior reporter and one of her best sources, a cop). Dunn delivers a script packed with a diverse cast with distinctive personalities, while Roe's angled, organic renderings of characters' body language are starkly framed in the panel design, recalling classic noir cinema. Fans of the genre will be sucked in by this fast-paced tale of manipulation, intrigue, and self-discovery.
