{"product_id":"kid-maroon","title":"Kid Maroon","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer meets Encyclopedia Brown in the hard-boiled detective adventure \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eKID MAROON\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, where big city crime and corruption can only be cracked by the Kid – or can it?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e“Crimeville’s always been a lousy scum stain.” - Kid Maroon, the world’s only hard-boiled boy detective.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIron Man, Doctor Doom, The Blue Flame, Halt and Catch Fire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and star artist Victor Santos (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePolar, Violent Love\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eFor fans of:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eComics series, serials, and graphic novels:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Dick Tracy, The Spirit (Will Eisner), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eSin City\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Frank Miller), Richard Stark’s Parker series (Darwyn Cooke), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCriminal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Ed Brubaker\/Sean Philips), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReckless\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Ed Brubaker\/Sean Philips ),\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e100 Bullets\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Brian Azzarello\/Eduardo Risso), The Question (Steve Ditko\/Denny O’Neil\/Denys Cowan), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRoad to Perdition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Max Allan Collins), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Brian Michael Bendis\/Michal Avon Oeming), EC Comics crime\/suspense stories, hardboiled detective genre, and Golden Age comics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNovels\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: Richard Stark’s (Donald E. Westlake’s)Parker Crime novels (including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Hunter\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eKiss of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer books (including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eI, The Jury\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Dennis Lahane books (including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMystic River\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eShutter Island\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Hard Case Crime, Dashiell Hammett’s Sam Spade (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Maltese Falcon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) , Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eFarewell, My Lovely\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Big Sleep\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Dashiell Hammett’s Nick and Nora Charles (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Thin Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), John MacDonald’s Lew Archer (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Moving Target\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), Walter Mosley’s Easy Rawlins (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDevil in a Blue Dress\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), and Max Allan Collins.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFilms and series\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e: BRICK (2005 film), movies and series based on the classic hardboiled novels and characters\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"javascript:void(0)\" role=\"button\" data-action=\"a-expander-toggle\" class=\"a-declarative\" data-a-expandev\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Vault Comics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50340178657565,"sku":"9781638492696","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781638492696.jpg?v=1757516509","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/kid-maroon","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}