Books like Slayground by Darwyn Cooke

The first graphic novel in the Parker series follows the lone hitman Parker as he crosses the country to exact revenge on those who betrayed him.

Frank Miller’s gritty noir graphic novel collection, “Sin City,” compiles early stories from the 1994‑2000 series, enriched with a gallery of pin‑up art.

Two interlinked tales set in the 1970s follow the Lawless family as they navigate the criminal underworld.

Modesty Blaise and her lieutenant Willie Garvin thwart a multi‑million‑pound diamond heist, racing from London to the South of France, across the Mediterranean, to Cairo and confronting a private army of professional killers.

"When a string of brutal murders sets the streets of Los Angeles ablaze with racial and gang violence, LAPD detective Antoine Davis will face a nightmare he knows all too well. As he and his partner Valeria Torres try to solve the mystery of the 'Machete Murderer,' Antoine's past threatens to cut his new life to ribbons. Because Antoine is no ordinary L.A. detective--he's a refugee from the brutal genocide that took place in Rwanda in the bloody spring of 1994 and he's seen firsthand what a machete can do in the hands of a madman."--P. [4] of cover.

Sherlock Holmes and Watson investigate the death of a client's father and discover hidden treasure.

Allie Tannenbaum matures amid the gritty, Jewish gangster scene of Prohibition‑era Brooklyn.

Detective Hoke Moseley leaves Miami for a quiet life on Singer Island—only to be pulled back into chaos when a robbery spirals into murder. "Sideswipe" blends a mid‑life crisis with hard‑boiled suspense in the heat‑shy streets of Florida.

Harry Duke had a reputation both as a gambler and someone you didn't mess with, as he'd once killed a man. Then someone tries to make it look like he's killed again. A neat frame up. But Duke's still got some aces in his hand. Aces, and a gun.

Ghost girls perform a nightly ritual in an orphanage, revealing gruesome deaths that chill even the rats. Meanwhile, seventeen‑year‑old Mandy is shaken when her classmate Nicki is murdered, and she faces nightmarish visions of the killer known as the Witchman.

A down‑trodden pilot schemes a daring hijacking of a plane carrying millions in industrial diamonds, only to double‑cross the financer in a risky game of ambition and betrayal.

In this bold collection of hard-hitting urban erotic quickies, Noire, the undisputed Queen of Urban Erotica, brings you eleven authors who explore, without apology or restraint, street sagas of sexual pleasure.Boasting an all-star lineup of some of today's hottest authors--and sprinkled with heat from some fresh new talent too--this collection from Noire thoroughly lives up to her credo of giving her fans just what they like: street drama with a sheet-drenching erotic twist. Here you'll find sexy tales from fan favorites K'wan, Joy, Thomas Long, Jamise L. Dames, Andrea Blackstone, Gerald Malcom, Euftis Emory, Kweli Walker, and Erick Gray, along with two hot new voices: Aretha Temple and Plea$ure. Noire even supplies her own juicy addition to the hard-body lineup.So beware: The heat and the drama between these pages are not fairy tales for the desperate housewife. Ride hard with Noire as her authors get their grind on and take it to the limits in From the Streets to the Sheets.From the Trade Paperback edition.