Books like The fade out by Ed Brubaker

In the second book of The Darkest Minds trilogy, Ruby allies with the Children’s League to uncover critical truths about the devastating epidemic reshaping America.

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.

A gritty crime‑mystery set in Los Angeles, The Fade Out follows the murder investigation of a Hollywood starlet, exploring moral conflict and justice through the eyes of protagonist Charlie Parish.

The Last of the Innocent is a crime‑noir graphic novel by Ed Brubaker that follows a small‑town man drawn into gambling, drugs and murder for a life in the city.

An insider look at Hollywood's filmmaking process, William Goldman details how his short story "Da Vinci" rose from page to screen.

A blackout brought on by a Mad Dog binge that ended with a self-inflicted steak knife wound bought Bruno Dante another stint in the nuthouse, no different from all the rest. Now it's done, and his wife, Agnes—taking time off from her personal-trainer lover—has come to pick Bruno up and to deliver a message from the West Coast: his screenwriter father is in the hospital in a coma and is not expected to live. So Bruno heads back to Los Angeles for a fraught family reunion, where the tension and stress force him to dull the pain the only way he knows how—with alcohol. And when he wakes up naked in a stolen car with an underage hooker whose pimp has stolen his wallet, Bruno realizes the trip has just begun.

Working as a detective with an edge in 1940s New York City, Madame Xanadu becomes drawn into a web of intrigue connecting three lifelong friends with a deadly secret--one that hits close to her heart.

To kill without consequence: If you were given a chance at deadly retribution with a guarantee that the law could not touch you, would you take it? That’s the opportunity that Agent Graves provides, in the form of a special briefcase containing an untraceable gun and one hundred rounds of ammunition. To the damaged and downtrodden living on the fringes of society, the offer is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to even their scores. But beyond the dilemma of whether or not to pull the trigger lies a deeper and even more troubling concern: Just who is making these actions possible-and why? This third of five volumes reprinting all 100 issues of writer Brian Azzarello and artist Eduardo Risso’s 100 BULLETS collects issues #37-58 of their acclaimed Vertigo series, and includes never-before-seen character sketches by Risso for an unproduced 100 BULLETS video game.