Overview
Named A BEST BOOK of the Year by NPR, The Sun Sentinel, Deadly Pleasures, and more
Anthony Award-winning writer Alex Segura delivers a "masterful 1970s literary mystery" (NPR) set in the world of comics that is "as engaging as Michael Chabonās The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.ā (Sun Sentinel)
Itās 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesnāt care. Sheās an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesnāt have the creative zeal of Marvel nor the buttoned-up efficiency of DC, but it doesnāt matter. Carmen is tantalizingly close to fulfilling her dream of writing a superhero book.
That dream is nearly a reality when one of the Triumph writers enlists her help to create a new character, which they call āThe Lethal Lynx,ā Triumph's first female hero. But her colleague is acting strangely and asking to keep her involvement a secret. And then heās found dead, with all of their scripts turned into the publisher without her name. Carmen is desperate to piece together what happened to him, to hang on to her piece of the Lynx, which turns out to be a runaway hit. But thatās complicated by a surprise visitor from her home in Miami, a tenacious cop who is piecing everything together too quickly for Carmen, and the tangled web of secrets and resentments among the passionate eccentrics who write comics for a living.
Alex Segura uses his expertise as a comics creator as well as his unabashed love of noir fiction to create a truly one-of-a-kind novel--hard-edged and bright-eyed, gritty and dangerous, and utterly absorbing.
This book title, Secret Identity (A Novel) - 9781250801760, ISBN: 9781250801760, by Alex Segura, published by Flatiron Books (February 7, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
Unlike Amazon and other retailers who may also offer Secret Identity (A Novel) - 9781250801760 books on their website, we specialize in large quantities and provide personal service, from trusted, experienced, friendly people in Portland, Oregon. We offer a Price Match Guarantee, and QuickQuote form, to make purchasing quick and easy.
Prefer to work with a human being when you order Secret Identity (A Novel) - 9781250801760 books in bulk? Our Book Specialists are standing by Monday-Friday 8-5 PST, ready to help!