Another note : the Los Angeles BB murder cases
Nishio, Ishin, 1981-2008
Book
There's a serial killer on the loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder. It is up to L, the mysterious super-sleuth to find the killer. Death Comes to Los AngelesThere's a serial killer loose in Los Angeles and super-sleuth L is on the case. Along with Naomi Misora, a former FBI agent, he helps the LA police solve the grisly crimes.There's a Serial Killer Loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of maddeningly arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder.Onto the scene comes L, the mysterious super-sleuth. Despite his peculiar working habits--he's never shown his face in public, for example--he's the most decorated detective in the world and has never tackled a cased he hasn't been able to crack.But this time he needs help.Enlisting the services of an FBI agent named Naomi Misora, L starts snooping around the City of Angels. It soon becomes apparent that the killing spree is a psychotic riddle designed specifically to engage L in a battle of wits. Stuck in the middle between killer and investigator, it's up to Misora to navigate both the dead bodies and the egos to solve the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases.
Main title:
Another note : the Los Angeles BB murder cases / original concept by Tsugumi Ohba + Takeshi Obata ; by Nisioisin ; translated by Andrew Cunningham.
Imprint:
San Francisco, Calif. : Viz Media ; London : Simon & Schuster [distributor], 2008.
Collation:
176 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Japanese.
ISBN:
9781421518831 (hbk)
Dewey class:
895.636
LC class:
PL873.5.I84
Language:
EnglishJapanese
Subject:
Detectives -- California -- Los Angeles -- FictionSerial murderers -- California -- Los Angeles -- FictionSerial murder investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- FictionDetective and mystery storiesCrimeCrime & mystery fictionModern & contemporary fictionGraphic novel & Comic book: typesScience fictionManga & Asian style comicsGraphic novel / Comic book: movie & TV adaptations
BRN:
4213107