Macbeth
"Orson Welles' dark and moody screen version of the classic William Shakespeare tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide - in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision.
822.3
year: 2017
copies: 190
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 480
subjects: macbeth, regicides, homicide, scotland, cartoons and comics [X], plays, drama, shakespeare, william, english drama, children's plays, english, english literature, tragedies, treason, political crimes and offenses, english drama (tragedy), audiobooks, murder [X], kings, queens, rulers, etc, historical films, feature films, historical drama, betrayal, fate and fatalism, graphic novels, macbeth, king of scotland, tragedia, escocia, historical drama, tragedies, audiobooks, tragedies (drama), gruoch, kings and rulers, spanish subtitles, feature films, videodiscs, dvds, dvd-video discs, historical films, video recordings for the hearing impaired, war films, drama, fiction films, film adaptations, children's plays, witches, spanish language, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, spanish language materials, arabic language, historical fiction, electronic books
Crime And Punishment
Raskolnikov, an impoverished Russian student, murders a despicable old pawnbroker, reasoning that his evil act is outweighed by humanitarian good, but he discovers the fault in his theory when he is plagued by horror and guilt over his actions.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 67
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 990
subjects: murder [X], homicide, russia, mystery fiction, psychological fiction, saint petersburg (russia), dostoyevsky, fyodor, cartoons and comics [X], comic books, strips, etc, soviet union, literature, audiobooks, compact discs, crime, psychological fiction
Famous Players
Suspects abound when William Desmond Taylor, a successful director, is found shot in his home during the early days of Hollywood.
364.15
year: 2009
copies: 4
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: taylor, william desmond, motion picture producers and directors, murder [X], graphic novel, hollywood (los angeles, calif.), producers and directors, homicide, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics [X]
The Lindbergh Child
A graphic novel story that provides the details of the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles Lindbergh and the investigation and arrest that followed.
364.15
year: 2008
copies: 9
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: lindbergh, charles augustus, lindbergh, charles a, kidnapping, extortion, murder [X], graphic novels, homicide, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics [X]
Case Closed
"Serena's eccentric uncle has a new plan to catch the elusive Kaito Kid, baiting the master thief with a pair of priceless high-heeled shoes.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 84
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: high school students, crime, murder [X], man-woman relationship, mystery graphic novels, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, man-woman relationships, detective and mystery comics, detective and mystery stories, homicide, cartoons and comics [X], mystery and detective stories
Case Closed
Even though he is shrunk to the size of a first grader, Jimmy Kudo, a.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 117
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: mystery graphic novels, high school students, graphic novels, shonen manga, manga, children, crime, murder [X], detective and mystery stories, homicide, comic books, strips, etc, man-woman relationships, cartoons and comics [X], man-woman relationship, mystery and detective stories, mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels
Macbeth
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about Macbeth, the eleventh-century king of Scotland, and of the tragedy of prophecy and royal murder.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 470
subjects: shakespeare, william, macbeth, regicides, murder [X], kings, queens, rulers, etc, cartoons and comics [X], homicide, scotland, graphic novels, kings and rulers, comic books, strips, etc, electronic books
I, Witness
After Boone and his friend Robbie witness a murder and flee the scene, they vow to say nothing about what they saw.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 270
subjects: graphic novels, murder [X], responsibility, witnesses, truth, mystery graphic novels, homicide, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics [X], mystery comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, electronic books
Shakespeare's Hamlet
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy about Prince Hamlet of Denmark, who seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost.
741.5
year: 2008
copies: 8
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, hamlet (legendary character), princes, kings and rulers, murder [X], revenge, denmark, homicide, comic books, strips, etc, electronic books, cartoons and comics [X], electronic books
Famous Players
When William Desmond Taylor is found dead of a gunshot wound, the motion picture community cannot believe that Taylor could draw the ire of anyone, let alone a murderer.
364.15
year: 2009
copies: 8
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: taylor, william desmond, homicide, motion picture producers and directors, producers and directors, cartoons and comics [X], murder [X]
Deadman Wonderland
"The residents of G Ward band together to confront Warden Tamaki's Ninben, man-made deadmen created through horrific human experimentation.
741.5
year: 2016
copies: 40
call number/section: 741.5
lexile:
subjects: middle school students, murder [X], prisons, monsters, revenge, homicide, horror graphic novels, mystery graphic novels, manga, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, prisoners, young adult fiction, graphic novels, comics (graphic works), cartoons and comics [X], shonen manga
The Agony House
"Seventeen-year-old Denise Farber, her mom, and her stepfather are moving back to New Orleans, into the Argonne house, which is over 150 years old, and really showing its age, but which her mother plans to turn into a bed-and-breakfast--but old houses have histories, and sometimes ghosts, and a mysterious old comic book that Denise finds in the attic may hold the answer to a crime and the terrifying things that keep happening in what she thinks of as the "Agony" house.
FIC
year: 2020
copies: 35
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 740
subjects: murder [X], haunted houses, new orleans (la.), detective and mystery stories, ghost stories, comic books, strips, etc, comic books, strips, etc, detective and mystery stories, ghost stories, homicide, juvenile fiction / comics & graphic novels, juvenile fiction / horror, juvenile fiction / mysteries & detective stories, cartoons and comics [X], mystery and detective stories, ghosts, louisiana, new orleans (la), young adult fiction, detective and mystery fiction, graphic novels, comics (graphic works), mystery fiction, fiction, juvenile works, haunted places
Macbeth
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Macbeth," in which a nobleman and his lady plot to assassinate the King of Scotland.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 13
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 820
subjects: macbeth, regicides, murder [X], kings, queens, rulers, etc, scotland, comics adaptations, historical comics, graphic novels, homicide, manga, historical fiction, cartoons and comics [X]
Five Nights At Freddy's
"Ten years after the horrific murders at Freddy Fazbear's Pizza that ripped their town apart, Charlie--whose father owned the restaurant--and her childhood friends reunite on the anniversary of the tragedy and find themselves at the old pizza place, which had been locked up and abandoned for years.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 91
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1010
subjects: robotics, murder [X], horror comic books, strips, etc, robots, horror stories, cartoons and comics [X], horror comics, graphic novel adaptations, graphic novels, five nights at freddy's (video game), video games, survival, zombies, survival skills, homicide, horror graphic novels, zombie comics, comics adaptations, five nights at freddy's
Long Way Down
An ode to Put the Damn Guns Down, this is Jason Reynolds's fiercely stunning novel that takes place in sixty potent seconds--the time it takes a young man to decide whether or not he's going to kill the person who murdered his brother.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 115
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 630
subjects: brothers, conduct of life, ghosts, murder [X], revenge, cartoons and comics [X], gun violence, ghost comics, graphic novel adaptations, graphic novels