Bodies (New Edition)
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An era-jumping murder mystery set in London, now a Netflix series! LONDON, 1890. As Jack the Ripper stalks the streets, Inspector Edmond Hillinghead-the city s most diligent detective-applies his skills to an even harder case. The victim is an unidentified male. The killer may have powerful allies. And Edmond s darkest secret may be exposed if he gets too close to the truth . LONDON, 1940. As the Blitz rains bombs down on the city, Inspector Charles Whiteman reigns over its streets. He escaped the Nazis in Poland only to run the very rackets he s supposed to shut down. But when he discovers a mysterious murder victim, his double life may be destroyed LONDON, 2014. As racist rioters wreak havoc in the name of their prejudiced patriotism, Detective Sergeant Shahara Hasan leads the fight against them. As a Muslim cop, she s English to the core. But the corpse she s uncovered may reveal something rotten deep below the surface LONDON, 2050. As the mind-scrambling pulsewave plagues the last survivors of a terrifying techno-apocalypse, the amnesiac young woman known only as Maplewood can barely understand the body she s discovered. But this ritual killing is identical to those from decades past-and the link between them all is stronger, and stranger, than anyone could dream In BODIES, writer Si Spencer teams up with Meghan Hetrick, Dean Ormston, Tula Lotay and Phil Winslade-four incredible artists, one for each era-to slice open the modern murder mystery and uncover the strange secret heart within! Collects issues #1-8. Praise for Bodies on Netflix: 'Ambitious, tense, explosive: this genre-blurring whodunnit travels time to visit four detectives investigating the same murder in different eras. It s exceptionally good value.' - The Guardian 'Bodies is seriously binge-worthy TV. It'll leave your mind blown and you screaming at the screen with all its twists and turns. Make sure to have your snacks ready as you're not going to want to take your eyes off the telly.' - Cosmopolitan
Si Spencer was a British TV dramatist and graphic novelist. His TV credits include Eastenders, The Bill and Grange Hill. Spencer's graphic novel work includes a stint as editor of cult classic Deadline (Home of 'Tank Girl') as well as Judge Dredd, The Books of Magick (in collaboration with Neil Gaiman) and Hellblazer: City of Demons. Spencer also created the critically acclaimed graphic novels The Vinyl Underground, Slash and Burn and the award-winning Bodies for DC, in addition to the Self Made Hero one-shot Klaxon which featured in several 'British Graphic Novel of the Year' lists for 2015.