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Breaking the Dark

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by Lisa Jewell
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"Absolutely perfect." —Booklist"Fresh, lively, insightful—astonishing." — AJ FinnIn her most imaginative novel yet, #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell (None of This Is True) launches the Marvel Crime series of thriller books for adults with an original story starring the private detective Jessica Jones.Meet Jessica Jones: Retired super hero, private investigator, loner. She tried her best to be a shiny spandex crimefighter, but that life only led to unspeakable trauma. Now she avoids that world altogether and works on surviving day-to-day in Hell's Kitchen, New York.The morning a distraught mother comes into her office, Jessica would prefer to nurse her hangover and try to forget last night's poor choices. But something about Amber Randall's story strikes a chord with her. Amber is adamant that something happened to her teenage twins while they were visiting their father in the UK. The twins don't act like themselves, and they now have flawless skin, have lost their distinctive tics and habits, and keep talking about a girl named Belle. Amber insists her children have been replaced by something horrible, something "perfect."Traveling to a small village in the British countryside, Jessica meets the mysterious Belle, who lives a curiously isolated life in an old farmhouse with a strange woman who claims to be her guardian. Can this unworldly teenager really be responsible for the Randall twins' new personas? Why does the strange little village of Barton Wallop seem to harbor dark energies and mysteries in its tight-knit community?A mother's intuition is never wrong. And Jessica knows that nothing in life is perfect—not these kids, not her on-again, off-again relationship with Luke Cage, and certainly not Jessica herself. But even as she tries to buy into the idea that better days are ahead, Jessica Jones has seen all too clearly that behind every promise of perfection trails a dark, dangerous shadow.Breaking the Dark, the first book in the brand-new Marvel Crime series, introduces fans to a grittier, street-level side of the Marvel Universe, and will continue with original novels featuring fan-favorite characters like Luke Cage, written by S.A. Cosby, and Daredevil, written by Alex Segura. Marvel Crime novels build on one another but do not require in-depth familiarity with Marvel or the other books in the series.

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    Marvel Crime

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    July 2, 2024

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  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 24, 2024
      Bestseller Jewell (None of This Is True) inaugurates a multi-author series of thrillers set in the Marvel universe with this surprisingly sturdy supernatural noir. Retired superhero Jessica Jones now runs a private detective agency from her Hell’s Kitchen apartment, which has descended into disrepair as her drinking has worsened. In walks wealthy divorcée Amber Randall, who’s concerned because her 16-year-old twins, Lark and Fox, have returned from a summer in England with their father sporting porcelain-perfect skin, flawless manners, and an eerie Stepford vibe. Moved by Amber’s desperation, Jessica sets off for Barton Wallop, the village where Lark and Fox spent their summer. There, she meets a young woman named Belle, whom the twins claimed to know, and who appears to be the ward of an old witch whose influence over the locals makes Jessica uneasy. Things fly off the rails by the climax, with one too many sinister supernatural forces in the mix, but Jewell’s knack for pacing and atmosphere makes this feel more like a juicy campfire story than a corporate cash grab. Jewell’s fans will enjoy seeing her flex some unfamiliar muscles. Agent: Jonny Geller, Curtis Brown U.K.

    • Booklist

      May 15, 2024
      A while ago, Disney announced that it was launching the Marvel Crime series, realistic books for adult readers about popular Marvel characters like Luke Cage and Daredevil. In this series starter, superhero-turned-private-investigator Jessica Jones looks into the case of a woman who claims her teenage son and daughter have been replaced by doppelgangers. They went to England to visit their dad (the parents are divorced), and when they came back, they were, well, different. Wrong, somehow. Jessica's investigation takes her to England, where she encounters a teenage girl who might be more than she seems to be. Disney has recruited established writers (stay tuned for series entries from S.A. Cosby and Alex Segura), and Jewell was a shrewd choice for this one. Her thrillers, like The Night She Disappeared (2021) or None of This Is True (2023), feature strong female characters caught up in unusual or dangerous circumstances, and their stories are solidly grounded in a world that is immediately recognizable as our own. This is a story about a superhero, written for readers of gritty thrillers, and it's absolutely perfect.

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