![]() ![]() ![]() Josephine appears trapped and bullied so Raines quickly tries to be her protector, Bookman only wants a way out of his life, while a man simply dubbed Bishop, the leader of a dark cult, seeks Josephine for a ritual as old as creation itself. What he discovers is an eternal cycle in which Josephine is a key player, the men infatuated with her only tragic pawns in a violent game of cat and mouse that spans eons, the story itself moving back and forth over various decades.ĭeath Chases Me starts in the 1950s to introduce Josephine, a young Hank Raines trying to get the story of a lifetime, and Jo’s lover Detective Walt Bookman. Josephine disappears again, leaving Nicholas curious about her and the connection to his ‘Uncle’ Dom. She’s claiming to be the grand-daughter of an old acquaintance of Raines here to pay her respects, and Nicholas’ life is immediately plunged into chaos. ![]() Nicholas Lash meets the beautiful Josephine at the funeral of his godfather Dominic Raines. Volume 1 collects the first two books, Death Chases Me and The Devil’s Business. Initially meant as a miniseries, it fills five paperbacks and two additional hardcover deluxe editions. Fatale is a stunning body of work by creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, a noir thriller that borrows from every sub-genre and still manages to craft something refreshingly original. ![]()
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