Staff Pick
"Pops" Popowski is exactly the kind of wisecracking kid detective you've hoped for but never knew existed. The orphanage-cum-detective agency pairs Pops up with newly orphaned Mary Branwell, to solve the case of her parents' murder — with an ending you'll never see coming. Recommended By Britney T., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
"True Detective meets Encyclopedia Brown but set in a girls' orphanage." --Rich Barrett, Mental Floss
A loving and hilarious pastiche of the detective genre. Legendary kid detective "Pops" Popowski prefers to work alone. But when she's saddled with a rookie partner named Mary Branwell, Pops won't stop until she discovers who offed Mary's parents, whether Branwell wants her to or not.
Aleks Sennwald is a writer and storyboard artist for the hit TV show Adventure Time. Pete Toms is the Ignatz-nominated author of In Post. The Short Con is their first graphic novel.