SEQUENTIAL, the digital comics app created by Panel Nine, has just added The Black Feather Falls, the first of a range of books by Britain’s Soaring Penguin Press.

The Black Feather Falls is by Ellen Lindner, the American author of Undertow and editor of The Strumpet. It tells the story of Tina Swift, an American woman in 1920s London who witnesses a murder. Book one of a four-part series, this tale of mystery will lead her back through the trenches of World War I, the offices of British state and to a criminal’s lair.

Comics journalist and curator Paul Gravett said of the book, “Sharply dialogued and elegantly designed and coloured, with a keen eye for period locations, manners and fashions, notably her passions for eyewear and knitwear, Lindner’s mystery entices and intrigues in the very best Agatha Christie tradition”.

Forbidden Planet called it “Beautiful … such a striking look of flat colours that really deliver a stylised look at the 20s”.

• The Black Feather Falls is available on SEQUENTIAL for iPad for just GBP 1.99 / USD 2.99

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Explorer (previously known as Star Trek Magazine) and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of "Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies" for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.

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Tags: Comic Genres, Crime Comics, Ellen Lindner, Panel Nine, SEQUENTIAL, Soaring Penguin Press