Rune #1 Manhattan Is My Beat (P)

Twenty-year-old Rune possesses a unique blend of slick wit, purple-tinted hair, and a keen imagination. She has recently arrived in Manhattan, where she has cleverly secured a desirable living arrangement in an abandoned TriBeCa loft and a job at a video store. Rune shares her love for classic films with her frequent customer, Mr. Kelly, a solitary elderly man who rents the same movie repeatedly. The film is a noir masterpiece based on a real-life unsolved bank robbery and a fortune of missing money, aptly titled "Manhattan Is My Beat". While retrieving the tape from Mr. Kelly's seedy apartment, Rune discovers his lifeless body, having been fatally shot. While the police conclude it was a botched robbery, Rune is certain the key to solving the murder lies somewhere within the murky black-and-white frames of Mr. Kelly's beloved film. Embarking on a perilous quest through the gritty streets of New York, Rune uncovers a chilling reality far more terrifying