SECRET IDENTITY

 Secret Identity written by Alex Segura is his  newest mystery novel.  A stand alone novel  after bringing  his last series to a close.

A mystery that ties the murder of a freelance cartoonist into a controversial money laundering scam between two comic book publishing companies.  A young woman, Carmen Valdez,  has come to NYC to make her name in the comic book  world.   Taking a job at Triumph, she gets caught up  in  the murder of fellow employee and friend.  She has come to NY from her Miami home, running away from  her personal  problems. She finds it  is hard to outrun your problems.  It is also hard in 1975 to break into the all boy network of comic artists  and writers.  Fun to read about all the real comic books and the cartoonists who are mentioned in this book.

Though it is fun to read about the industry, I did not find any characters that were developed well enough for me to care about whether they were honest or crooked or innocent or guilty.  The plot is just not built up well enough to make the book compelling.