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TRESE Book 1: MURDER ON BALETE DRIVE
When the sun sets in the city of Manila, don’t you dare make a wrong turn and end up in that dimly-lit side of the metro, where aswang run the most-wanted kidnapping rings, where kapre are the kingpins of crime, and engkantos slip through the cracks and steal your most precious possessions.
When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese.
Case 1: At the Intersection of Balete and 13th Street
Case 2: Rules of the Race
Case 3: The Tragic Case of Dr. Burgos
Case 4: Our Secret Constellation
Black-and-white, 104 pages
Php 140.00.
TRESE Book 2: UNREPORTED MURDERS
When dusk arrives in the city of Manila, that’s when you become the most likely prey of the criminal underworld. Kidnappers and thieves will be the least of your worries.
Beware the criminals that can’t be bound with handcuffs nor harmed with bullets. Beware the ones that crave your blood, those who hold your heart for ransom, and the ones that come to steal your soul.
When crime takes a turn for the weird, the police call Alexandra Trese.
Case 5: A Little Known Murder in Studio 4
Case 6: The Outpost on Kalayaan Street
Case 7: Embrace of the Unwanted
Case 8: The Association Dues of Livewell Village
Black-and-white, 104 pages
Php 140.00.
TRESE Book 3: MASS MURDERS
12 midnight in Metro Manila.
Try to remain calm if you suddenly spot a tikbalang speeding down EDSA or a manananggal swooping across the Makati skyline. While partying at the Fort, never ever let the engkanto at the bar buy you a drink.
Yet, there are deadlier things than walk the streets of this city.
One of them now demands blood and sacrifice.
When crime takes a turn for a weird, the police call Trese.
Case 9: A Private Retaliation
Case 10: Patient 414 in Mandaluyong
Case 11: The Fort Bonifacio Massacre
Case 12: The Baptism of Alexandra Trese
Case 13: An Act of War
Black-and-white, 160 pages
Php 200.00.
Stories by Budjette Tan, art by Kajo Baldisimo. TRESE is available at Powerbooks.
Where’s the movie?
May 29th, 2010 at 17:12
hey Jessica!
Thanks for the plug! No TRESE movie yet. Not just yet. But it might just happen sooner than we think :)
And for the uninitiated, you can read the TRESE mysteries for free at:
Book1
http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/2008/04/13-days-to-go.html
Book2
http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/2008/08/trese-unreported-murders.html
Book3
http://tresekomix.blogspot.com/2009/10/trese-happy-halloween-2009.html