A female detective will risk life and limb as she searches across Lincoln for a man missing in deeply suspicious circumstances.

This is the plot for the debut graphic novel, titled Shadowraith, from University of Lincoln graduate Nicholas Dishington.

Mr Dishington, 23, of Lincoln, began work on the graphic novel in his third year of university when studying contemporary lens media.

It has now been picked up by publishers, and will go on sale on January 31.

Priced £3.10, the graphic novel is made up of 36 pages of black and white photographs, shot in a film noir style.

Shadowraith uses photographs instead of conventional illustrations, combined with a film noir style.

"It started as a university project in my third year, and went from there," explained Mr Dishington.

"Most of the shots were done in central Lincoln, and a lot of them were done around the Brayford area, although the story is supposed to be set in London.

The graphic novel will be published by The House of Murky Depths. It will be available online on sites such as Amazon, and will also be stocked by local comic shop Comic Worlds, based on West Parade in Lincoln.