Genre: Crime / Murder mystery
This is a moody graphic novel, with some dark humor and some noir trappings. The book focusses on Fernandez Britten the sombre detective and his well, lets say unusual partner. Britten has had a very successful career carrying out investigations for jealous and/or jilted lovers. In fact he has been so successful that he had earned the nickname heart-breaker.
Now he is fed up with taking these kind of cases and will only accept a case if it involves murder. And so this mystery starts with Britten being asked to investigate a suicide that might actually be a murder.
The art has a stylised hand painted water color look to it. That and the dark palette help establish the sombre mood in the book. The art style fits in very well with the writing and plot.
The writing is intelligent and written in noir style. The plot itself is very good and entertaining. The surprises and plot twist are well planned and executed.
All in all a great book, definitely recommended.
Ratings: 5 / 5, Great, Highly recommended.
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