De Lijkwade #2

Set in Turin, 1898, this second volume of De Lijkwade arrives with an atmosphere as haunting as its subject matter — the Shroud of Turin. The cover, rendered in striking monochromatic tones by Eric Liberge, places a pale, dark-haired woman in Victorian mourning dress at the center, flanked by two watchful men, with the ghostly silhouette of a grand domed building and an antique camera looming in the background. The creative team of Gérard Mordillat and Jérôme Prieur brings real depth to this brooding historical mystery, and Liberge's luminous linework makes this Dutch-language edition from Daedalus genuinely hard to put down.