Dierenriem #2

A sharply dressed man leans forward over a gleaming surface against a sweeping city skyline, the translucent symbol of a bull looming large behind him — Corbeyran and Horne Perreard's Dierenriem series takes a cool, corporate noir turn with this 2013 Daedalus volume. Thomas Ehretsmann's cover art gives the whole thing a sleek, cinematic tension, the figure's steady gaze suggesting someone with a great deal at stake. "Het geheim van de Stier" promises intrigue rooted in the zodiac's most stubborn sign, and the mood here is every bit as compelling as the title.