Gil St André #10

The tenth chapter of Jean-Charles Kraehn's suave European thriller series finds Gil St André squarely in French territory — the cover sets the mood beautifully, layering a tuxedo-clad Gil holding a cocktail glass above a tense lower panel where he grips a pistol, while a distressed woman draped in white sheets and Paris's Arc de Triomphe loom behind him against a bold French tricolor. "De valstrik" (The Trap) promises exactly the kind of glamour-meets-danger intrigue the series does so well, and Kraehn's clean, confident linework makes every element of this 2013 Daedalus album feel razor-sharp. A strong entry for fans of sophisticated Franco-Belgian espionage storytelling.