I.R.$. #20

A silver-haired figure stands with arms spread wide in a rain-soaked standoff, police cars and officers closing in around him — it's a tense, cinematic moment that sets the stage perfectly for "De beursdemonen." Bernard Vrancken's cover work is sharp and atmospheric, bathing the scene in moody greens and deep shadows that give this twentieth installment of I.R.$ a genuinely gripping presence. With Stéphen Desberg's financial-thriller storytelling behind it, this 2019 Le Lombard entry looks like another tightly wound chapter in the series.