L'affaire Markovic #[nn]

Four figures rendered in stark monochrome loom over a body lying motionless on the ground below them — a commanding older man, a fedora-wearing figure, a brooding younger man, and a poised blonde woman, their collective gaze suggesting complicity, suspicion, or both. By Le Naour and Cassier, this Grand Angle release from 2022 adapts one of France's most shadowy political scandals into the graphic novel format, and the cool, cinematic cover art sets an atmosphere thick with intrigue from the very first glance. If you're drawn to crime stories rooted in real history, this one looks like a genuinely compelling place to start.