La Chute d'un ange #[nn]

A rain-slicked Parisian street at night sets the mood for this atmospheric noir from Casterman, with a solitary trenchcoated figure standing among vintage Citroën automobiles beneath the amber glow of a gas lamp. Mako and Daeninckx conjure a world of shadows and unease — a crumpled newspaper at the curb, pedestrians receding into the darkness — that promises the kind of morally complex storytelling French crime fiction does so well. Published in 2014, La Chute d'un Ange is a beautifully rendered invitation into a story that feels as cold and charged as the night air on its cover.