Les Carrés #1

The opening chapter of Une Enquête de Kazimir introduces a quietly gripping French thriller from Adam and Martin, published by Vents d'Ouest in 2008. The cover sets a tense, contemplative mood: a bearded, bespectacled man in a trench coat sits hunched in a wicker chair, a pistol loose in his hands, while three small diamond-shaped cards — black, red, and white — lie scattered at his feet. Geometric blocks of black, red, and white frame the composition, giving the whole image a cool, Constructivist edge that perfectly matches the enigmatic title.