Barcelona im Morgengrauen #[nn]

Against a smoldering red sky, Alfonso Font's cover art sets an irresistible noir mood — a rumpled man in a linen suit and broken glasses stands tense beside a vintage automobile fitted with a mounted machine gun, while a sharp-eyed woman in a green dress lingers warily at his shoulder. The pairing of period glamour and barely contained danger makes "Barcelona im Morgengrauen" feel like exactly the kind of moody, street-level thriller that Juan Antonio de Blas and Font do so well together. Published by Kult Editionen in 2008, this is a stylish invitation into a Barcelona that hums with tension long before dawn breaks.