À la vie à la mort! #2

A tense tableau of shadows and hard-boiled danger graces the cover of this second volume from Rodolphe, Séjourné, and Verney — a sharp-dressed protagonist stands front and center, jaw set, while a red-lit gunman looms behind him and two more figures lurk in a murky background beside a vintage automobile. Down in the darkened foreground, a prone figure on the ground raises the stakes immediately, setting a mood that's equal parts film noir atmosphere and French pulp thriller. Le Gang des Tractions Avant promises exactly the kind of stylish, period-drenched criminal intrigue the title — "for life and for death" — boldly declares.