I was not expecting a graphic novel to start with so much text (it's a letter that takes up the first quarter of the book). However, it does set up the rest of the stories. It sets us up with a writer (Olivia Sturgess) and a literary critic (Francis Albany). While they were lovers at one point, they were better as friends. And the two get into some odd situations: some more believable than others. They include a fellow author who finds a book published years before but it contains all of his stories, a woman in black who is slowly killing off the people in Olivia's publisher's family, and Francis's memories of being on the Titanic.
This reminded me of the Golden Age of mysteries in the fact that it referenced the classics, in this case, classic mysteries of all genres. We either see on the page or hear mentioned Christie, Sayers, Allingham, Hitchcock and more.
Three stars
This book came out June 23rd, 2021
ARC kindly provided by Europe Comics and NetGalley
Opinions are my own
