Comics of Mara, published by Editions Akiléos (March 2010) ***
Despite the formal ban she received to pursue its investigation into the Red Arrows, Emily seems determined to dismantle this gang that turns out to be as dangerous and unpredictable. How can I learn more about this small group, responsible for the death of his mother, who appears have infiltrated the highest levels of Scotalnd Yard, but also those of London society?
The task proves perilous ... But can she rely on the support of Hawkins, whose motives in this case become more and more obscure?
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This Volume 2, we can say that I waited impatiently undisguised. So feverish that I discovered and devoured four times on one night ... I've been to my sixth reading is that the excellence of this book in the series Clues ...
If the first volume had charmed by the way the characters were brushed and plot development, this new album is a continuity quite different in form. It is definitely darker, both in looks (lots of night scenes, a very haunting atmosphere that would not have denied Dickens or Conan Doyle), and substance of the scenario. The apparent indifference
Emily has indeed disappeared, to make way for a new seriousness.
The character has considerably enriched, expanded, to the delight of the reader, in the heart affected by its internal distress. I say "inner" because it is not a weak and timid girl, she was already suspected beautifully resolved in Volume 1 and Volume 2 does confirm that the depth and strength of character.
Henry Feldman, the lawyer with a big heart, becomes a very important element of this story, a character very well brushed, and eminently likeable.
Pleasant is not the adjective that could be adopted for the Inspector Hawkins, sleuth, deeply tortured by a past which we know virtually nothing ... Even if the character had been presented in a way beautiful from the first pages of the series, he takes on a darker dimension, even more singular, more interesting and more devilishly charismatic yet (if possible !)... The blackness of character, coupled with bursts of humanity rather disturbing, leaves the reader full of questions until the last page ... A character that comes to mind long after having closed the book ...
The relationship of the two main characters, already highly exhilarating for their fierce opposition, here takes a turn far more singular. Although some scenes keep a light tone, the background is invariably severe, and the complexity of their respective feelings become a puzzle full of history ...
Even if I had shown at the output of Volume 1 My enthusiasm about this series, I admit I still preferred by far "In the shadow of the enemy," the tone dramatic but still deliciously Victorian.
Read, and reread again!
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