Résumé: The first volume of Paul Grist’s quirky cop drama re-introduces the visually compelling and taciturn detective back into the hurly-burly of the New Eden police force, after an absence caused by a scandal. Kane and his partner Dennis Harvey were a perfect team. Right up until the moment Kane tried to arrest Dennis for taking bribes. Their friendship pretty much ended when Kane shot him.
Now Kane’s back and he’s just as effective but a damned sight less popular with his fellow officers.
From these derivative scraps of cop-show folk-lore Grist weaves a spellbinding little masterpiece of unparalleled graphic ingenuity. It sounds like Hill Street Blues. It feels like The New Centurions or The Choirboys. It is in fact a unique voice and major comics stylist simply telling stories in a subtle and irresistible way with sly wit and jovial cynicism, not to mention with an utterly British dash of whimsy that just takes the breath away.