The Fuse Volume 1: The Russia Shift

author: Antony Johnston

name: Wayne

average rating: 3.43

book published:

rating: 4

read at: 2014/09/23

date added: 2014/09/23

shelves: graphic-novels

review:

'The Fuse Volume 1: The Russia Shift' is a police procedural set on an orbiting space station. That was pretty much all I needed to know to dive right in.



When a homicide detective from Earth gets assigned the Russia Shift on the space station, then gets assigned a hardened old veteran detective, he might be in for more than he bargained for. He's from Germany, she's been on board the station since it was being built. She's ill-tempered, foul-mouthed and one tough cop. His name's Dietrich, she calls him Marlene. I won't spoil why it's called the Russia Shift.



A murder happens on his first day, that sets things in motion, but the cops are not too concerned with solving it since the victim is one of the station's undesirables. When a second victim shows up dead, and it's tied in to a local politician, then it seems to be something that people want hidden.



It's a pretty good mystery. The space station stuff adds unique elements to the story. I wasn't as crazy about the young cop, but I liked the older foul-mouthed partner. Maybe future issues will have more character development for Dietrich. There's definitely a hint of something that he's hiding. This is a complete story arc, so I'm curious to know what they'll do in future issues. I liked it quite a lot.



I received a review copy of this graphic novel from Diamond Book Distributors, Image Comics and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.





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