author: Ed Brubaker
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.31
book published: 2010
rating: 5
read at: 2015/07/15
date added: 2015/07/15
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Criminal Volume 5: Sinners' by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips just continues the greatness that is the Criminal series.
Tracy Lawless is Hyde's hit man, but he's also a screw-up. Hyde sends him out on a strange job. Someone is killing off criminals, but the means and motives aren't obvious. Along the way, Tracy gets accused of sleeping with Hyde's daughter (he's actually sleeping with Hyde's wife). He's ex-military, but a military copy might have something to say about that. He's poking around in things that tend to make people very angry, so before too long, he finds himself on the wrong end of the wrong kind of people. Can Tracy figure out who's putting the hits out before he gets killed or captured by any number of people who want to see him gone?
If you like crime stories and you're not reading this series, you really should be. The writing is satisfyingly hard-boiled, the art is consistent and it's a pleasure to read these stories for the kind of literary pleasure I usually only get from books. I find this series a lot more satisfying than other similar series. I like the sad luck characters who find themselves fighting for their lives to just live another day. Highly recommended.
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 great graphic novel.
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