Set in 1947, Tracy is a recent war veteran and the youngest cop ever to make detective in \u201cThe City.\u201d He\u2019s still struggling to come to grips with the horrors he experienced while in battle. After a crime reporter and an alderman are among those gunned down during an apparent robbery at a diner, Tracy investigates and discovers that the killings are tied to a complex conspiracy. The detective vows to identify the people behind the horrific crime, which included more than a dozen murders, and he eventually joins forces with the late alderman\u2019s daughter, Tess Trueheart, and old war buddy Pat Patton, who\u2019s looking for answers regarding his brother\u2019s mysterious death. Patton\u2019s also looking into the disappearance of numerous war veterans who worked as laborers on an ambitious waterfront development project. Ignoring directives from his chief, Tracy and company continue to dig, and soon find themselves the targets of numerous underworld thugs; Tommy gun\u2013powered violence ensues. Borges\u2019 masterful ability to convey a gritty, hardboiled atmosphere in action-packed, blood-splattered, and visually stunning illustrations is an obvious strength, as is Segura and Moreci\u2019s talent for intricate, deeply developed, and emotionally intense storytelling, largely through dialogue. Tracy and Patton\u2019s war flashbacks, and their current inability to seamlessly reassimilate into society, are particularly powerful: \u201cOne day they give you a gun, they tell you to go kill people. Then they take the gun away. They tell you the war\u2019s over. But for some men, it\u2019s not that easy.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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