BLACK WATER LILIES, by Frederic Duval, Michael Bussi, and Didier Cassegrain

Three willful women: one old and wicked, one young and selfish, and the third in the prime of her life. A man murdered three ways: stabbed, bludgeoned, and drowned in a stream. The mystery brings brash young Inspector Laurenç to the postcard-perfect Norman village of Giverny, home to Impressionist Claude Monet’s gardens and studio. Like any small town, Giverny has its secrets. But have they to do with greed? Lust? Missing paintings? Jealous husbands? Laurenç soon finds himself head over heels for a pretty schoolteacher―and in over his head.

Writer Fred Duval and illustrator Didier Cassegrain bring Michel Bussi’s bestselling novel to life in lush, delicate watercolors worthy of the famous canvases that lend the book its name: Monet’s immortal Water Lilies. 

2020 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE: Best Digital Comic, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (DIdier Cassegrain).