Beautiful hardback from Image, which I picked up from the library because it was pretty (there may be a theme to this post!). This was originally published in several parts in Weaver's Paklis short story anthologies, which I hadn't heard of, but may try to track down. Weaver does the story, lines, colours and lettering himself, and is very good at it.

The story here alternates between a mystery set in 1949, where a female detective is tracking down a serial killer, and two hundred years in the future, following an environmental catastrophe that has forced humanity to live in domes. There's also cyborgs, and some kind of Quantum Leap type time travel involving taking over the life of someone in the past. Maybe? Unclear?

The art might've made a little more sense than the story. In the 1940s, it's strong-lined black and white, with pointillist shading done to look like newsprint. The character design is gorgeous: flowing trench coats and fast cars all around. Meanwhile, the future setting is in colour, but washed out for a world without the sun, punctuated by neon. We see the same character in a futuristic style that echos her 1940s design, and the way colour fades in and out and the style shifts as the world blend is fantastic storytelling. All the female characters wear sensible shoes!

The story made a little less sense to me. I could sort of see the tropes it was working with, but I'm not entirely sure I could tell you what happened, or why it happened. But I also think just coasting on genre vibes worked out in the end. I liked the ways it linked classic noir and cyberpunk noir, even if that could've used a bit more development.