This isn't at all what I normally read, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is an interesting premise with beautiful graphics and makes for a quick read. I particularly loved that the stories were taken from folklore.

I thought, what with this book being based on narrative songs, we would have illustrated lyrics. but no - this takes songs as the basis of five short stories, and presents them very well, using just one colour each time. Murder victims follow the guilty out to sea, someone hangs because he daren't say where he was and who he was doing what to when the crime was committed, and fully innocent people come croppers as well, before we find Nick Cave and Kylie doctored somewhat into a story of nasty people, contrasted nicely with the genteel landscape the artwork does so well. It was a real squint reading this on netgalley, but the book is most probably worth poring over in real life.

based on amazing stories ideas - I can see images effectively creating the right effects, and telling incisive narratives - since I cannot read the dialogues I can only guess the details - the female figures seem the most effectively lethal! and spooky - looks wonderful