Delilah Dirk and the King's Shilling

Better than the first one. I feel compelled to seek out #3...

I love Delilah Dirk, and I want Mr. Selim to make my tea every day.

Cliff continues to delight with his tales of Miss Dirk and Mr. Selim. They are by turns funny and exciting, with never a slack moment. The art is beautiful, legendarily beautiful, and every page has a panel I want framed, very large, on my wall.

King's Shilling continues the ongoing story nicely, but adds great depths to the characters. Dirk comes shockingly close to defeat, which was literarily necessary for someone of her immense abilities; Selim rises even more definitively to the occasion. And by the end of the book... I'm pretty sure I know what's in store for the two of them together. And that makes me happy.