Potter's Field

March 15, 2010
Sort of an updated Shadow episode for the CSI generation, Potters Field follows a mysterious and resourceful John Doe who is working his way through a New York indigents graveyardPotters Fieldto put faces and names on the anonymous dead buried there. Hes recruited a network of agents, police, and scientists, who help him out of debt or by force. A solid mystery actioner, Waids confection is a TV-series-ready narrative complete with cliffhangers between chapters. Azacetas excellent, noirish art adds to the overall sense of dread.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2010, American Library Association.)