At last I can reveal the cover for the MuseItUp re-release of DEATH SCENE. And doesn't it look fab? With this book being a re-release, the question of what to do with the cover seemed to be more problematic than the first time around. The first cover was much simpler - the comedy/tragedy masks on a black background, with a backdrop of red theatre curtains. I was very pleased with that cover.
But this time around, I wanted something a bit different. I wanted an image of my main character on the cover. I wanted something to suggest 'action' and 'mystery', and yet still wanted to suggest the theatrical nature of my amateur sleuth's main profession. This cover, by the fabulous Charlotte Volnek, does all of this and more.
And for the first time, Shara Summers appears on the cover of a book. I will say that this image is not how I initially pictured her. But it seems somehow right, and I love it. Here she looks mysterious and sort of ordinary, and that really fits the character. She also has, here, a passing resemblance to the model on the original covers of Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series. And since Shara was inspired by V.I. Warshawski, that fits too.
This may not have been how I imagined Shara when I wrote the first two books about her. But it's how I'm going to see her from now on, and it's how I'll picture her when I write the next book.
Release date for DEATH SCENE is not yet confirmed, but it's looking likely to be June some time. And at present, I'm busy lining up blog tours.
In the meantime, I'm knee deep in edits for both Shara books. So I'd best get to it.
And for the first time, Shara Summers appears on the cover of a book. I will say that this image is not how I initially pictured her. But it seems somehow right, and I love it. Here she looks mysterious and sort of ordinary, and that really fits the character. She also has, here, a passing resemblance to the model on the original covers of Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series. And since Shara was inspired by V.I. Warshawski, that fits too.
This may not have been how I imagined Shara when I wrote the first two books about her. But it's how I'm going to see her from now on, and it's how I'll picture her when I write the next book.
Release date for DEATH SCENE is not yet confirmed, but it's looking likely to be June some time. And at present, I'm busy lining up blog tours.
In the meantime, I'm knee deep in edits for both Shara books. So I'd best get to it.
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