Well thank God!

[easol.livejournal.com]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Lf7DmvWZL._SS500_.jpg

Finally, a cover that doesn't look like porn. Too bad about the contents -- I think they cannot be salvaged.

But I can't help but wonder if the publishers are tightening the reins a little, wanting it to look more crimey and less like naked women's tinted body parts. Given LKH's deserved reputation, I wonder if they are trying to rope in a different audience than teenagers and embittered divorcees, or just maintain their dignity.

(Although I gotta say, I would HATE that cover on any normal book -- so grimy)

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[freyalorelei.livejournal.com]

Wait, this is the American cover?

On the one hand, I'm glad they dropped the cheesy soft-porn covers (although I must admit, they had become something of a tradition, and I miss mocking the questionable anatomy). On the other hand...yeah, false advertising. Unless she's actually gone back to the original supernatural crime element, full stop, with only a couple pages of sex scenes, then it's blatantly misleading for anyone who wants to read books with, you know, PLOT. At least with the porn covers you knew what you were getting into.

Also, the "Blood" fits in weirdly with the round hinge part of the scissors. Makes it look off-kilter or something.

[easol.livejournal.com]

Yup, the American one, although it looks more UK. I checked amazon.co.uk and they didn't have a cover yet.