Posts tagged cover design

A happy and proud Andrew Kirschbaum shows off the first copy of the hard cover edition of Monday and the Murdered Man. Using kickstarter.com Andrew found enough sponsors to have his great book excellently formatted by Rob Siders of 52novels and have a cover designed by yours truly. Especially exciting was to not only create the POD, with the front illustration flowing onto the back, but expanding it even further for the hardcover’s dust jacket (ebook cover below).

Buy the imaginative and noir Monday and the Murdered Man from Amazon today.

New York Times bestselling author Lewis Perdue has sold over 4 million books, DIE BY WIRE is the first he is publishing independently. Aside from the thrill ride this novel is not afraid to ask big questions along the way: If God is all powerful and merciful, why is evil allowed to exist? Buy DIE BY WIRE from Amazon today as ebook, or as paperback.

KD James How Did This Happen? Lunch with Imaginary Friends and other (mostly) True Stories (longest title of 2011!) is a collection of her blogs. The stick figures on the cover are based on KD’s own at times hilarious stick figure drawings, befitting her blogs. Great holiday reading, buy How Did This Happen? Lunch with Imaginary Friends and other (mostly) True Stories from Amazon today.

Second of the Jack Davis thrillers, this novel is one of my favourite reads of 2011. With The Dead Man Joel Goldman takes his protagonist to places unimaginable. Highly recommended The Dead Man is now available as ebook on Amazon.

Hetaera is Suzanne Tyrpak’s second novel set in ancient times. Like her first - Vestal Virgin, a powerful woman takes center stage. The setting is Greece, the protagonist is Hestia a slave and prostitute, sold to a prominent statesman with sadistic tendencies to become his hetaera (consort). As her wealth and fame grow, so does her despair and dreams of freedom. Hetaera, the first book in the Agathon’s Daughter trilogy, is an exciting novel and the first of what promises to be a great series. Buy the ebook Hetaera from Amazon today. The paperback will be available early 2012.

MAN OF WAX is the first book in the MAN OF WAX trilogy, by the prolific Robert Swartwood. The book trailer, elsewhere on this page, gives a pretty accurate feel for the novel. Fast, dark, raw, gritty and sometimes quite brutal it will get you hooked from the first page. Buy the ebook MAN OF WAX from Amazon today, or opt for the paperback, also available from Amazon.

SHAKE DOWN is the first Jack Davis thriller by Joel Goldman. Jack is unlike any protagonist I have encountered before. Middle aged, scarred by personal tragedy, and suffering from an increasingly debilitating illness - I think he is the bees knees! Pick up the excellent SHAKE DOWN from Amazon today.

DOUBLE TAP collects Barry Eisler’s The Lost Coast and Paris is a Bitch. Two high octane stories in one ebook - great reading! Buy DOUBLE TAP from Amazon today.

Saffina Desforges created huge waves with her first novel Sugar & Spice. The controversial novel reached the top spot on UK’s Amazon, and one year in is still selling like gangbusters. SNOW WHITE, the first in the ROSE RED Crime Thriller Series, was published more recent, and now has a new cover. The series is inspired by classic fairy tales, but not written with the young or faint hearted in mind. Buy SNOW WHITE from Amazon today.

Mike Dennis’ The Ghosts of Havana continues to show Key West has ‘noir’ chops similar to cities such as New Orleans or Miami. Brooding, dark, and bloody at times, The Ghosts of Havana is a great read. Buy The Ghosts of Havana from amazon today, paperback available soon.