So what are you thoughts on the US (LHS) and UK (RHS) covers? Which would entice you to pick the book up if you were not familiar with Erin Kelly?
(For the UK edition the ends of the pages are also green!)
If you have read it, how well does the cover match the story?
Here is the Euro Crime review by Maxine of The Poison Tree.
No idea of what it is all about but I would rather choose the UK cover (RHS).
ReplyDeleteKaren - I like the UK cover the best. It's more evocative, I think.
ReplyDeleteI like the green cover best and think it matches the story well, as most of it is set in a hose with a leafy, overgrown garden backing onto a park. However, the red cover is quite striking and possibly more commercial. (Well, I once read an article saying that green magazine covers don't sell unlike red, blue, etc...that's about all I know on that topic!)
ReplyDeleteNot read it, but wouldn't go for the red cover - looks like cheap Christmas wrapping paper - the green one gets my vote.
ReplyDeleteWell the red one does have a tree on it while the green one looks more like ivy. But the green one wins hands down for me. It's a gorgeous picture full of secrets and would make me want to read it. I haven't, btw.
ReplyDeleteHmmm, set in a hose, sounds like a Mo Hayder book! I meant house of course, sorry.
ReplyDeleteNeither cover gets me. I do think the US one looks commercial and am not crazy about red. Like green better, but the cover picture is of a building, nothing to do with a tree.
ReplyDeleteWhat I would prefer is a photograph of a big, beautiful tree, perhaps set on a cold, stormy night, in the English countryside. That would show a tree and evoke a sinister mood and mysteriousness.