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 K O Dahl?
If you have read it, how well does the cover match the story?
Here is the Petrona review by Maxine of The Last Fix.
I have this book on my wishlist due to reading Maxine's review at the time but I can't remember what the book is about and neither of those covers give me much clue - the right hand one makes me think it is some kind of medical thriller in the Robin Cook / Michael Palmer style and the LH ones has me thinking it is something to do with university students
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't pick up either based on the cover alone
I prefer the UK (RHS) cover. I think it is a stronger, more appealing image. I also like the font design.
ReplyDeleteThe photo on the US cover seems a little plain. There's quite a lot of empty space just filled up with the tree branches. In my opinion, it's not a very interesting image.
I don't really like either of them - and in my view neither of them reflects what is in the book particularly well. Agree with Bernadette that the UK cover conveys medical thriller, whereas it is a classic police-procedural, and the US cover makes it look like a sub-Woman in White type of novel, whch it isn't. (Also as Anna says, quite a poor picture technically.)
ReplyDeleteGiven that the poor author is translated out of order, which makes the personal story of the main police character lose much impact, I feel sorry for him. At least he has a great translator!
Karen - I confess I haven't read this one yet, but honestly, I'm not really liking either cover very much. I suppose if I were forced to choose, it'd be the UK cover but honestly, I'm not even keen on that one.
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