tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post6168585423161019608..comments2024-03-28T11:13:05.893-07:00Comments on The Rap Sheet: Your Vote Counts: Best Crime Covers, 2016J. Kingston Piercehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17073921191624535912noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-88424957956456721492017-01-15T10:19:20.096-08:002017-01-15T10:19:20.096-08:00Great point there, Zoe, about author's signatu...Great point there, Zoe, about author's signature/branding. Carl Hiaasen is indeed recognizable at a glance. And the covers you mentioned specifically were among my own favorites too!<br />Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-39460752790404720982017-01-15T00:31:26.041-08:002017-01-15T00:31:26.041-08:00These are all great covers. I'm particularly s...These are all great covers. I'm particularly struck by the unusual aspect of DARK TOWN, the artistry of BELOVED POISON, and the rather beautiful photography of GHOSTS OF HAVANA, so, like Art said, very hard to make a choice. But the author side of me looks at how easy it would be to replicate the author's 'signature' for the next book where they're part of a series. The RAZOR GIRL cover is very obviously a Carl Hiaasen. Other Loren D Estleman Valentino covers have features the film-edge theme. Very difficult to have them just familiar enough that the reader can spot them on the shelf, but not so familiar they think it's something they've already read.Zoƫ Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-39161452685534188652017-01-13T13:28:34.886-08:002017-01-13T13:28:34.886-08:00Well, I like them all, but I voted for BELOVED POI...Well, I like them all, but I voted for BELOVED POISON which I have never seen in the flesh, so to speak, just admiring the pictures above.<br /><br />I bought THE VINYL DETECTIVE off its wonderful cover, and I'm not sorry I did. I really like Glen Hirshberg's covers on THE BOOK OF BUNK, both the Kindle and the hardcover, especially the fedora.<br /><br />My favorite cover this year is Jon Ronson's THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, though it is no crime novel--unless Trump actually did steal the election.Richard L. Pangburnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10717563750065476750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-14387171120495773792017-01-13T07:51:37.743-08:002017-01-13T07:51:37.743-08:00Oh, wow! A tremendously good selection of covers h...Oh, wow! A tremendously good selection of covers here. Several of these caught my own eye the first time I saw them on bookstore shelves, and as I was scrolling through the list, I kept thinking, "this one, of course" and then scrolling down again and correcting myself..... Tough to pick! Art Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02409008167752619352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16749171.post-55247456718917743802017-01-13T07:46:05.940-08:002017-01-13T07:46:05.940-08:00Love the cover to 'By Gaslight' by Steven ...Love the cover to 'By Gaslight' by Steven Price. You can see the cover on an earlier posting here at The Rap Sheet.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16948996314231606564noreply@blogger.com