The Friday Face-Off: Murder in the Title

e Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: A book with “murder” in the title.

I love these “title” prompts, they’re so much fun! This week we’re looking at the word “murder” and there are a lot of books to choose from. I’m picking The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson, a creepy, bloody novella that I really enjoyed. I found four different covers, let’s take a look:

Tor.com 2017 edition | French 2019 edition

Catalan 2019 edition | Hungarian 2021 edition

First, I love how all of these stuck to the same color scheme. They look so good together, right? I do love the Catalan edition, it looks like a graphic novel. I’ve always been a little weirded out by the Tor.com edition showing Molly with a bloody nose. Yuck. So for a favorite, I’m choosing the French edition. I love how simple it is, but it also feels ominous to me.


Which one is your favorite?

Posted September 17, 2021 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 8 Comments

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8 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Murder in the Title

  1. For me it’s a toss up between the two you chose. I think the Tor.com version smacks you in the face the most, so I like that. But I also really like the design of the French edition.

  2. I love this choice of book for the theme and the striking colours that have been adhered to for all the covers – I do love the Catalan for the reason you mentioned.
    Lynn 😀

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