Mystery novels had misleading covers, too, if not quite as misleading as the SF covers I've put up. I wonder of Sayers would get the point.
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Deb
said...
Jeez, talk about deceptive advertising! I hope no one picked up that book thinking it was going to be a tough little noir about a b-girl who slips mickey finns to her customers.
I enjoy the Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriett Vane mysteries (I think this is the first), but I don't think this cover accurately conveys the "Britishness" of those novels.
Say, I may have to read this again. I'd forgotten this scene completely, especially the fedora and that dress. Plus, is that poison or a Mickey Finn he's slipping into the glass?
...and when's the last time you read the words "Mickey Finn"???
Mystery novels had misleading covers, too, if not quite as misleading as the SF covers I've put up. I wonder of Sayers would get the point.
2 comments:
Jeez, talk about deceptive advertising! I hope no one picked up that book thinking it was going to be a tough little noir about a b-girl who slips mickey finns to her customers.
I enjoy the Lord Peter Wimsey/Harriett Vane mysteries (I think this is the first), but I don't think this cover accurately conveys the "Britishness" of those novels.
Say, I may have to read this again. I'd forgotten this scene completely, especially the fedora and that dress. Plus, is that poison or a Mickey Finn he's slipping into the glass?
...and when's the last time you read the words "Mickey Finn"???
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