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Ringing in the New Year with Jessica (www.penguinrandomhouse.com)

submitted 11 months ago by hungrycat to c/murdershewrote

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Happy new year, MSW fans! The threshold of a new year is a time of reflection for what has passed and of hope for what may come. I wish all of you a bright and prosperous 2024.

I offer you a timely entry in Murder, She Wrote fandom--book #42 of the eponymous novel series "co-written" by Donald Bain, Murder, She Wrote: Death of a Blue Blood. In this mystery, we see Jessica whisked away to an English castle to celebrate the New Year, only to find that bodies are dropping as quickly as the countdown ball, and with seemingly as little time to figure out the culprit!

I haven't personally read this book, but I'll be starting on the fourth book in this ongoing series soon and look forward to more as the year goes on. Happy sleuthing to you all!

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[–] verity_kindle 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Happy New Year and Merry Christmas. Can we talk about Jessica's outfit and demeanor on the cover?

[–] hungrycat 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh yes. I get what they were going for with the tartan overcoat in holiday colors, but I don’t love it, and it looks a bit bulky on her. The last part is probably because many of the covers use the same head with a different body. The disembodied Jessica head artwork actually changed at one point. Here are some of the books I have where you can see the faces they used to feature alongside the newer one.

[–] verity_kindle 2 points 11 months ago

Oh, that explains so much, thank you. It looks like the head and body were combined with paste and a craft knife in a rough mockup and sent straight to the printers each time. I actually like the other covers, but the face on Rum and Razors looks so strange. The colors are saturated, her skin is plasticky and her eyes are huge. What did they do to her on the rum and razors island?!