Friday Face-Off: A Favorite Thriller
Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme created by Books by Proxy! Each Friday, we will pit cover against cover while also taking the opportunity to showcase gorgeous artwork and feature some of our favorite book covers. If you want to join the fun, simply choose a book each Friday that fits that week’s predetermined theme, post and compare two or more different covers available for that book, then name your favorite. A list of future weeks’ themes are available at Lynn’s Book Blog.
This week’s theme is:
~ a cover of a FAVORITE THRILLER
He Started It by Samantha Downing
I’ll never turn down a chance to feature Samantha Downing, who has become one of my favorite thriller authors in recent years. He Started It was a book that knocked me out for a loop, so I’d say it definitely counts as one of my favorite thrillers.
Let’s take a look at some of the covers:
From left to right:
Berkley (2020) – Michael Joseph (2020) – Thorndike Press Large Print (2020)
French Edition (2021) – Persian Edition (2020) – German Edition (2021)
Winner:
The Berkley edition, definitely. Fiery car in the background, with a well-dressed lady in heels wielding a shovel…there’s something so badass about this image, and it certainly makes you wonder just what the hell is going on.
But what do you think? Which one is your favorite?
The BiblioSanctum 
Wow, I didn’t realize this one had so many cover options! I like the first one but my copy is the Michael Joseph (2020) version.
I admit that I still haven’t read anything by this author.. Do you have one you would recommend starting with?
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This one would be a good one to start with, and I also LOVED My Lovely Wife! 😀
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Isn’t that the one said to be like Dexter meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith? That would be brilliant! 😆
I didn’t realize that was by her, too, thanks!
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I didn’t even realize that it was in French as well
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Yeah, seems her books have been translated into many languages!
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Yup, I agree, I prefer the Berkley edition.
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Yes, I agree, the moment I saw the Berkley edition I wanted to read it! Such a great cover😁
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Very dramatic, eh! 😀
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This is also my favorite of the bunch!
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Oh yes, I completely agree with your choice for this one. That first cover is great, I like the colour and the girl walking towards the car with the spade.
Lynn 😀
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Haha, yep, and her body language is all IDGAF 😉
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I love that cover! Totally works 🙂
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A cool idea to compare various covers of a book and see which is most effective. As a graphic designer and indie writer, I was curious to check out what cover you chose. I agree with the one you decided — it does the best job of raising the question, “What’s going on here?” I also really like the cover next to it, the Michael Joseph (2020) version. The intensity of the woman’s expression, the matching color of the title and woman’s eyes, the diagonal slices of tints — they give a sense of uneasiness. But I think the second woman’s face in the circle underneath “My Lovely Wife” is distracting.
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I kind of like the thorndike one with just the shovel
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