The Month's Best Book Covers: August

The Month's Best Book Covers: August

The Best Cover Art in Crime, Mystery, and Thrillers

CrimeReads August 30, 2019

Cover art has always been an integral part of the crime fiction experience. No area of literature has dedicated more time and ingenuity to creating a graphic experience for dedicated readers and casual bookstore browsers alike. Provocative, inspired, and insightful, the best crime covers bring out new layers in the texts they enclose. Despite the occasional fallow period of stock photography and jumbo fonts, the art isn’t dead. It’s alive and well. To celebrate the tradition, each month CrimeReads editors highlight the very best covers from the newest books in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

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Lisa Lutz, The Swallows (Ballantine)
Cover Design: Emily Osbourne

Yoko Ogawa, The Memory Police (Pantheon)
Cover Design: Tyler Comrie

Rob Hart, The Warehouse (Crown)
Cover Design: Michael Morris

Haylen Beck, Lost You (Crown)
Cover Design: Josh Smith

Fred Vargas, This Poison Will Remain (Penguin)
Cover Design: Christopher Lin

Juli Zeh, Empty Hearts (Nan A. Talese / Doubleday)
Cover Design: Emily Mahon

William Shaw, Play with Fire (Mulholland)
Cover Design: Gregg Kulick

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