It’s a great way to spend some time with Hercule or Miss Marple. Though the cover is somewhat cartoonish, even the font makes me think cold, trapped, and bleak. This is a new collection that I recently happened upon. I was surprised by how difficult it was to come up with a list of favorites, but here are my top ten favorite chilly covers and books. Thin Ice and Cold Wind are both great “cold” covers, and I’m continually thrilled and chilled just by looking at them. The cover artist for the first two books of my Alaska Wild series, Jonathan Bush at Minotaur, has created some perfect atmospheric covers, though I’m not prejudiced or anything. They live the sorts of lives I love to read about but am probably too much of a wimp to actually live. I based my fictional town of Benedict upon the real town of Gustavus, a place near Glacier Bay National Park populated with some of the kindest and toughest people I’ve ever met. Not just Alaska though, but a place in our vast forty-ninth state where few people venture, where the weather is rarely friendly, and the terrain is fierce.
When considering a setting for my newest mystery series, Alaska seemed like a natural choice.
However, even before I lived in the desert, I was attracted to the bleak promise only a good cold title and cover can deliver. Maybe it’s because I live near Phoenix, and just writing about a snowstorm can calm down some of the wicked summer heat-it really does work.
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