Oct 6, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads There are bad covers, and then there are covers that look like they crawled out of Microsoft Publisher 2003 and begged to be taken seriously. Room with a View and Homicide falls squarely in the latter category, a shining example of why...
Oct 5, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Pumpkin spice may be the flavor of fall, but this cover is more like the taste of regret. “Poison & Pumpkin Spice” promises a cozy mystery, but what we get is clip art masquerading as design. That latte mug could’ve been ripped...
Oct 4, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Cozy mysteries often live in that sweet spot where cupcakes meet corpses, but Death Whisk’s cover looks like it couldn’t decide whether it was auditioning for The Food Network or an episode of CSI. We’ve got a giant whisk, jammed into what...
Sep 28, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Breaking news: this cover is a design crime in progress, and the only mystery left is who approved it. News at Eleven and Homicide should be a sharp, witty cozy mystery about journalism, intrigue, and murder. Instead, it looks like someone...
Sep 6, 2025 | Horrible Covers
See this cover on Good Reads Stacked for Murder — Or Just Stacked for Discount Office Supplies? Some covers whisper mystery. Some covers drip with menace. And then we have Stacked for Murder, which dribbles what looks suspiciously like strawberry pancake syrup across...