Yesterday, my editor sent me the cover for the first one, A Crafty Killing. (It'll all be available on February 24th.) To be fair, it was gorgeous. There was just one honking big error. The cat. It was a ginger cat. A very handsome ginger cat, but it wasn't Mason, the cat in the story. Mason is a tabby!
Well, I let my editor know I was and wasn't happy. It's not his fault, after all, that Marketing ALWAYS gets it wrong! The new art director was probably just taking a cue from the original cover. (Which wrongly has a ginger cat on it.)
When I didn't hear back from him during the next hour, I wondered if he might start to think I'm some kind of diva. And this audiobook is coming out from Tantor Media (a company that my publisher licensed the audio rights to). I don't know how he did it, but my wonderful editor asked them to change the cover--and they did!!!! Color me shocked, but extremely happy.
I think you have to agree, this cover is PURRfect. I like the fact that Mason is glancing over his shoulder with a wary expression--looking for bad guys
I'm liking Tantor Media! Not only do they produce nice covers, but they actually offer the audiobooks as downloads AND on CD. I have not heard a sample of the book, but I have heard samples of the narrator reading other cozy mysteries, so I think she'll be a good fit.
You can order the audio edition of A Crafty Killing. Just click here. (It's also available from Amazon and will soon be available from iTunes and Audible.)
The book and ebook are still available, too, and there'll be more on the horizon, too.
I'll let you know when The Walled Flower and One Hot Murder are available during the next couple of months.
