Title: In Comes Death
Author: Paul Whelton
Cover artist: Uncredited
Condition: 7/10
Estimated value: $15
- Death looks kinda down-at-the-heels. Reduced to doing cheap hits. Must need the money.
- I'm obsessed with whatever she's wearing. Is that a ... housecoat? It looks too dressy for a nightgown, but too slovenly for outdoor wear. Lack of undergarments also suggests an indoors-only context, but ... yeah, what is this?
- She is very pretty and beautifully painted and I hate when there are no artist credits!
- Love the way she's wound the cord around her right hand. Nice touch. Fear hand (variation)!
- This scene looks very (Very) familiar ...
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| ... which is weird, since the movie came out two years *after* this book |
and now the back cover:
- There is nothing intriguing, compelling, or even interesting about this description. Ooh, a "mysterious death." Aah, a "deadly game of wits." How ... specific and not-at-all boiler-plate.
- I want it to be Lonely Frog Lane, named after an actual lonely frog who lived there all alone, froggily
- This "describe the plot in complete but annoying vague sentences" really is bottom-of-the-barrel cover copy.
"Peace!" I intoned, making an exit.Very slangy! Just like the kids intone it.
~RP
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