Title: The Cinnamon Murder
Author: Frances Crane
Cover artist: Gillen
Yours for: $12
Best things about this cover:
- Nooo! Not Cinnamon! She was our best pole dancer!
- The space priestess kneeled to anoint the body—as The Hat commanded.
- Warren Beatty in "Dick Tracy" called ... yeah, he's gonna need his jacket back.
- Seriously, unless she's going to be hiding among taxis later, that dress is a bit much.
Best things about this back cover:
- HA ha. The hat! — at least I think that's what that drawing by the "M" depicts; unless it's a very knobby hand holding a very stout wine glass.
- "The Pat Abbotts" sounds like a '50s folk music outfit.
- "Her best John Frederics' hat"! O man, the hat is a character. There's a niche market: hat crime. It's like hate crime, only with a short 'a'.
- I haven't read this, but I'm imagining a very low-rent Nick & Nora. And instead of Asta—a hat.
Page 123~
Mr. Couch's blue eyes rested on me and then, looking back at Patrick he said, "I'm afraid I'm being pretty frank."
Oh, sweet, sweet 'frank.' I've missed you.
~RP
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