I am not a cover designer but I can agree that cover layouts play an important role in the overall presentation of stories and I must admit, often times I first judge a book by its cover.
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Murderous Mistral (A Provence Mystery) by Cay Rademacher
St. Martin’s Press/Minotaur Books/Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 19 Sep 2017
Description:
International Dagger Award shortlisted author of The Murderer in Ruins, Cay Rademacher, delivers a beautifully atmospheric new story with a captivating main character in Murderous Mistral: A Provence Mystery.
Capitaine Roger Blanc, an investigator with the anti-corruption-unit of the French Gendarmerie, was a bit too succesfull in his investigations. He finds himself removed from Paris to the south of France, far away from political power. Or so it would seem.
The stress is too much for his marriage, and he attempts to manage the break up while trying to settle into his…
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Elisabeth Marrion 
A good blog, Elisabeth.I firmly agree that the cover is vitally important, as is the back blurb (used to be a devil to write but getting easier..) MYSTERIOUS MISTRAL ‘s title is also a draw, and I often enjoy books set in countries other than my own.
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