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The book cover for Shakespeare is Hard, but so is Life has the tagline 'A radical guide to Shakespearean Tragedy' and the quote 'I've never read a book like this before, it's challenging, irreverent and funny' Roddy Doyle.

The image on the cover is of (not surprisingly) William Shakespeare.

The book cover of Friends of Dorothy by Sandi Toksvig shows a small two seater red couch with a small rainbow pillow on it, against a blue wall and yellow floor. There is a pair of shoes, a pair of boots and a pair of slippers under the couch which is a bit battered and torn. The title of the book is in a rainbow sort of shape at the top, and the author's name at the bottom.

The book cover for Mean Streak by Rick Morton has the tagline 'A moral vacuum & multi-billion dollar government fraud'. The image is made up of a series of blocks stacked on top of each other of decreasing height as they go upwards. There are ladders to go from one level to the next with the bottom being very high. There are people climbing the ladders or standing on the various levels. The book and author's name are shown on the side of the blocks.

It includes the notation 'Bestselling author of One Hundred Years of Dirt'

The cover for John Cooper Clarke's What is teal greenish in colour with a solid background of colour and a series of black shapes around the edges, forming a sort of frame for the figure of Clarke who is stretched out in a step with his face towards the viewer. He's, well, thin, very very thin. Of course wearing black and sunglasses.

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The book cover for When It Rains by Dave Warner includes the notation 'A Dan Clement Novel' and 'From the Winner of the Ned Kelly Award for Best Fiction'.

The image is looking straight down on a body of water which has a crocodile swimming in it to the right hand side / top of the book. The water is slightly swirly with reeds t the left. The author's name is in large white lettering, and the book title in slightly blue lettering just below that

The book cover for Present Tense by Natalie Conyer includes the quote 'A truly remarkable book. South Africa comes to vivid life in these pages' Kerry Greenwood. There are two blue "stickers' with text that's very blurred in this image.

The background is in black, greys and white. It's brooding and dark, with a body of water in the foreground leading towards a single hill in the background with a black, dark, cloudy sky above with a wash of whiter, lighter area just above the hill. There's a small piece of barbed wire sticking out from the right hand side.

The image of the book cover for Better Left Dead by Catherine Lea includes the tagline ' Secrets Abound and No One's Telling the Full Story' and the notation 'A DI Nyree Bradshaw Novel.' The image is of a striking pink, purple and yellow sky over a beach that has scrubby trees and bushes right up to the edge. The tide is out and the water is reflecting the colours of the sky.

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The image of the book cover for An Ethical Guide to Murder by Jenny Morris includes the tagline 'If you had the power over life and death, what would you do?'.

The image has a red and pink background with a dagger to the left that's sitting upright, looking like the scales of justice. There's a woman in one of the balance cups, standing up, and a man lying down in the other, with red blood dripping from his body.

The image of the book cover for The Forsaken by Matt Rogers includes the tagline ' A Broken Assassin. A Brutal Deception. A War for Redemption.'.

The image is red / brown in tone with the end of a large, solid bridge with wires / coming off a hefty brick pillar, which has a USA flag at half mast on the top and a couple of high buildings to the right.

The image of the book cover for Better Left Dead by Catherine Lea includes the tagline ' Secrets Abound and No One's Telling the Full Story' and the notation 'A DI Nyree Bradshaw Novel.' The image is of a striking pink, purple and yellow sky over a beach that has scrubby trees and bushes right up to the edge. The tide is out and the water is reflecting the colours of the sky.

The image of the book cover for Humidity by Dan Kaufman has a drawing of a town pub, The Iron Castle. It's a two story wooden building with a verandah and balcony. There's a Hotel sign on the side, and it's a combination of green posts, white and tan coloured walls. There's an electricity line running in front, a TV aerial on the roof, and a white dog walking down a red dirt road. The I in the title of the book is a cricket bat.

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The book cover of Madame Brussels by Barbara Minchinton with Philip Bentley has the tagline 'The life and times of Melbourne's most notorious woman'

The image is of a woman in an elaborate period dress, leaning against the bottom of a stairway.

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Image of the book cover for The Chilling by Riley James with the tagline 'Winter in Antarctica. Going outside can kill you. But so can staying in.' The image is a snowy view of somebody rugged up walking away at the top, and a sled or similar at the bottom. It's all in white and grey's, and there are two quotes 'One hell of a ride' Margaret Hickey and 'You won't be able to put it down' Chistian White

Image of the book cover of Gunnawah by Ronni Salt with the multi line tagline of:

It's 1974 in the Riverina.
The weather is hot.
But the body in the Murray River is stone cold ...'

The image is a wide flat river with blue green water reflecting the cloudy sky above. There is a line of Mallee gums on the far bank, and a large bird standing no top of a tree stump in the water.

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The Woman Who Knew Too Little, Olivia Wearne

The book cover for The Woman Who Knew Too Little by Olivia Wearne includes the tagline '1948, Somerton, Adelaide. A Dead Man. An unsolved mystery.' at the bottom with the title of the book in slanted lettering in the middle across the image of a woman in a 1940's style coat with rolled hairdo, a handbag and a hat in her hand. She's walking away from the viewer towards a car with headlights lighting the cobblestone roadway she's walking on. The overwhelming colour is green with a foggy green sky light by a single street light.

Woman, Missing Sherryl Clark

The book cover for Woman, Missing by Sherryl Clark includes the tagline 'Will her first case be her last?' and the quote 'A pacy race against time that keeps you turning the page.' Vikki Petraitis, author of The Unbelieved

The image is of a stairwell with a window to the right tiles, and wooden steps to the left. There's a female figure running up the stairs, she's got blond hair trailing behind her, as is her skirt. She's taking a big step up the stairs and is only partly visible.

The Glasgow Smile, Chris Stuart

The book cover for Glasgow Smile by Chris Stuart includes the tagline 'The Award Wining Author of For Reasons of Their Own' at the top of a mostly white cover which has a brick wall textured background, blending down to a black banner at the bottom the has the title of the book displayed on it in white lettering. In the centre of the wall there's a painted set of lips, right red in colour, leading out towards the right where they go out of shape and end up a red slash with black stitches across it. There's a woman in black jeans and a short leather jacket standing in front of the lips she has white hair and her arms are hanging loosely by her sides. There's crime scene tape behind here that goes all the way across the image.

Liars, James O'Loghlin

The book cover for Liars by James O'Loghlin includes the tagline 'Speak your truth. Or at least the truth you want others to believe.'. The image is looking out across a small beach to a small cluster of buildings. There are green trees amongst the buildings and grass rolling down a small hill to the sand. The sea is yellow green in colour with small waves. The sky above is blue green, cloudy with a shelf of cloud above the buildings. The title of the book is in large white lettering in the middle of the sky and there are seagulls flying around.

The Bat, Jo Nesbo

The book cover for The Bat by Jo Nesbo includes a black "sticker" circle with the note - The First Harry Hole Thriller in it. The image is of a man with his back to the viewer, walking through dry red dust with a blue cloudy sky above, birds flying above, and a building off in the distance. The tagline 'Over 14 Million Books Sold Worldwide' is at the bottom

In the Blink of An Eye, Jo Callaghan

The book cover of In the Blink of An Eye by Jo Callaghan with the tagline 'One Detective. One Hologram. And a case that will test them both.' and the quote 'The most original crime novel you'll read this year' Clare MacKintosh

The image is of one side of a woman's face with the eye the prominent feature. Half of the image is made up of ones and 0's and the other is a human face. Her eye is half blue and half grey.

Fallen Angel, Chris Brookmyre

The book cover of Fallen Angel by Chris Brookmyre includes the taglines 'It's 16 years since that holiday. She has been waiting.' and the quotes 'Guaranteed to keep you guessing' Ian Rankin on Black Widow and 'In the pantheon of great crime writers' Elly Griffiths

The image is of a pool with the bottom of some chairs at the top, the water is very blue and just slightly rippled at the bottom left.

No One Will Know, Rose Carlyle

The book cover for No One Will Know (A Novel) by Rose Carlyle has the title down the page in large white lettering with the tagline's 'They're the Perfect Couple / They have the perfect plan / All they need is the perfect victim) interspersed. The background is predominately mauve in colouring with a small point jutting out into calm water, there's a woman standing on the point. There are two yachts moored on the water and a range of hills in the far background.

At the bottom there's the line '#1 International Bestselling Author of The Girl in the Mirror'