I KILLED THE KING Cover Reveal!
A much shorter newsletter for you today...because I've got a cover to share!
Hello! I’ve got a much shorter newsletter for you today, because we’re finally able to reveal the cover for I KILLED THE KING, the “Knives Out meets One Of Us Is Lying” magical murder mystery I co-wrote with Andrea Hannah.
I’ve loved all of my book covers, but this one is definitely a new favorite.
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Isn’t it GORGEOUS?!
I’ve not stopped staring at this since we got the cover back in the fall. The colors! The castle! The outlines of our six POV characters — and murder suspects — in the windows! The subtle nods to French architecture! I don’t think I could love it more.
When we were having The Cover Conversation, we found ourselves trying to very carefully balance several spinning plates — KING is a fantasy, yes, but it’s built around the very real beats of a whodunnit murder mystery. We wanted to be able to signal to the reader they’re going to get magic, murderous shenanigans, and some of the camp and fun of movies like Knives Out. (One of my favorite recurring comments from people who read is, I went in for the plot, but I didn’t expect it to be funny!?)
I had no idea how we were going to create a cover that hit on multiple points, but I should have known to trust in the Cover Gods, because they’ve never let me down so far. I couldn’t love this more. And I already have some ideas for book two…
You can preorder I KILLED THE KING wherever books are sold, but here are some helpful links to get you started!
That’s it for now! I’ll see you in March with some fun updates once I’m hopefully off my dual-deadlines and living my best life on my farm in Fields of Mistria.
I’ll leave you with the official description for I KILLED THE KING below!
One of Us Is Lying meets Knives Out—with beasts, murder, and magic—in this first book in a thrilling locked-room whodunnit YA fantasy duology by Andrea Hannah and New York Times bestseller Rebecca Mix.
After a decade of war, the kingdoms of Avendell and Istellia have finally agreed to peace. As nobles and magic wielders from both countries arrive at remote Castle Avendell for a historic all-night masquerade to celebrate, King Costis summons an unlikely group to his chambers: the crown prince, his Istellian bride-to-be, his personal guard, a wild beast teamer, and the palace’s questionable new healer. But before Costis can reveal why he has gathered them, the castle goes dark.
When the lights come back, the king is dead—murdered with the princess’s knife, in a weak spot only his guard knew of, and with venom from one of the beast tamer’s monsters lacing the blade.
With no clear killer—and everyone a suspect—they make a risky pact: Tell no one until the treaty is signed. But when a winter storm seals everyone inside and someone aware of the king's untimely death begins to pick off guests one by one, the six suspects must work together to discover who killed the king . . . before one of them is next.
Love the new cover! It looks gorgeous!