Create lively, exciting book cover for new mystery--CHASING THE CODEX

Cozy Cat Press

Cozy Cat Press is a small, independent publisher of cozy (or "gentle") mysteries.

A full cover for the print version and a front cover jpg for the ebook version of our new "group-written" mystery CHASING THE CODEX. The cover should reflect the content of the story which can be surmised by reading the blurb below. Artists should be aware that "cozy" mysteries are light, fun, and exciting--not dark and dreary. That feeling should be reflected in the cover design.

The front cover should feature the title (CHASING THE CODEX) and the sub-title ("A Mystery by 24 Authors") and the company name--Cozy Cat Press. The full cover should feature the same front cover, plus spine that says title and "A Mystery by 24 Authors" and the Cozy Cat Press logo. The back cover may or may not feature the names of all 24 authors but must feature the following blurb:

"Bryndis Palmer, owner of The Neglected Word bookstore, invites her fourteen-year-old niece Frida to visit her so that the precocious, Jane Austen-loving young girl can accompany Bryn to the “Midwest Booklovers’ Convention” being held in nearby Saint Louis. Never mind that Bryn has just broken up with her on-again, off-again boyfriend Holt Furst, or that said boyfriend has suddenly disappeared from his apartment above her shop––possibly in a violent kidnapping. Bryndis dutifully heads to the airport to pick up Frida, only to discover that Frida has also disappeared––reportedly swooped up by a chauffeur and whisked away in a limousine.

Who would kidnap her niece? Where could they have taken her? Where could Holt be? Bryn is an amateur sleuth from her childhood days of reading Nancy Drew mysteries, and she barges ahead with her own investigation, certain that the local police and the airport authorities will bungle the job, and fearing the wrath of her sister Lia if anything happens to Frida. Little does Bryn know that the disappearances of Holt and Frida are actually connected, and as she begins her search, a mystifying tale starts to unravel––introducing her to a host of strange characters––all more unusual than those in the murder mysteries she’s accustomed to reading. Along the way, she discovers that she herself is somehow at the center of it all, and swirling around her are other strange curiosities––a missing Bible, a famous frontier hero, and a hidden secret code.
Will she find Frida? And Holt? How does it all connect? And how is Bryn involved? It will all be revealed in CHASING THE CODEX."

The back cover may also feature how the book was written:
"Here’s a different kind of book! This cozy mystery was written by 24 of Cozy Cat Press’s 40-some authors, with each author penning their own individual chapter or chapters. How did we make this happen? Easy! We started at the top of the alphabet with Amy Beth Arkawy writing one chapter and moved down through Diane Weiner (with a few detours along the way). No one author had any idea where the next author would take the story; they only knew what they wanted to do with the characters and the plot in their chapter. We think you’ll find the results amazing––and exciting! So, be prepared for quite a ride, as we go CHASING THE CODEX!"

You can check out our other book covers at our website: http://www.cozycatpress.com

I have included below some samples of our logo to use on spine and back cover. We usually place logo in bottom right-hand corner on back cover and bottom of spine.

I have also included an alphabetical list of the authors if designers would like to list them on the back cover.