“Fiona, your books are great fun to read … but your cover designs are doing you no favours.”  So I was told recently.  “Why don’t you update the jackets so they look like the fictional adventure stories they are?  At the moment they look like dull and boring history books!”

I’ve always believed it’s a good thing to respond positively to feedback.  So, here are the results.  I’ll let you judge for yourselves …

In my first book, Merry gets trapped in the Howard Carter Museum in Luxor, and finds some hidden hieroglyphics.  It sets her off on a madcap treasure hunt…

From this …                   To this … 

In Merry’s second adventure, the hieroglyphics have led her to believe there may be precious jewels hidden in Egypt … If only she can find them before anyone else does …

From this …                     To this … 

In book 3, Merry has found the precious jewels … but can she protect them …?

From this …                     To this … 

Her fourth adventure finds Merry racing to find a Dead Sea Scroll, perhaps hidden by King Farouk before it can fall into the wrong hands …

From this …                    To this …  

In book 5, Merry is trying to stay one step ahead of a blackmailer intent on exposing her explosive secrets …

From this …                    To this …  

And her most recent adventure finds Merry on a quest to discover the inside track on “The Greatest Story Ever Told” – The Exodus …

From this …                  To this … 

Hmm, I can completely see where the person was coming from …

Personally, I love them.  I hope you do, too.

Fiona Deal