Should you judge a book by its cover?

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Those nice people at Troubador, the publisher for Seven Dials, have sent me the draft of the front cover. The concept is based on an original photographic work by Trey Ratcliffe, an art photographer based in New Zealand. Trey kindly allowed me to use the image for the cover of my debut novel and I think its rather gorgeous.

We like to think of Seven Dials as a place where things converge: seven quirky streets meeting at a common point and an enigmatic Sun Dial Pillar (with six faces). But what if we considered the Dials differently, not as points that meet, but as Dials that diverge? Not pointing towards the Sun Dial Pillar but away from it and towards specific destinations envisioned by their architect? But, if there are specific places he had in mind, what were they, and why?

These questions and hundreds more are explored and resolved in Seven Dials, The Past, the Present and the Puzzle of Seven Dials. Published on 28th October.

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