The latest novel from Darren Dash aka Darren Shan dropped just before Christmas. This London-based gritty thriller takes inspiration from the pulp crime of Hammett and Spillane and it made sense to take some visual cues from that era of crime fiction for the cover design. A stacked condensed sans-serif for the title, a prominent femme-fatale and some less than subtle colouring sets the tone for this slice of British noir.
