Welcome to Day 1 of the Claws of the Cat cover reveal tour in which you are privy to a first glimpse of what is going to be one of the HOTTEST mystery novels of 2013. Do you feel that tingling in your toes? I do. In my toes, not yours, er...The first novel in Susan Spann’s Shinobi mystery series doesn’t release until July 16, 2013, but the fun begins today. For the next three days, three different blogs will post a piece of the cover – a clue to the final cover art for Claws of the Cat. Susan will reveal the full cover this Friday, November 9 on her blog (www.SusanSpann.com).There’s also a contest involved. Leave a comment on Susan’s blog some time Friday for a chance to win a $20 Barnes & Noble gift card!Here’s your first clue to the mystery:
So… what are those pointy objects in the image? And what are they sitting on? Take your best guess…A little more about Claws of the Cat:When a samurai is brutally murdered in a Kyoto teahouse, master ninja Hiro Hattori has just three days to find the killer before the dead man’s vengeful son kills both the beautiful geisha accused of the crime and Father Mateo, the Jesuit priest that Hiro has pledged his own life to protect. The investigation plunges Hiro and Father Mateo into the dangerous waters of Kyoto’s floating world, where they quickly learn that everyone from an elusive teahouse owner to the dead man’s dishonored brother has a motive to keep the samurai’s death a mystery.Claws of the Cat is available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/), Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/), Powell’s Books (http://www.powells.com/) and independent booksellers near you.You can find the next two clues tomorrow at Julianne Douglas's blog, Writing the Renaissance (www.writingren.blogspot.com) and Thursday at Between the Sheets (www.heatherwebb.net/blog/) – and don’t forget the full cover reveal and contest happening Friday, November 9 at www.SusanSpann.com.
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