Description

The People’s Friend magazine book covers.

Cover artwork by Gerard Fay illustrating a story by Alison Carter.

London, 1811, and the well-read, intelligent Miss Gardener investigates the deaths of a younger friend’s ill-fated suitors.

Characters
Miss Gardener: late 50s, smart, colourful dress.
Sylvia: age twenty, blue eyes, smart, colourful dress.

Scene to illustrate
For the main book cover design, we see a wistful Sylvia sitting in an armchair in a grand-looking room. Miss Gardener is standing by her side. I quite like to portray it so Miss G suspects Sylvia as the murderer, but doesn’t have proof (as of yet), so portray her, stance included, how you see fit. My concern is the scene will look too static, so creativity welcome to help bring it to life – montage would work, too.

Season: Any

Mood: Suspicion