Cover Controversy: It’s Psycho

Excuse me as I go a little YA for a minute.

Bookends bloggers Cindy Dobrez and Lynn Rutan tipped me off to a recent cover similarity that can’t be denied. The gist? You fear what you can’t completely see.

The first cover please…

Possessed by Kate Cann.

Spooky, right? And now, the doppelganger:

The Pickpocket’s Ghost (UK Edition) by Catherine Fisher.

They share a certain hazy shade of ominous, don’t you think? When I looked at these two covers, I was reminded of another image, from a totally different place:

The poster from the remake of Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.

Side by side by side:

A trend that is sure to rear its obscured head again…

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