Mark Simonson’s Mostra Nuova started appearing on Mary Higgins Clark’s covers as early as 2018. Over time, Simon & Schuster has re-issued this #1 New York Times bestselling author’s books to garner attention from new readers. The drama of the typeface plays into these beloved author’s suspense novels. So often, redesigns are not an improvement, but seeing them all gathered together is impressive and Mostra Nuova sets the mood so well.

On the use of his Mostra Nuova for these titles, Simonson said, “It’s always a thrill to see one of my fonts used on a book cover. It’s a whole other level to see it used across an entire series.”

Mildred B. Davis is an American novelist whose books generally fall into the suspense/mystery genre. Katherine (Davis) Roome, her daughter, and a published author herself, helped Mildred break a 30-year publishing silence by working with her to turn some previously unpublished manuscripts into the Murder in Maine series. The third book of this series, however, was written by Mildred quite recently. —  Wikipedia

Tell Them What’s-Her-Name Called was published in 1975 by Random House, New York. The jacket typography combines Simplex, a monolinear uncial originally designed by S.H. de Roos for the Amsterdam Type Foundry in 1939, and ITC Avant Garde Gothic (1970), here with its alternate e and noticeable ink traps.