A few weeks back I blogged about the resemblance that the cover of Steven Amsterdam’s book Things We Didn’t See Coming bore to Italo Calvino’s If On a Winter’s Night a Traveller. In the name of completeness, here’s another cover that fits quite nicely with the other two. It’s The Broken Teaglass, by debut author Emily Arsenault (yes, that name made me giggle a little). Oddly enough, even the blurb is reminiscent of the Calvino:

Mona has just made a startling discovery in the office files: a trove of puzzling quotations, all taken from the same book, “The Broken Teaglass.” Billy and Mona soon learn that no such book exists. And the quotations from it are far too long, twisting and bizarre for any dictionary. They read like a confessional, coyly hinting at a hidden identity, a secret liaison, a crime. As Billy and Mona ransack the office files, a chilling story begins to emerge: a story about a lonely young woman, a long-unsolved mystery, a moment of shattering violence. And as they piece together its fragments, the puzzle begins to take on bigger personal meaning for both of them, compelling them to redefine their notions of themselves and each other.

Anyway, I must admit that I’m not too fussed about the similar covers, as these books all go very nicely with my website’s colour scheme!