NEW YORK 鈥� The cover for Hillary Clinton's first novel will not be mistaken for those of her memoirs.
There's no smiling photograph like on the front of 2003's 鈥淟iving History鈥� or the more sober portrait of Clinton for 鈥淗ard Choices,鈥� which came out in 2014, or even the plain lettering of the 2017 release 鈥淲hat Happened.鈥� For 鈥淪tate of Terror,鈥� co-written with the popular Canadian mystery novelist Louise Penny, the cover features a maze-like four-sided figure, with stark red lines and in one corner an American flag, all set against a black backdrop.
The novel comes out Oct. 12 and will be released jointly by Simon & Schuster, Clinton's publisher, and St. Martin's Press, which publishes Penny. The two companies unveiled the cover Wednesday, and have called the novel a 鈥渉igh-stakes thriller of international intrigue,鈥� featuring a 鈥渘ovice鈥� secretary of state, a position Clinton held from 2009-2013.
The Associated Press
