Hey one and all. I recently launched my new book "Conspiracy". A picaresque, historical thriller set in Paris/Geneva 1791. Whilst I really like the cover I had gone with, I am finding it's not quite resonating with my audience. There seems to be miss-match. I think the Jason Bourne (18thC style) is leaning still to much towards a modern day thriller. Nothing ventured, nothing gained - as they say. So, I really could do with some external opinions here as I am playing with some new ideas. They are mixed. But to give you the tone of the book, here is the blurb: To cheat poverty, he joined a conspiracy. To survive it, well… Paris, 1791. The Revolution is in full swing, and powdered wigs shall roll as easily as dice. Enter Jonas: a Swiss peasant with empty pockets and a burning ambition to improve his lot in life. He’s just triumphed at the gaming table and clutches half an invitation into a powerful cabal of kingmakers who promise a new world order where merit trumps birthright. Alas, there is a catch: a slow-acting poison ensures loyalty, and only his masters hold the cure. Now the syndicate’s favoured courier, Jonas plunges into the smoky, blood-soaked corners of a city upended, where he soon discovers the society’s aim is not noble liberation after all — ‘tis a plot to overthrow his homeland, and he is the pawn delivering the weapons! And so, with venom coursing through his veins, he recruits a ragtag crew of outcasts: a crime lord, a clockmaker, a pickpocket, and sundry other mischief-makers. Together, they must pull off an impossible heist, save the captives, secure the antidotes, and burn the conspiracy to the ground — or be consumed by it. ‘Tis picaresque. ‘Tis poisoned. ‘Tis Conspiracy. Which, from the new ideas would you say best fits the blurb. I appreciate this may not be your genre, but any opinions will be helpful. Current cover is attached (slanted Ipad).

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