Cross Currents

Years ago, in the pre-internet days, I saw this book on a shelf in a store--not a bookstore, but a supermarket--and, based just on the cover image, I instantly added it to my cart (in the literal, real-world sense of that term).

The book itself was very good, an action thriller about the revenge that's spawned when innocent people are killed aboard a boat by pirates. But there were no detailed scenes of women in bathing suits being tied up, as the cover showed. But I still enjoyed the book itself.

Still, it was a provocative image that served its purpose with me--it got me to buy the book.