Research into Penguin Books for Competition

So to start off my research into designing the one of the two book cover arts I decided to start reading the books, this would give me a good understanding of the approach and visual style I would want to go for, I also think that it would help give me a more accurate design idea that would help represent the book to what it truly is in my opinion and not from someone else synopsis on the internet.

Just from reading the blurbs I have decided that I am going to start reading the Outsiders.

I feel that the impression I received from the blurb is that this book will offer a more mysterious story line that could be interpreted and advertised in a number of ways, however the What a Carve Up! book also looks like it has good advertising and design potential, as the main theme seems to be set on greed, this could make for some good content, the first thing that springs to mind is a design style with silhouettes and bright colours on contrasting on the background similar to the hustle gambling drama on BBC 1.