Book Cover Photography
Crime & Thriller Specialist
Welcome to Dave Wall Photo — world-renowned book cover photographer specialising in high-impact crime, thriller & dark genre book cover photography. With over 20 years’ experience and more than 1,000 published book covers globally, I create haunting, atmospheric visuals that help authors and publishers sell more books.
What I Do — Specialist Book Cover Photography
As a dedicated creative photographer, I capture and produce striking, genre-specific imagery tailored for book covers, marketing campaigns, and publishing needs. My work consistently appears on covers for top authors and international publishers, especially in the crime & thriller book market.
Services include:
Dark, creative, and evocative book cover photography
Custom images for crime, thriller, mystery, horror, and suspense title.
Global Publishing Experience
My book cover work has been featured over 1000 times worldwide over the last 20 years, across major publishing houses and international editions. From bestselling crime novels to gripping thrillers, these powerful images help books stand out on shelves and digital storefronts alike.
My work has been described as many things but most frequently I hear it described as
Haunting and more often than not ..... disturbing
Here are just a few - ENJOY
Never Say Die by author Tess Gerritsen published by MIRA - photography by Dave Wall
The Sponsor: Murder at the North Sea Chess Tournament by author Jeroen Terlingen published by New in Chess - photography by Dave Wall
Scherven by author Bart Debbaut published by Lannoo - photography by Dave Wall
Evil at heart by author Chelsea Cain published by Pan Macmillan - photography by Dave Wall
londongrad reggie by author Reggie Nadelson published by Atlantic Books - photography by Dave Wall
Pariah by author David Jackson published by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform - photography by Dave Wall
La nuova moglie by author Jane Corry published by Piemme - photography by Dave Wall
The Girl Next Door by author Ruth Rendell published by Center Point - photography by Dave Wall
Mężczyzna bez twarzy by author Catherine Ryan Howard published by Świat Książki - photography by Dave Wall
Anathem by author Neal Stephenson published by William Morrow and Company - photography by Dave Wall
Tanz, Püppchen, tanz by author Joy Fielding published by Joy Fielding - photography by Dave Wall
Intruz by author Marek Stelar published by Filia - photography by Dave Wall
My passion for this dark imagery allows me the luxury of jetting off to far-flung locations, shying away from the tourist trails and seeking out what others choose to ignore
Crafting dramatic covers for some of the worlds top authors
Dark fantasy book cover - A Sword Named Truth by author Sherwood Smith published by DAW - photography by Dave Wall
Sepulchre by author James Herbert - photography Dave Wall
Niewinny człowiek by author John Grisham published by Albatros - photography by Dave Wall
Altered Carbon by author Richard Morgan published by Bragelonne - photography by Dave Wall
Essex Dogs by author Dan Jones published by Head of Zeus - photography by Dave Wall
Dark fantasy suspense book cover photography - Our Crooked Hearts by Melissa Albert - photography by Dave Wall
Scripta manent by author Lena Manta
The house that horror built by author Christina Henry published by Berkley Books - photography by Dave Wall
Ossessione mortale by author Julia Navarro published by Tre60 - photography by Dave Wall
The Puppet Show by author M. W. Craven published by Constable - photography by Dave Wall
The Shifting Fog by author Kate Morton published by Allen & Unwin
Atmospheric crime book cover photography - Mimic by Daniel Cole - photography by Dave Wall
My OCD addiction to details, and my many years teaching Adobe Photoshop to other working professionals around the world has undoubtedly helped in my quest to be one of the most sort after illustrative photographers in the book cover arena
Hard work (and lots of mistakes along the way) have now paid off as the name Dave Wall is now synonymous in the Crime & Horror book cover genre
komora by author John Grisham published by Albatros - photography by Dave Wall
Ho ucciso by author Emiliano Pianini published by Newton Compton - photography by Dave Wall
Ik zal je vinden by author Linwood Barclay published by Boekerij - photography by Dave Wall
The seventh victim by author Michael Wood published by Harper Collins - photography by Dave Wall
Until proven innocent by author Nicola Williams published by Hamish Hamilton - photography by Dave Wall
The Secret Keeper by author Kate Morton published by Pan - photography by Dave Wall
Pressure Chamber by author Nir Hezroni published by Legend Press - photography by Dave Wall
Das Loft by author Linus Geschke published by Piper Verlag GmbH - photography by Dave Wall
L'amica sbagliata by author Cristina Ingiardi published by Piemme - photography by Dave Wall
Za kratami by author Artur Górski published by Prószyński Media - photography by Dave Wall
Szklarz by author Daniel Komorowski published by Initium - photography by Dave Wall
Der Killer by author David Baldacci published by Bastei Lübbe - photography by Dave Wall
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Un Resplandor En Las Tinieblas by author Emanuel Elizondo published by LifeWay Christian Resources - photography by Dave Wall
Shalom Berlin by author Michael Wallner published by LEPOINTS - photography by Dave Wall
A szerencsések by author Mark Edwards published by Alexandra - photography by Dave Wall
Whispers of the Dead by author Simon Beckett published by Bantam - photography by Dave Wall
Le donne più malvagie della storia d'Italia by author Angelica Artemisia Pedatella published by Newton Compton Editori - photography by Dave Wall
Le Vergini by author Alex Michaelides published by Einaudi. Stile Libero Big - photography by Dave Wall
The Curator by author M. W. Craven published by Constable - photography by Dave Wall
The Institute by author Jakub Żulczyk published by Legend Press - photography by Dave Wall
Kobieta z sąsiedztwa by author Sue Watson published by Filia - photography by Dave Wall
Lo Sagrado Y Lo Profano by author Mircea Eliade published by Austral - photography by Dave Wall
Up Late by author Nick Laird published by W. W. Norton & Company - photography by Dave Wall
Il mistero del codice Fibonacci by author Marcello Ciccarelli & Bruno Di Marco published by Newton Compton Editori - photography by Dave Wall
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