This is the full and detailed views of the paperback cover of the French edition of Dance Hall of the Dead. Design credit: not credited. The Rivages/Noir editions of Hillerman's works pursue similar design formats: tinted photographs of the American Southwest, which are not necessarily consistent with the content of the book. For example, the cover photograph of Là où dansent les morts contains a saguaro cactus and a motel, neither of which pertain to the plot lines of the novel.