Independent Booksellers Alliance Okra Pick for Summer 2012 and was listed in the Amazon.com Best Books of April 2012. Publication history 2012, US, Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins , Pub date April 10, 2012, Hardback References External links The Cove on the publisher's website Review of The Cove in the New York Times, published April 2, 2012 Review of The Cove in USATODAY, published April 8, 2012 Review of The Cove in The Washington Post, published April 3, 2012 2012 American novels Novels set in North Carolina Grand Prix de Littérature Policière winners Ecco Press books Fiction set in 1918