Uganda is exquisitely described in this murder mystery with a dynamic lead. Emmanuel Igwaro Odongo-Aginya’s murder mystery "The Director Murdered", set in Uganda, has political overtones and a likable lead detective; its dynamic team... Read More

A thriller set amid a public health emergency, "Deadly Payload" is full of compelling characters and suspense. A small-town bioterrorism nightmare springs to frightening life in Karen Randau’s vivid modern-day thriller and detective... Read More

Worldly-wise Huckleberry Finn is a scapegrace and a troublemaker, up to the same old hijinks as his eponymous predecessor. The Ballad of Huck and Miguel by Tim DeRoche pulls the drama of Huckleberry Finn into this century for a... Read More

Pearls on a Branch: Tales from the Arab World Told by Women is a collection of thirty stories curated by Najla Khoury, who spent years compiling, polishing, and editing these primarily oral works. Retold from generation to generation,... Read More

"The Prophesy Gene" is an intriguing ecological thriller and adventure. Stuart D. Schooler’s "The Prophesy Gene" is a complex eco-thriller that employs elements of science fiction to draw its points out. Cousins Sarah and Michael... Read More

The book’s riveting main character proves to be Haight-Ashbury itself, at its tumultuous peak. Susan Knapp’s "The House on Masonic" goes back to the summer of love to explore the hippie movement from its ground zero: the... Read More

Fans of YA supernatural thrillers will find much to like in "The Girl Who Saved Ghosts", and will eagerly await the next adventure. With plenty of twists, turns, and ghostly intrigue, The Girl Who Saved Ghosts, K. C. Tansley’s second... Read More

Action-packed and featuring strange technologies, this is an intriguing kickoff to a new science fiction series. Mistrust of the government and rampant sickness are among the ills that threaten to rot America from within in the ambitious... Read More