Probing the consciences of people and a nation during a pivotal era, "The Serpent Papers" is a novel about the intricacies of decision-making and taking a stand when life itself is at risk. Growing up in the 1960s, J-Bee, the son of an... Read More

A young lawyer of shifting identities is presented with a transformative case in Judith McCormack’s devastating, poetic novel "The Singing Forest". Even before WWII began in earnest, Belarusian citizens disappeared into the Minsk... Read More

"Get WalletWise" is a practical text that is aimed at helping people develop financial literacy—and avoid easy options that have long-term consequences. Ken Remsen proffers tips for developing one’s financial skills, even after... Read More

"The Field Agent" is a suspenseful thriller in which unusual teenagers are tasked with accomplishing improbable feats. In R. S. Twells’s captivating young adult thriller "The Field Agent", grief prompts a tech-savvy teenager to... Read More

"The Antidote" is an informative adventure story in which a boy faces a moral quandary after learning about his incredible inherited gift. In Susan McCormick’s thrilling novel "The Antidote", a boy descended from a line of doctors... Read More

The Chicago transit system is the nexus of two seemingly unconnected murders in Tiffany Cates’s unsettling, satisfying novel M-Theory. Donovan rides the train every day, taking note of the different people whom he sees on a regular... Read More

In the chilling murder mystery "The Will to Die", grifters lurk at the edges of a tight-knit community, threatening its peace. Corporate greed and racist proclivities direct Joe Pulizzi’s small-town murder mystery "The Will to Die".... Read More

"Origin of the Follower and His New Actions" is a bombastic character study of a drug-busting superhero. Axel Tressler is the Follower in John Durbin Husher’s "Origin of the Follower and His New Actions", and he destroys several... Read More