Mark Powell’s "Lioness" is a haunting literary thriller that probes an emotional and spiritual quest for meaning amid despair. Two years after the death of their seven-year-old son, David learns that his estranged wife, Mara, is... Read More

With propulsive energy, Davin Goodwin’s murder mystery "Paradise Cove" covers a wave of violence on a tropical island, Bonaire. R, a retired detective, runs a small hotel on Bonaire, where he pursues scuba diving and tries to put... Read More

A young couple confronts feelings of fear, loss, grief, and love in Jordan Crane’s transcendent graphic novel "Keeping Two". Tense from arguments and traffic, Connie and Will arrive home and make a deal: he’ll wash the dishes in the... Read More

"The Boy Who Took Marilyn to the Prom" is a novel about the strength of nostalgia, and the problems that sustained reminiscence can lead to. In Henry Massie’s nostalgic novel "The Boy Who Took Marilyn to the Prom", two men reflect on... Read More

Chad Orzel traces how human concepts of time have changed over millennia in "A Brief History of Timekeeping". Today, “what time is it?” is a basic question with an accessible answer: all one has to do is look at a clock. But the... Read More

Kimberly Schlegel Whitman and Shelley Johnstone Paschke’s coffee table book "A Loving Table" expresses the joy of gathering with families and friends for lavish meals. Full of gorgeous pictures and delights of colors and textures to... Read More

In C. A. Davids’s novel "How to Be a Revolutionary", two people from opposite ends of the world connect and are separated by political and personal secrets. Beth, a South African haunted by her turbulent youth and failing marriage,... Read More

"The Murders of Moisés Ville" covers gruesome murders in a fledgling Jewish community in late-nineteenth-century Argentina. Alongside its details of the crimes, the book chronicles Javier Sinay’s research experiences into them in... Read More