Set in the Netherlands, Jaap Robben’s novel "Afterlight" is about an elderly woman’s work to discover what happened to her child. In the book’s present, Frieda is in her eighties. After her husband, Louis, dies, she is deemed too... Read More

In the thoughtful mystery novel "The Raptor’s Grasp", a university community comes together to find a murderer. In Freya Smallwood’s coastal California mystery novel "The Raptor’s Grasp", a local university community is tested by... Read More

"Lethal Control" is a physician-led mystery with a strong social message. In Kate Scannell’s mystery novel "Lethal Control", doctors investigating strange symptoms unravel a capitalist conspiracy. Nora is a physician who’s seen wild... Read More

In Catching a Spider, the first book of a futuristic trilogy, a battle between powerful evil and humble-but-skilled good begins. The first book in E. L. Hendrix’s science fiction trilogy New City Chronicles, Catching a Spider, is a... Read More

The fantasy novel "Maiden Hills" is filled with action, adventure, and an endearing heroine whose social awakening is satisfying. In N. L. Estrada’s medieval sword-and-sorcery fantasy novel "Maiden Hills", a young queen wrestles with... Read More

"The Meaning of Life" is an ambitious self-help work about achieving personal satisfaction. Nathanael Garrett Novosel’s philosophical and scientific treatise, "The Meaning of Life", suggests means of finding greater fulfillment. The... Read More

"Light of Day" is a thorough social science study about the pervasiveness of sexualized violence. In her timely social science study "Light of Day", Janet A. McDonald challenges everyone to reconsider what they think they know about... Read More

Jaymi’s pursuits are a revenge fantasy taken to the next level, with moral and ethical quandaries wound in. Magical realism meets old school noir in Rohan Quine’s technological thriller "The Beasts of Electra Drive", which poses... Read More