"A Matter of Chance" is a masterful dramatic mystery that deals with a parent’s worst nightmare—having a child go missing. A woman’s attempt to get on with her life following the abduction of her eight-year-old daughter is at the... Read More

The city that never sleeps, New York made good use of those extra waking hours to create an incomparable nightlife scene—theaters, restaurants, nightclubs—as well as nurture a citizenship that occasionally goes off the... Read More

Romance blooms in the shadow of a historic lighthouse in Irene Hannon’s latest novel, "Pelican Point". The lighthouse in Hope Harbor, Oregon, falls into the hands of ex–army doctor Ben Garrison as part of an inheritance from his... Read More

Parts per Million veers back to the early 2000s, as America somberly moves into a new millennium already shadowed by 9/11 and the war in Iraq. Three activists have banded together in Portland, Oregon, sharing a house and a passion for... Read More

"The Book of Pearl" is a beautifully imagined tale of grief and love. Timothée de Fombelle’s book, originally published in French, is impeccably translated by Sarah Ardizzone and Sam Gordon. The story is luminous, with a plot that... Read More

Effortlessly consumable reading; this convivial romance is filled with humorous exchanges. Becca Wilhite’s "Check Me Out" is a clean contemporary romance, a modern librarian’s update on the Cyrano de Bergerac story. It’s quirky and... Read More

"Blood Truth" builds up compelling mysteries and thunders toward a surprising ending. Matt Coyle’s engrossing noir thriller "Blood Truth" finds Rick Cahill dredging up family mysteries while solving a seemingly simple cheating-husband... Read More

Characters are savvy yet vulnerable, and their continual quests for hope in the midst of darkness are appealingly inspirational. Jaime Jo Wright’s "The House on Foster Hill" blends the past and present in a gripping mystery that... Read More