Hempleman-Adams’s attraction to far-flung landscapes underpins this capable portrayal of resilience. David Hempleman-Adams is a British industrialist and adventurer who scaled the world’s Seven Summits and walked to the geographic... Read More

Each character in this novel is drawn with color and depth, and they each have varying capacities to deal with change in their small town. Although it has a few fighting scenes, Adam Schuitema’s novel "Haymaker" is not about boxing or... Read More

Elements present in the protagonist’s artwork shift the focus of the story to a hallucinogenic trip as he attains enlightenment. A work as conceptual as the protagonist’s art, "Entrevoir", by Chris Katsaropoulous, tells the story of... Read More

Contemplation of the surreal and a fast-paced mystery merge to deliver this satisfying fever dream of a novel. David Finkle’s "The Man with the Overcoat" is a satisfying, surreal tale wrapped in a taut, neo-noir package. Edward... Read More

Lelchuk’s metatextual approach to the mystery of Raoul Wallenberg realistically blends the line of fact and fiction. The fate of Raoul Wallenberg has remained a mystery for seventy years, and Alan Lelchuk’s novel "Searching for... Read More

This dark thriller has an intelligent side, and pleases on several levels as the bodies pile up everywhere this professor goes. "The Savage Professor", by Robert Roper, is a complex, scientifically minded whodunit. The professor is... Read More

Both the setting and the characters add real depth to balance with the suspense of a murder investigation. Jack Connor and his Palmetto BioClean crew have been called to clean up the scene of an apparent, and very bloody, suicide in room... Read More

Brisk pacing and a complex plot make this mystery novel a juicy, satisfying thriller. "Slow Burn" follows Fourth Down and Out as the second Andy Hayes mystery by Andrew Welsh-Huggins. Private investigator Andy is struggling in both his... Read More