Conners offers keen insights into the publishing industry and brings the New York scene to life with verve and wit. Is there any creature on earth more hopeful, neurotic, and capricious than a first-time novelist? Parker Livingstone, the... Read More

This is a lively and thoughtful hybrid of detective story and psychological literary fiction. Daniel Taylor’s "Do We Not Bleed?" is presented as a detective story, but that’s only half of its appeal. This is a witty and thoughtful... Read More

War on Crime policies of the ‘60s have consequences that can be seen in today’s police militarization and mass incarceration. The United States comprises 5 percent of the world’s overall population, but 25 percent of its prison... Read More

Spellbinding and rich, this return to McCulley’s original text reveals Zorro at his most captivating. Dashing swordsman Don Diego Vega, better known as Zorro, comes to life in Naxos’ audiobook "Zorro Rides Again", read from the... Read More

Hardy’s mirth, patriotism, and melodrama are especially enjoyable in spoken form. Actor Nicholas Rowe engagingly narrates Naxos’ audiobook "The Trumpet Major", an unabridged version of the Thomas Hardy novel centered on two brothers,... Read More

In a dark and unrelenting thriller, a father must hunt down a killer, all while trying to save his own sick and ailing son—until twists in the case reveal a sinister connection between the two. Detective John Penley and his partner,... Read More

Isolate. Compartmentalize. Control. This is the motto of Amanda Sinclair, who used to belong to a cult—a cult that rears its ugly head again just when Amanda felt sure she had put the past behind her. Dark and charged from the start,... Read More

Reminiscent of childhood activity books, the blocky, full-page, mandala-like patterns will appeal to colorers who appreciate mechanics, engineering, gear parts, saw blades, and such. Read More