Brutality is juxtaposed with humor and compassion in this speculative, science-inflected novel about human nature in extremis. Twenty years after a pandemic devastated the earth’s human population, survivors struggle to maintain their... Read More

Nancy Nau Sullivan’s "Saving Tuna Street" is a small-town mystery whose spunky heroine wants to preserve her beloved neighborhood. Blanche doesn’t just live in Santa Maria: she’s part of the island, like its mangrove trees and wild... Read More

In Michael Bradley’s captivating thriller "Dead Air", a radio DJ’s spotty past catches up to her in cruel and violent ways. Kaitlyn thought her life was on track. She has a successful career and a loving fiancé, though she keeps her... Read More

The pulp thriller "Anarchy of the Mice" is inflected with interesting social commentary. In Jeff Bond’s engrossing novel "Anarchy of the Mice", an unlikely trio stands against a hacker collective. In the near future, corruption spreads... Read More

"The Insurmountable Edge" is an intriguing potboiler that portrays a frightening scenario of a US-China confrontation. Thomas H. Goodfellow’s timely political thriller "The Insurmountable Edge" imagines a world in which the US and... Read More

A Yiddish folktale about a noisy house is reimagined for a new generation in this story, set in a library, about a young patron who’s reminded by the enthusiastic librarian, Miss Understood, to appreciate what he has, because... Read More

Sixteen-year-old future superhero Diana discovers a wider world full of beauty and danger in Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed. On the island of Themyscira, Diana is ready to celebrate her “Born Day” with her mother and the other Amazons.... Read More

In Rosalie Knecht’s Vera Kelly is Not a Mystery, a former CIA agent balances her work duties with romance in her new role as a private investigator. Vera hoped for a more normal life after being abandoned by the CIA, but when she loses... Read More