In a small Kentucky town where “witch hazel and shaving soap scent…the air,” a boy learns to love art by watching his father paint pictures before work. His father warns him, though, that art should be a mere hobby—it won’t pay... Read More

Intrepid bookseller Shaun Bythell is back with his latest edition of wry tales from the Bookshop, Wigtown, Scotland’s beloved purveyor of used books. Bookending each entry with notes of online orders and till sales, Bythell makes a... Read More

Melissa Thompson’s enticing Jamaican-inspired cookbook "Motherland" combines a solemn history of the Caribbean island nation with notes about its delicious food and spirited reputation. The daughter of a Jamaican father and Maltese... Read More

In the mountains of Colorado, a newcomer witnesses as secrets and bodies accumulate in the satisfying mystery novel "The Last Temptation". A mystery unfolds in a small Colorado town in Amy O. Lewis’s thriller "The Last Temptation", the... Read More

In Tegan Nia Swanson’s mystery novel "Things We Found When the Water Went Down", three generations of women seek to protect a damaged world. In the midst of a blizzard, Marietta is accused of murder and escapes custody almost as fast... Read More

Reminiscent of the 1920s Gatsby era, with undercover alcohol and the hint of danger, James Ziskin’s "Bombay Monsoon" is a captivating thriller set during a pivotal time in Indian history. Danny Jacobs is a reporter fresh on the beat... Read More

Broken dreams and family bonds are at the center of Gert Loschütz’s novel "A Fine Couple". After World War II, Georg and Herta ended up in East Germany. Herta had been looking for a way to escape the confines of her hometown; she... Read More

In "Plain", Mary Alice Hostetter chronicles her formative years within a Mennonite family and her later quest for personal independence. In Pennsylvania, Hostetter and her siblings worked on her parents’ farm. She also helped with... Read More