A spunky widow having psychic dreams leads the cast of realistic characters in this compelling debut. How does one mourn the past after discovering the gift of telling the future? Such is the strange dilemma facing fortysomething widow... Read More

A gritty thriller shows the extent of evil some soldiers are capable of during wartime. Loyalty, honor, betrayal, and the effect of time on psychological wounds are themes of Frank Warburton’s new novel, Timeless Revenge. In the... Read More

Universal struggles of balancing family and work put this futuristic novel of firefighting technology into context. Many of us feel gratitude for the technological gains made in our lifetime. But with these advances come drawbacks; many... Read More

An amateur detective duo digs into a government conspiracy in this steady-moving thriller. In this polarized political era, many US citizens expect cover-ups, and are convinced that the government is watching. Lloyd Reman’s solid debut... Read More

Parks confronts racism and immigration issues in the World War II era without mincing words. For the successive generations of Russian women in Cynthia Rogers Parks’s poignant novel, "The Nesting Dolls", repercussions of their actions... Read More

A Zen master, a princess, and a martial artist burst out of their archetypes to reveal deep and likable characters. Martial arts, a frail teacher, terrorists, and a troubled princess: only a talented author could mix such disparate... Read More

Eerie happenings weave through the lives of these small-town folks, making these snapshots not just stories, but character studies. "Unfinished Stories of Girls"—a haunting collection of short stories penned by veteran writer Catherine... Read More

Nuanced depictions of primary and secondary characters make the setting of a New York boarding school come alive. In the grand tradition of mysterious happenings at boarding schools, Jan Levine Thal’s Clean to the Bone, the first... Read More