First generation immigrants navigate their striated society in Shida Bazyar’s pointed novel "Sisters in Arms". Saya, Kasih, and Hani grew up in metropolitan Germany, bound by their shared experiences as Muslim immigrants. But their... Read More

A Brazilian lawyer is reminded that intimacy is perilous in Patrícia Melo’s searing novel "The Simple Art of Killing a Woman". While researching fatal crimes against women, a lawyer lists the varying slights that caused men to kill... Read More

Daring women keep secrets, heal their neighbors, and protect each others’ futures in Bonnie Jo Campbell’s captivating novel "The Waters". On an island in a Michigan swamp sits a cabin whose residents seem to exist outside of time. As... Read More

A father’s suicide shakes loose family secrets, reigniting interest in a cold case, in Kate Brody’s engrossing thriller "Rabbit Hole". A decade past her older half-sister’s disappearance, Teddy teaches in the high school where her... Read More

A lonely girl peeks beyond the veil, ensuring a childhood of wonder and silence, in Su Bristow’s enchanting novel "The Fair Folk". Felicity’s earliest memories are of peering up from her baby carriage at the fairy faces grinning down... Read More

Jubilant and inspirational, the poems gathered in "Ballooning in Stars" alight on familiar but happy subjects. Matthew Edward Schatmeyer’s poetry collection "Ballooning in Stars" uses pert lines and playful techniques to celebrate... Read More

A giant’s body falls from the sky, exposing extant rifts in a small Nebraska town in Van Jensen’s shocking novel "Godfall"—a murder mystery with a science fiction twist. Before the giant being—dubbed Gulliver by the... Read More

Perfect for budding mixologists or seasoned professionals in search of inventive twists, the sleek cocktail book "Friday Night Cocktails" is replete with creative beverages to slake your seasonal thirsts. A bit of history on cocktails... Read More