In this clever, sassy noir, a young woman discovers the power of transference in a vintage Hollywood clothing shop. In Praveen Asthana’s carefully plotted novel "The Woman in the Movie Star Dress", a young Native American finds... Read More

Comedy and horror merge in the best way in this zombified analysis of bureaucracy. Jennifer Fales has penned a comedic horror novel about a chemist’s scheme to turn a coffee corporation’s employees into shuffling undead in order to... Read More

Urban fantasy fans will find unique and enthralling characters in this suspenseful story. Keeper Chronicles: Awakening is an entertaining book about a young woman named Rebekah Lorek who discovers that she is a Keeper, and destined to be... Read More

Fields makes room for thorough character development in this thriller otherwise driven by action, suspense, and themes of human nature. In the second installment of Michael Fields’s acclaimed Twin River saga, Twin River II: Have... Read More

Rabbi Robert Marx presents an intricate picture of the variety of Jewish identities and addresses the question of what Judaism becomes without the challenge of social marginalization. Rabbi Robert Marx, founder of Chicago’s Jewish... Read More

The line between good and evil blurs in this fascinating story of revenge and wilderness survival. In "Shadow of Turning" by Clayton Carpenter, evil is shown at its most extreme, while goodness remains just this side of evil. The... Read More

Near-ecstatic prose and a complicated subject matter make for challenging and timely reading. In "Crimes of Faith", Anah Jochebed employs visionary prose that seems to have been crafted while in an ecstatic state to give voice to her... Read More

Often-affecting moments of poetry are "Carry the Sky"’s most defining, unique characteristic. "Carry the Sky", the first novel by award-winning poet Kate Gray, reads a bit like a quiet song. The refrain of repeated imagery deliberately... Read More