A novel that can be parsed several times to uncover new meaning, "Love and Other Pranks" is a must-read. Stylish and surreal, "Love and Other Pranks" by Tony Vigorito is a wild ride through both the past and present. The novel is split... Read More

This comical take on a woman’s second coming-of-age is breezy and whimsical. Heidi Mastrogiovanni demonstrates that even middle-age adults can come of age in the hilarious and uplifting Lala Pettibone’s Act Two. Its whimsical... Read More

The narrative challenges notions of sanity and fidelity, justice and loyalty, with regularity and to fascinating ends. For Grant and Ava, married life is electric—right up until the moment a young girl accuses Grant of sexual assault.... Read More

Lopate’s stories of his mother paint a rather bleak portrait of the dark side of the American dream. Phillip Lopate’s A Mother’s Tale reveals the author’s complex relationship with his mother, Frances, through essays that show... Read More

Conners offers keen insights into the publishing industry and brings the New York scene to life with verve and wit. Is there any creature on earth more hopeful, neurotic, and capricious than a first-time novelist? Parker Livingstone, the... Read More

A young detective stumbles over clues in this light and amusing mystery. Megan Edwards’s Getting Off on Frank Sinatra debuts a mystery series featuring Copper Black, a newbie writer for Sin City’s newspaper, the Las Vegas Light.... Read More

This is a lively and thoughtful hybrid of detective story and psychological literary fiction. Daniel Taylor’s "Do We Not Bleed?" is presented as a detective story, but that’s only half of its appeal. This is a witty and thoughtful... Read More

A brave sea captain, aspiring scholar, and rescuer of orphans, Tilly boldly sails through the Pacific bound for Rapa Nui, in the second installment of Elizabeth Lorayne’s poetic Piratess Tilly series, The Adventures of Piratess Tilly... Read More