Vanessa F. Penney’s magical novel "The Witch of Willow Sound" is about rural prejudice, the wounds of the past, and forgiveness. Pulled from her perambulatory routines by an emergency phone call from her mother, Phaedra travels to... Read More

"Ellie Ment and the Material Matter" is a witty, warmhearted novel about kindness, truth, and science. In Bertie Stephens’s wonderful mystery novel "Ellie Ment and the Material Matter", an aspiring scientist investigates a blaze at her... Read More

Longstanding conspiracies are exposed following a murder in the thrilling mystery novel "The Amalfi Secret". About world powers, family secrets, and faith, Dean and Catherine Reineking’s thrilling novel "The Amalfi Secret" is set along... Read More

A murder investigation and corporate intrigue tie into meditations on the fragility of justice in the thought-provoking thriller "Cross Examination". Efforts toward justice clash with corporate conspiracies in James E. Carroll’s... Read More

A Black woman in academia mobilizes her research skills to investigate a murder in Zoe B. Wallbrook’s spirited novel "History Lessons". A junior professor at illustrious Harrison University, Daphne studies the history of Black families... Read More

Plans to renovate a storied mansion are threatened by its ghosts in Cherie Priest’s secret-laden novel "It Was Her House First". In the 1930s, after the death of her daughter Priscilla, film star Venita commits suicide, orchestrates... Read More

"Lost Village" is an eerie mystery novel in which a town’s citizens contend with a murderer in their midst. In Michael Saver’s atmospheric mystery novel "Lost Village", an unidentified psychopath butts up against the secretive... Read More

A lively thriller featuring a tough amateur boxer, "Knock Out" is about friendship, survival, and determination. In Jaden Noble’s inspiring novel "Knock Out", a woman who is desperate to escape her violent past must outwit a malicious... Read More