In Alasdair Beckett-King’s playful mystery novel Montgomery Bonbon: Sabotage at Sea, a shipboard death leads to a buoyant investigation driven by a disguise and a deductive performance. When a sea captain dies and his body vanishes... Read More

Intrepid sisters brave a secret-laden circus in Alyssa Wilkinson’s splendid mystery novel "Unlucky Charm Summer". Left on the steps of an orphanage as a baby, eleven-year-old Duke is sure her parents are out there, waiting, somewhere.... Read More

Greed, violence, and true love fuel Bianca M. Schwarz’s lively historical novel "The Missing Baroness". After a decade of hiding in the country from her murderous uncle, orphaned Georgina learns that he plans to have her pronounced... Read More

A woman’s homecoming stirs dark suspicions in Melanie McCabe’s brooding historical thriller Road Longer Than Memory. In 1976, Sara, a high school senior, witnesses a fellow student, Nina’s, heated argument. Fear prevents her from... Read More

In Laura Zigman’s macabre novel "The Author Weekend", an author with extreme insecurities faces a derailed promotional event and encounters the perils of fandom. Faye is a prickly New Englander, just like the beloved sleuth in her... Read More

In Karen Nelson’s coming-of-age novel "The Last Summer at Feather River", a woman works to save her grandfather’s failing ranch. In the summer of 1993, twelve-year-old Brooke navigates adolescent friendships and romance at Feather... Read More

A young doctor witnesses organizational fractures at a sanatorium, whose residents handle their pain in private, in the ominous novel "Dance in a Madhouse". In Jess Wright’s macabre mystery novel "Dance in a Madhouse", a man unearths... Read More

In Stacie Ramey’s cozy mystery novel "Spellbound by Murder", a single mother and her teenage daughter return to their family bookstore, facing murder and magical secrets. Veronica and Phoebe leave Florida for Mystic Hollow to help Gran... Read More