Right to die and other medical issues are tackled in this well-developed tale told from health-care workers’ point of view. Pamela Triolo’s second novel about nurses could easily be ripped from the headlines. The Imposter tackles... Read More

A master storyteller weaves a beautiful tale from the age of Native Americans’ ancestors. "Light in the Darkness" tells the story of Honaw, a Hisatsinom boy who grows to become the spiritual leader of his people. A gifted storyteller,... Read More

Two childhood acquaintances come of age on the bloody fields of the American Civil War. “Maybe now the God he didn’t know very well was punishing him for what he had done.” With this line, Michael K. Smith sums up both the... Read More

This mind-bending mystery surprises with FBI secrets, an inquisitive everyman, and historically pertinent details. Attorney Larry S. Kaplan treads the line between fact and fiction as he weaves an engaging tale of conspiracy and... Read More

McKinney knows his subject matter—both the law and duck hunting—and brings his characters and setting to life with humor. "Dead Duck" is set among the duck hunting clubs of the Butte Sink in Northern California. Mel McKinney is... Read More

Wictor is an honest and effective writer who has essentially offered himself up for complete dissection. For more than a decade, music critic Thomas Wictor led a tortured life. By day, he suffered from paranoid delusions, career... Read More

Part romance, part mystery, part thirties-style screwball comedy, this novel set against the backdrop of a regional Tom Jones impersonator contest will provoke laughter as it presents puns and witty lines. Gale Martin’s Who Killed... Read More

Barlow’s stories traverse such deep, psychological ground that they dredge up existential despair—in all the good ways. Welcome to the Goat Rodeo, by Tom Barlow, is a collection of more than a dozen highly inventive short stories.... Read More