A simple missing person’s case takes a far-right turn in Max Tomlinson’s novel "Line of Darkness". Colleen is known to law enforcement for being both an ex-felon and a private investigator. She’s also known for being involved in... Read More

Comedian Are Kalvø’s "The Hiking Book from Hell" is a smart, funny, and honest exposé of the cult of the outdoors, from the sublime to the ridiculous. On the cusp of middle age, Kalvø is worried. His friends have all disappeared,... Read More

A ten-year-old girl seeks to break a long curse on her family in Shawn K. Stout’s novel "The Impossible Destiny of Cutie Grackle". Cutie lives with her uncle, Horace, in West Virginia, where she struggles to find her next meal and... Read More

In Becky Manawatu’s novel Auē, a Māori family comes to grips with its troubled past. After his parents drown and he survives, Taukiri only has his little brother, Ari. But Taukiri is traumatized by the event, and he leaves Ari with... Read More

Collected by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Andrew S. Curran, the essays of "Who’s Black and Why?" represent a fascinating look into the eighteenth-century invention of the concept of race. In 1741, the Bordeaux’s Royal Academy of... Read More

In Andy Charman’s dynamic mystery novel "Crow Court", the death of a choir master in late nineteenth-century England is enigmatic. Charles is a wine merchant who rose from poverty; he and four friends set out to confront his half... Read More

In Randi Triant’s novel "What We Give, What We Take", a young mother defies the political, economic, and personal forces arrayed against her. Fay is a single mother who works as a water tank escape artist. Living in ramshackle trailer... Read More

In the sensitive historical novel "A Stream to Follow", a doctor seeks to heal from wounds left by a war. In Jess Wright’s historical novel "A Stream to Follow", a doctor returns home after World War II and encounters ongoing domestic... Read More