With its instances of violence, hatred, and vengeance, "Payback" is a classically styled detective novel that contains messages about healing wide and open wounds. Steve Bassett’s "Payback" is a haunting mystery novel about love, hate,... Read More

"Once You Know" is a complex, gripping novel about how that which is unacknowledged can do the most damage. A family is left reeling after a father’s unforgivable betrayal in Madeleine Van Hecke’s novel "Once You Know". As she... Read More

"From Us to Me" is a strong case study of Israeli films and their use in representing and shifting national identities. Dror Izhar’s "From Us to Me" is a fascinating look at Israeli cinema and its role in both creating and mirroring... Read More

A girl comes into her own following a tragedy in Susan Wingate’s poignant novel. In Susan Wingate’s novel "How the Deer Moon Hungers", the hidden horrors of juvenile detention facilities are exposed. Mackenzie knows that her parents... Read More

"The Price of Safety" is an imaginative, action-driven science fiction novel set in a nightmarish yet plausible future. Michael C. Bland’s dystopian novel "The Price of Safety" is set in a future with a government that’s powerful... Read More

B. A. Williamson’s "The Fantastical Exploits of Gwendolyn Gray" bounces between fantasy worlds, spurred by the power of imagination. Gwendolyn Gray saved the world—or so she thought. Her grey-skied city seems no better off than... Read More

In Laura Pohl’s absorbing "The First 7", the last seven teenagers on Earth, having escaped an alien invasion, rove the universe. When a signal from Earth reaches them, they return to find a small community of survivors. But Clover... Read More

"The Moon Always Rising" is a complicated and memorable supernatural romance. In Alice C. Early’s unusual romance "The Moon Always Rising", an investment banker buys a haunted West Indies estate, filling it with hope for her future.... Read More