An artist and inspector are on a mission to recover a stolen painting in Rebecca Anderson’s Victorian romance novel "The Art of Love and Lies". Rosanna is a masterful forger—though she prefers calling her paintings reproductions.... Read More

Age, class, and lies affect a space-borne society in the science fiction graphic novel "Arca". Effie will turn eighteen soon, at which point she’ll stop serving the “citizens”—the rich aristocracy of a large spaceship called... Read More

A journalist uncovers a bloody murder during a trip to Ireland in Nancy Nau Sullivan’s novel "A Deathly Irish Secret". Five years after her grandmother Maeve’s death, Blanche is still discovering items that Maeve left behind,... Read More

"Nurse Florence, What Is a Heatstroke?" is an instructive picture book that reflects on a medical consequence of climate change. In Michael Dow’s informative picture book "Nurse Florence, What Is a Heatstroke?", curious children learn... Read More

The essays compiled in "Beyond Primates" are entertaining as they examine the topic of evolution, making use of extraordinary real-world examples. The science essays gathered in Rebecca Coffey’s "Beyond Primates" summarize new... Read More

A nuanced look at fairy tales, including their structures, histories, and interpretations, "Fairy Tales 101" is a sound introduction to the field. "Fairy Tales 101", Jeana Jorgensen’s welcoming literary compendium, illuminates fairy... Read More

When a detective’s best friend’s ex disappears, their friendship is tested, in the serpentine thriller "The Empty Kayak". In Jodé Millman’s propulsive thriller "The Empty Kayak", a drowning investigation leads to legal wrangling.... Read More

An overachieving chef learns to embrace loss as a chance for renewal in Suzanne Woods Fisher’s Christian romance novel "The Secret to Happiness". Twenty-eight-year-old Callie is fired from her job as a hotel chef due to a food... Read More