Many of today’s American political arguments hinge on interpretations of the Constitution, which has, throughout history, been formally amended to reflect the needs of changing times. Bruce Ackerman’s book focuses on the ways in... Read More

"The Girl from Blind River" is a gritty debut thriller about high-stakes poker in a small town in New York. Jamie Elders, born with a gift for cards and a criminal streak, learns that Blind River is a hard place to live and an even... Read More

Susie Mahl knows a few things about the fine art of sleuthing. In "A Brush with Death", the unlikely detective unravels a murder mystery in the idyllic English countryside. This self-effacing, humorous mystery has a light touch and a... Read More

Cigarette smoke and Soviet spies mingle in "Rip the Angels from Heaven", a wartime spy novel set in 1945. With the nuclear age on the horizon, Lieutenant Ellis Voigt must decide whom he can trust with the secrets that threaten his life.... Read More

Keds, neon, Aqua Net, and Satanic Panic: "Big Woods" is a satisfying, pulpy mash-up of pop culture references and classic horror. By turns spooky and super sentimental, the novel encapsulates the high emotions of adolescence and the... Read More

Fantasy novelist Charlie N. Holmberg fuses melodrama, romance, and magic in "Veins of Gold", a fanciful tale set in nineteenth-century Utah. Anime flourishes and unpredictable marvels pave a young woman’s path toward belief. Gentry... Read More

T. Sean Steele’s "Tacky Goblin" is a clever, loopy novella that relates the journal entries of an unnamed twentysomething central character. He drifts through ennui-laden days in his parents’ home in Chicago, surviving demonic... Read More

Set in the roiling, corrupt world of an 1829 prison colony, Andrei Baltakmens’s "A Hangman for Ghosts" is a historical mystery that brings regency-era Australia to life. Gabriel Carver, the hangman of Sydney, is a dark, lonely figure.... Read More