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

A night market food stall owner becomes involved in a double homicide in Ed Lin’s novel Death Doesn’t Forget. Jing-nan just wants his food stall to be successful. If he could stop finding himself connected to homicide investigations,... Read More

An impulsive decision forces a clandestine order to take protective measures in Paraic O’Donnell’s surreal novel "The Maker of Swans". For as long as she can remember, Clara has lived at the manor house at the edge of the lake.... Read More

The Devil’s Highway combines Joan Myers’s photographs with a gritty short story by William deBuys to evoke the sweeping, inhospitable open road. Constructed in 1926, US Route 191, formerly known as Route 666 and nicknamed “The... Read More

Shannon Gonyou announced her desire to convert to Judaism on the way to a Christmas celebration: this is the first appealing revelation of her thoughtful memoir, "Since Sinai". Raised Catholic because of a promise made to her birth... Read More

A man who is always cold shivers even in his three-stove house; no visitors can stand the heat. Finally fed up, he heads to the shops, piling on coat after coat and earning himself the name Mr. Coats. Now too big to fit in his house, he... Read More

The comics anthology "Voices That Count" features nine stories that illuminate the challenges of being a woman in today’s world. This is an English translation of a Spanish publication. While the women involved in writing and drawing... Read More

In "The Continuing Storm", Kai Erikson and Lori Peek discuss the short- and long-term effects of Hurricane Katrina on its most vulnerable victims. When Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in August of 2005, it inflicted devastating... Read More