That Dog Won’t Hunt by Lou Allin reveals that a dog is not just man’s best friend but also woman’s. When Rick Cooper meets Gladys Ryan with her stalled car in the Mojave Desert, he is happy to help her. He is equally willing to... Read More

“Why would anyone be nostalgic for unhappiness?” The teenage Art Dennison wonders this while contemplating his less than ideal childhood, and while realizing he actually misses it. Art, the main character of Sam Gridley’s novel,... Read More

“In the last forty-plus years there isn’t one second I’ve lived, from absolute joy to utter heartbreak, that would have been made better by drinking,” says Rebeta-Burditt. “Not one.” As a tired young wife and mother of three... Read More

Cuban-American Dr. Otto Leal’s return from Sweden to his home city of Miami is doomed before it begins. Things are already bad enough for the doctor. His brother, Samuelito, has died under mysterious circumstances, prompting this... Read More

Jaimy Gordon must be as passionate about horses and horseracing as the ensemble of characters she has created in "Lord of Misrule". Only a devotee could conjure the insider world of the sport to the equal satisfaction of the uninitiated... Read More

In "Tuu Here", Mississippi native Mary Duncan is a young Tulane University graduate serving a two-year Peace Corps stint in Cameroon in the early 1970’s. She is twelve hours from any commercial center, without electricity or running... Read More

In this fine debut legal thriller, Charity McLaughlin has a thriving law practice, doting friendly colleagues, a loving husband and…bipolar disorder. When Deborah Elledge comes to her begging for help after the suspicious death of her... Read More

Health care is on the minds of most Americans this year, as the debate about who should pay for what ebbs and flows across the country. Physician William Wesley addresses the human side of the dilemma in his novel about a two-year-old... Read More