An entrepreneur navigates Taiwan’s government, gangs, and corporate culture in Ed Lin’s mystery novel The Dead Can’t Make a Living. Entrepreneurial, sarcastic, and unlucky Jing-nan runs his late parents’ food stall in Taipei’s... Read More

About power, betrayal, and collusion to make amends, "Losing Lenore" is an exciting thriller. A date-rape survivor clues a returning sleuth into an elaborate drug-dealing operation in Joe Klingler’s gritty mystery novel "Losing... Read More

Covering interviews, ride-alongs, off-the-record exchanges, and insights into the machinery of law enforcement, "Storrow Drive" is an involving crime novel. In Jay Atkinson’s engrossing thriller "Storrow Drive", investigative... Read More

In the mindful mystery novel "The Man on the Bench", a journalist tells a story about a murder that has hidden depths. In Hy Conrad’s character-driven mystery novel "The Man on the Bench", matters of truth, reputation, and moral... Read More

A man is tasked with finding a missing painting in Naomi Hirahara’s historical novel "Crown City". While adrift in grief, Ryui is offered a job in California by his father’s former client. After a harrowing voyage from Japan, he... Read More

A baker solves murders during a highland train tour in Rebecca Connolly’s charming cozy mystery novel "Mayhem on the Marzipan Express". Alan is the celebrity judge of a baking show. He promotes himself by hosting a trip for paying fans... Read More

A precocious student works to save her favorite restaurant from an AI threat in the spirited mystery novella "Robots in the Diner". In Ron Charach’s charming mystery novel "Robots in the Diner", a girl works to save her favorite diner... Read More

"Filaments" is an evocative feminist horror novel about family secrets and coming into one’s own despite prejudice. In KZK’s engrossing horror novel "Filaments", a woman returns to her hometown to help her sick mother and uncovers a... Read More