A plucky trio pursues a treasure in the convivial thriller Fraud, Murder & Mayhem. In Ed Shiffman’s slow-burn thriller Fraud, Murder & Mayhem, a trio of adventure seekers follows a treasure map. At a California impound auction,... Read More

The intriguing historical mystery novel "The Summer of Haight" is narrated with an undercurrent of surrealism. In George Petersen’s whimsical mystery novel "The Summer of Haight", 1960s San Francisco is subjected to intrigue and... Read More

Gigi Little’s novel "Who Killed One the Gun?" is both a hard-boiled detective story and a whimsical, existential meditation on destiny, self-determination, and forgiveness. One the Gun is a private eye tasked with finding the killer of... Read More

Vanessa F. Penney’s magical novel "The Witch of Willow Sound" is about rural prejudice, the wounds of the past, and forgiveness. Pulled from her perambulatory routines by an emergency phone call from her mother, Phaedra travels to... Read More

"Ellie Ment and the Material Matter" is a witty, warmhearted novel about kindness, truth, and science. In Bertie Stephens’s wonderful mystery novel "Ellie Ment and the Material Matter", an aspiring scientist investigates a blaze at her... Read More

Longstanding conspiracies are exposed following a murder in the thrilling mystery novel "The Amalfi Secret". About world powers, family secrets, and faith, Dean and Catherine Reineking’s thrilling novel "The Amalfi Secret" is set along... Read More

A murder investigation and corporate intrigue tie into meditations on the fragility of justice in the thought-provoking thriller "Cross Examination". Efforts toward justice clash with corporate conspiracies in James E. Carroll’s... Read More

A Black woman in academia mobilizes her research skills to investigate a murder in Zoe B. Wallbrook’s spirited novel "History Lessons". A junior professor at illustrious Harrison University, Daphne studies the history of Black families... Read More