Book Review
Let Go
An experiment in creating meaning, "Let Go" is a compelling wordless novel about accepting change. A man is escorted from his former office on a snowy, windswept night in Mark Huebner’s wordless novel "Let Go". An unnamed man packs his...
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The King of India
A prodigal son comes home in the wake of tragedy in Jabbour Douaihy’s compelling novel "The King of India". After several years and a storied life abroad, Zakariya returns to Lebanon. Surrounded by an air of melancholy, he interacts...
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Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight
Breaking up is never easy, but when you suspect your partner of murder, it becomes a safety issue. In Riku Onda’s atmospheric novel "Fish Swimming in Dappled Sunlight", a couple spends one last night together, each determined to get...
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Off Target
One mistake shakes the foundations of a family in Eve Smith’s domestic thriller "Off Target". In a society where IVF is the norm, Susan and her husband have been trying to conceive the old-fashioned way for years. Susan’s husband...
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Into the Mist
The end of the world arrives with bombs and a mysterious green fog in P. C. Cast’s supernatural novel Into the Mist. Mercury, Stella, Imani, and Karen wrap up a teacher’s conference at a mountain resort in Oregon. Taking a travel...
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Line of Darkness
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...
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Death Doesn't Forget
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,...
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The Maker of Swans
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....