This whimsical story offers a gentle reading experience for a lazy afternoon. Billed as a comic mystery, Stephen L. Goldstein’s short novel, Millie Campbell’s Millions, has a whodunit core and moves along smoothly chapter to chapter.... Read More

Rice explores the South, searching out the places from which its people find meaning and sustenance. In this story collection, "The Lost Woods", H. William Rice writes of the land and its gifts from the Cherokee and Creek, oaks and elms... Read More

A flawed PI destined to be a sympathetic protagonist across a series is introduced in this complex noir mystery. Prowling the streets of Columbus, Ohio, in his entertaining debut mystery, "Fourth Down and Out", veteran journalist Andrew... Read More

While "Mabel and Me" is a love story, it is also a tragedy, tracing comedic actress Mabel Normand’s career through the eyes of a young man. In his imaginative, highly readable novel, Jon Boorstin winds the reel back to days when... Read More

Rebellious Hettie brings spirited character to this historical novel of wildcatting and bootlegging. With "Magnolia City", Alderson debuts with an intensely descriptive novel set in 1928, the pre-Depression oil-boom years, as Houston,... Read More

This full-on satire gives voice to wry observations about baby boomer life, nicely linking theme to character. In "Shrink Thyself", a character study masquerading as black humor, author Bill Scheft tosses enough troubles in Charlie... Read More

Robinson has a talent for natural-sounding dialogue in this humorous crime caper. Careless isn’t exactly an ideal name for a private detective, but when the sleuth has Dudley the hound as a sidekick, it’s certain that crime-solving... Read More

The action of this thriller set in an intriguing locale ramps up with every tense plot turn. In a fast-moving, blood-drenched conspiracy caper more action-filled than character-driven, CIA agent and young widower Donovan Rourke confronts... Read More