Poignant passages describing both the setting and Espinosa’s rich and heartbreaking backstory strengthen the power of this historical novel. Felipe Espinosa was a vicious man.... Read More

This is storytelling at its best, a deeply engrossing tale about an unforgettable collection of original characters. An Antebellum-era American immigrant family endures... Read More

This smart, complex plot weaves a tale of intriguing characters seeking authentic medieval documents. A multinational group of scholars races to authenticate medieval documents... Read More

This intelligent, well-written drug thriller is also wickedly funny. Texas sheriff Hardin Steel becomes ensnared in a violent drug feud along the US-Mexican border in Randall... Read More

The theme of disenfranchisement in the American South runs through this ghoulish short story collection featuring ghosts and gore. Mystics, mummies, ghostly apparitions, and an... Read More

This action-packed thriller features a highly developed cast of characters. Hidden agendas are enmeshed in Requiem for the Phoenix, Skip Allen’s intelligent political... Read More

Two lost men find their way together after being touched by Christ in very different ways. Had the Gospel writer Luke kept a diary, it might have read like Casting Lots, a debut... Read More

Bear imagines a teenage Jesus in this exquisitely penned, believable coming-of-age tale. In The Making of the Lamb, masterful storytelling by Robert Harley Bear vividly brings... Read More

Anoop Ahuja Judge shines at scene setting, in both India and the San Francisco Bay Area, with abundant, lush details. In The Rummy Club, by Anoop Ahuja Judge, four high school... Read More