With empathy and introspection, Howley describes the dark culture of MMA fighting and her search for inner ecstasy. Why would a young intellectual woman involved in the serious study of philosophy interrupt her life for three years to... Read More

A sharp hero and his strong motivations pulls this noir story along at a swift pace. Richard Torregrossa’s "Terminal Life" delivers a down-and-out protagonist who, even though he’s a vet who lives in a Brooklyn shelter, wears a... Read More

For those who crave fast-paced, noir-like thrillers, David Putnam’s "The Disposables" is a novel that won’t disappoint. Combining the pace of a thriller, the tone of noir, the style of hard-boiled fiction, and the plot of a crime... Read More

Bonner has written a compelling story about the metamorphosis of a girl that moves forward at a brisk pace. Soleil Tangiere is the epitome of a dream girl: tall, blond, smart, and sexy. Debut author Larry Bonner has invented a woman that... Read More

Amid the chaos of drugs and jazz, Lewis finds insight into the way we recall the past. “How hard to write about this, to sort out the memories. To make decisions about how much honesty, where, and when. I see things now so differently.... Read More

Vivid portraits of forthright characters and a graceful landscape revive the sense of place of the American West. To write about the American West is to capture its graceful and unforgiving landscape and how it defines the people who... Read More

A reporter returns to her hometown to cover the trial of her old high-school friend but dredges up more than she bargained for, in this mystery with Southern charm. This well-paced mystery is permeated with old-school Southern charm. The... Read More

Dramatic and touching, this coming-of-age novel about a Jewish girl on the eve of the Holocaust renders an accurate portrayal of wartime Germany. In this sweeping Bildungsroman, "The English German Girl", Rosa Klein goes from an upper... Read More