In Jean Mills’s insightful "Larkin on the Shore", a sixteen-year-old struggles to overcome an assault and the gossip and cyberbullying that follow it. While her father visits her sick mother in Vancouver, Larkin is sent to stay with... Read More

In the febrile heat of an Australian summer, a girl learns that whole worlds lie beneath her hometown and family’s careful facades. Martine Murray’s novel "The Last Summer of Ada Bloom" travels landscapes that are metaphors to... Read More

In this complex story about revenge and finding one’s calling, the characters are the stars. In Jim Dutton’s character-driven crime thriller "Path to Revenge", a case around a Mexican drug cartel seems like it’s business as usual,... Read More

"The Education of Brainiac" is an insightful memoir whose mix of humor and seriousness distinguish it. David E. Lapin’s charming memoir "The Education of Brainiac" is centered in Boston’s music community. Lapin was born in 1950s New... Read More

The deep lore that backs Essence & Existence makes it a vibrant urban fantasy. Concluding an epic trilogy, B. & T. Pecile’s urban fantasy novel Essence & Existence finds siblings trying to save the world while staying true... Read More

"The Escapist" is a stunning novel about a damaged man. In David Puretz’s unforgettable novel "The Escapist", a troubled young man is haunted by childhood trauma. Twenty-one-year-old Billy can’t keep a job or a girlfriend. He’s... Read More

Mark Powell’s political thriller "Firebird" is also a literary exposition on current states of corruption and warfare. Leviathan Global is a multinational octopus with tentacles in several different industries, almost all of which have... Read More