Russell expertly interweaves his medical knowledge with suspense to start Mackie’s series of books off with a resounding bang. "Blood Money", the thrilling debut mystery from Stephen Russell, plunges into an intriguing ride of murder,... Read More

Deceptively simple stories explore the joys and tragedies of being human. "The Thaw", by award-winning Icelandic author Ólafur Gunnarsson, explores the human psyche in an incisive collection of short stories translated into English. In... Read More

Motifs of Eden and the apple preach themes of fate, desire, and the unavoidability of sin. In "Parental Sins", guilt is a monster that cannot be slain, only appeased. And sin comes back to bite you. The story follows two families from... Read More

The dark and compelling Irish American gang lifestyle of early 1900s Brooklyn pulses through this sharp, hardboiled drama. Eamon Loingsigh (pronounced Lynch) crafts a tale of early 20th-century Brooklyn that peers into the life of the... Read More

The natural beauty of a small town in the early 1900s and the effects of industrialization on small-town life are intricately rendered in this murder mystery. The search for a murderer in a small South Carolina town ignites this strong... Read More

Good and evil are questioned, violence is confronted as part of the human experience, and characters’ motives blur lines. Rich Shapero’s novel, "The Hope We Seek", takes place in a remote, unnamed place more than a century in the... Read More

Alaska’s sense of place and an exploration of family and faith blend to reveal this intriguing narrator: a good man with his share of faults. With his strong debut novel, Dan Berne takes the story of a longstanding family feud and... Read More

The key elements of a gumshoe mystery combine with exciting historical details to build this fast-faced narrative. "The Country I Lived In" is a throwback detective story, mixing Cold War paranoia with lone-wolf gumshoe adventure. By... Read More