Advanced poetics are at play in this work that is both a tribute to the land and a moving exploration of family ties. The Texas plateau known as the Staked Plain occupies thousands of square miles, and may have a memory just as vast, as... Read More

This disturbing thriller focuses on underground child abuse rings with eerie connections to the real world. In Michael Antony’s "The Boy in Formaldehyde", Camilla, an advocate for victims of child abuse, comes across a macabre art... Read More

This is a powerhouse entry in a sparkling new mystery series. The first book of a new series—"Annabel Lee", by Mike Nappa—finds bickering PIs racing to find a child prodigy locked in a bunker with a barely controlled guard dog, and... Read More

This is an entertaining, dark novel about the lengths that those in power will go to in order to remain in power. An engrossing depiction of parallel worlds—one ruled by wizardry, the other by science—and the Oxford graduate students... Read More

A quirky gang of plush toys makes this a bizarre and intoxicating tale of friendship, betrayal, and karma. A world full of living, breathing teddy bears may sound like a childhood fantasy, but David Lee’s "The Bear" is far from... Read More

A Wall Street power player must navigate complicated family relationships in this poignant novel. A Wall Street money manager tries to reconnect with her estranged relatives while weathering the 2008 financial meltdown in What She Knew,... Read More

Fairies flit through this cozy, satisfying middle-grade fantasy tale, a work both intricately detailed and engaging. Glemce is bored. The tiny house-fairy longs to see the world outside of the castle in which he lives. When a chance... Read More

This congenial and crisply drawn portrait of bayou life is a satisfying story that pays homage to a bewitching landscape. Gwen Roland returns to Louisiana with a slice-of-life novel set in bustling Bayou Chene circa 1907. When a... Read More