"Doubting Thomas" is a harrowing novel in which Thomas, a gay teacher, is falsely accused of inappropriate touching. Thomas is a fourth grade teacher at a prestigious private school. He is dedicated and well liked, and his teaching... Read More
A depressed journalist finds himself on a strange journey in Mohamed Kheir’s haunting novel "Slipping". Seif’s heart has not been in his job of late, so he is surprised to receive an important yet mysterious assignment: he must... Read More
In Kevin Holowack’s novel "Light on a Part of the Field", members of a flawed, dysfunctional family pursue their separate destinies, even though they cannot break their bonds with each other. Ruth and Al’s marriage was unusual,... Read More
In his heartwrenching novel "The Book of Otto and Liam", Paul Griner traces the hard-fought healing of a school shooting victim’s father. The story is told through short snippets and vignettes. It starts on an anniversary of the event,... Read More
"Setareh Doctrine" is a gripping thriller about a terrifying viral threat, and about the everlasting moral battle between good and evil. Mark Downer’s fast historical thriller "Setareh Doctrine" concerns a retired general and his... Read More
In the domestic novel "When We Were All Still Alive", a couple handles everyday surprises and disappointments, learning together how to love and be loved. In Keith McWalter’s novel "When We Were All Still Alive", an aging,... Read More
"Blooming in Winter" is the biography of a fascinating woman who managed to live her long life to the fullest. "Blooming in Winter", Pam Valois’s biography of her vivacious nonagenarian friend, Jacomena “Jackie” Maybeck, celebrates... Read More
Sofia leaves “every salty echo of the sea” behind when she goes to visit her grandparents’ house in the woods, but just because the music changes doesn’t mean it’s lost, and she conducts new movements in the thumping feet of... Read More