Compelled by recent events to follow a trail of clues left behind by her father, Detective Chief Superintendent Darnell, Stella finds herself immersed in the details of the decades-old unsolved murder of Kate Rokesmith, a hauntingly... Read More

With great imagination and philosophical insight, Gates has generated a unique body of wisdom literature. Rape is a tough subject for any writer to address. Welfare-fraud investigator and former probation officer Josh Gates approaches... Read More

Rodoreda’s final work emphasizes imagery and the language of her characters with sincere and beautiful language of her own. Mercè Rodoreda’s novel "War, So Much War", translated here from the Catalan by Maruxa Relano and Martha... Read More

Passionate and inspiring, this memoir chronicles one mother’s communications with the spirit of her deceased son. A mother’s grief turns to comfort and purpose in Melissa Davidson’s "Messages from My Hero in Heaven". In this... Read More

This mature novel for young adults explores growing up and developing political opinions, even while bringing the decade of boom boxes and big hair to life. The 1980s was a unique decade in American social and political history, and... Read More

The interweaving of past events and present circumstances creates a delightful though solemn cadence. Ruth Dugdall brings some of her own life experience to this fictional tale of a probation officer charged with making a parole decision... Read More

When Barbara Amaya was eleven, she ran away from her suburban Virginia home, where she had been sexually assaulted by both her father and her brother. Her early teen years soon became a nightmare of prostitution, drug addiction, jail... Read More

Soloway conveys the devastating impact of Parkinson’s disease on both patient and caregiver. "The Bastard Disease", by Marin Soloway, offers insightful suggestions for caregivers gleaned from Soloway’s personal experience with... Read More