A horrific kidnapping forces reckonings on the subjects of human violence and ethics in the perspective-driven thriller "Missing Values". In Michael Grigsby’s moralistic thriller "Missing Values", people with hazy ethical codes explore... Read More
In the historical novel "Dream City Dreaming", travel inspires a mother and her son to embrace change. A young widow and her son reawaken in Cindy Angell Keeling’s splendid Gilded Age novel "Dream City Dreaming", about a trip to the... Read More
The diverting short stories collected in "Mr. Simpson and Other Short Stories" concern money—both the lack of it, and what people are willing to do to get it. Flawed men and inscrutable women populate Stephen Maitland-Lewis’s short... Read More
Sometimes profane and often delightful, this caper finds absurdity even in moments of danger. In "Bad Keys", a piano tuner finds romance with a zoo intern who moonlights as a swimsuit model. J. B. Curry’s energetic novel is a... Read More