What My Sister Knew by Nina Laurin is a psychological suspense novel that is “a mind-bending ride. Just when you think you’ve discovered the truth, a new secret is revealed.” (Wendy Walker, author of All Is Not Forgotten). One of the best things a novel can do is keep you guessing, and… Read more
Bearskin by James McLaughlin expertly brings the beauty and danger of Appalachia to life, resulting in an elemental, slow burn of a novel—one that will haunt you long after you turn the final page. James A. McLaughlin’s Bearskin is a literary novel dipped in violence and filtered through the best… Read more
Propulsive and psychologically astute, The Captives by Debra Jo Immergut is an intimate and gripping meditation on freedom and risk, male and female power, and the urges toward both corruption and redemption that dwell in us all. Debra Jo Immergut’s The Captives is a strange, gripping novel that smoothly walks the dividing… Read more
Ten years after Columbus―one of the most original anti-heroes in contemporary fiction―first exploded onto the scene in The Silver Bear, Derek Haas delivers another riveting thriller with The Way I Die, promising heart-pounding action and shocking twists until the very last page. Tough guys in crime fiction fall mostly on opposite ends… Read more
Protocol by Kathleen Valenti is the first book in the new Maggie O’Malley Mystery series. There is something special about a new, likable, unique heroine hitting the world of crime fiction, and Kathleen Valenti’s Maggie O’Malley fits that bill perfectly. Quirky, passionate, funny, and lost in that cloud of uncertainty that… Read more
Four women, haunted by a childhood trauma. What really happened that day—and what followed, for each of them, in the years after? Penance by Kanae Minato is a dark tale of revenge and psychological drama that will leave readers breathless. A lot of crime fiction focuses on the crime itself. However, there is… Read more
