An intricate, engrossing police procedural…
Fans of character-based, intricate British police procedurals will find plenty to like in Collett’s standalone crime drama featuring paralegal Stefan Greaves and rookie policeman Mick Fraser. Rita Todd, a pediatric nurse at a local…
An elegantly written, earnest collection…
With this meditative collection of poems and essays, Schmit balances mysticism with a celebration of the everyday. Earnest and reflective with a continual undertone of humor, poems in the collection capture the essence of…
A riveting historical romance…
Golden’s marvelous third installment in The Enchantresses series builds passionate romance between two people, as they gradually discover themselves through each other. Lilith Chambers, a parish midwife, learns about her true parentage after her brother…
Informative and reflective…
John M. Marzluff, the professor of environmental and forest sciences at the University of Washington and the author and coauthor of several books, calls for environmental agricultural initiatives to confront the decline of biodiversity. He takes…
A page turner but not without faults…
Hendricks/Pekkanen tell the story of a young woman whose desperate need to belong somewhere makes her a pawn in a deadly game in their third psychological thriller. After losing her job, Shay…
A lyrically written, compelling novel…
Inspired by her own experience as a child and teenager growing up with a mental illness, Quayle’s beautiful novel follows the journey of a young análong who in search of discovering her family’s truth…
An unsettling, powerful collection…
Award-winning Woodruff’s panache for writing shines in his second collection of short stories with the wildly imagined worlds, powerfully drawn realistic characters, and an unsettling portrayal of various happenings in his protagonists’ lives. Merging the…
A riveting debut…
In Carrier’s debut novel, the first in The Riven Country series, the old folks of rural Wyoming and magical realism color a tale of family tragedy, regret, resilience, and long-lasting friendships. It has been two decades…
Hilariously raunchy and funny…
Maddalena offers an entertaining and electric tale of sexual adventures in her hilarious debut novel. It’s story of a young woman: her coming of age in the late 60s and living through the 70s and 80s…
A fascinating, engrossing tale…
Di Gregorio offers an absorbing dark tale that explores the twisted life of a young woman. Struggling with constant inner conflicts, Anna leaves her home in Montreal and settles in Vancouver. But her path to self-discovery…