Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf
This novel, published in 2019 by Park Row, shines as both a psychological thriller and mystery! The mystery ‘event’ is based on a true crime case (Slender Man) and includes three...
Category: Fiction
The Tiffany Girls by Shelley Noble
There sure are a plethora of books published on this topic including “The ‘Lost’ Treasures of Louis Comfort Tiffany,” “Clara and Mr. Tiffany: A Novel,” “Noon at Tiffany’s: An Historical, Biographical...
Dead Water by C. A. Fletcher
Horror is so not my genre; at least I thought not until I read C.A. Fletcher’s Dead Water publishedby Redhook in 2022. I loved this book and here are a few...
Every Man a King by Walter Mosley
Every Man a King is the title of a radio address delivered in 1934 by Senator Huey Long of Louisiana. In the speech, Senator Long railed against the concentration of wealth...
The Snow Hare by Paula Lichtarowicz
Most of the novels I’ve read set just before, during, and/or after World War II, involve events taking place in Great Britain or Germany, so The Snow Hare, a brutal but...
The Weekend: A Novel by Charlotte Wood
Let us begin with Wendy, on her way to Sylvie and Gail’s beach house, driving her (way past its sell date) car. Sylvie has recently died, and her partner Gail has...
Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
Winter Counts is a fiction story centered on Virgil Wounded Horse and his nephew Nathan, members of the Sicangu Lakota Nation. Virgil works as a private vigilante on the Rosebud Reservation...
The Furrows: An Elergy by Namwali Serpell
The novel The Furrows was inspired by the death of Namwali Serpell’s sister and the reality that: …people do not die for us immediately, but remain bathed in a sort of...
The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill
This is a story about an ogress. Like all ogres, she spoke little and thought much. She was careful and considerate. Her heavy feet trod lightly on the ground. [p. 1]...
Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery by Nev March
Indian American author Nev March’s debut novel, Murder in Old Bombay, is the winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award and a nominee for both an...
