A skillfully layered whodunit created by mystery writer Edward Izzi, When a Rook Takes the Queen arrays multiple dirty deeds and numerous potential suspects in the chaotically crime-worn city of Chicago. The city’s first black, female, and openly gay mayor, Janice [...]
This novel sort of does you in. That could be the whole review, if I did not write reviews for a living. It's like when you are served a cup of coffee and you get tea, and it tastes weird, although [...]
A faux-autobiographical story of a frustrated middle-aged writer and his pending breakdown explores despotism in all its forms. This offering from British novelist Hari Kunzru pulls at the threads of a crumbling world to discover we've been in this special hell [...]
Claire Fuller's disturbing new novel about life on the edge of society, Longlisted for the Women's Prize For Fiction 2021, delivers a new side to the English writer in this pared-back story of destitute siblings finding their way. Fuller has always [...]
Author and music journalist Edwin Ammerlaan brings readers on the tour of a lifetime with Lost Souls: A Fictional Journey Through 50 Years of Pink Floyd. This magical slice of history collides a fictional protagonist with real-life rock stars and celebrities, [...]
An homage to fatherhood, history, and America's beloved pastime, Shadows of Swayne Field by Ronald R. Harrington is a masterful journey of memory and a nostalgic adventure into the past. Family secrets and paternal legacies give this book a looming sense [...]
A. SkoroBogáty's motivating origin story from ancient sources twists established mythology and explores traditions of worship, gods, and legend in his evocative Enok and the Womb of Gods. This epic fantasy explores politics, power, and belief in an ancient world, with [...]
A riveting reflection on life, loss, service, and sacrifice, Playing Soldier by F. Scott Service is an original and intense memoir that shakes up one's assumptions of a soldier's life before, during, and after a conflict. The majority of this book [...]
Dirt Road Main Street by Cynthia L. Clark is an engaging rock 'n' roll dive into the world of music, memory, and the madness only love can inspire. Tano and Holly are star-crossed and time-cursed lovers, allowing this book to explore [...]
Obsession, love and dark flames of the past light up the pages of Boulder Girl, Remember Me When the Moon Hangs Low by author Cynthia L. Clark. In this compelling thriller, twisted memories and sinister schemes lay bare the rotten core [...]