Fiction

Reviewed by: 

Scroll entices the reader to really look, linger, enjoy, and repeat.”

Author(s):
Reviewed by: 

“The worst part about finishing A Thursday Murder Club Mystery is waiting for the next one to be published.”

Reviewed by: 

In Bryan Washington’s second novel, Family Meal, three narrators speak to us in the easy, conversational style familiar from both Washington’s debut short story collection, Lot, a

Reviewed by: 

How This Book Got Red is a deceptively gentle tale; it’s actually a powerful story of healing that comes from finding the courage to take on righting a wrong.”

Reviewed by: 

“Nesbø’s taken a mischievous left turn into modern mythology and added a substantial seasoning of Edgar Allan Poe.”

Reviewed by: 

“This book is a long read—skimming won’t cut it. But it’s long the way a walk through Brooklyn’s neighborhoods is long, and beautiful, and sometimes very clearly ‘other.’”

Reviewed by: 

With a title implying vastness, and a subtitle specifying three subjects broad enough for each to fill its own book, readers can expect an epic novel with them all melded together.

Reviewed by: 

“A wonderful and entertaining paranormal romance that begs for a sequel.”

Reviewed by: 

“Fans of the classic murder puzzle will be very pleased with this edition.”

Reviewed by: 

“As in every Penrose novel, the solution to these linked crimes is generated through the loyalty and insight of intelligent and caring friends.”

Reviewed by: 

The Fragile Threads of Power opens with a whirlwind of new character introductions, each chapter presenting a new setting and point of view, initially unrelated to the others.

Author(s):
Illustrator(s):
Reviewed by: 

Raj Haldar, author of the #1 New York Times bestselling picture book P is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book Ever has released his next picture book entitled This Book I

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

The Caretaker stands shoulder-to-shoulder with the multiple award-winning books in Ron Rash’s impressive body of work.”

Reviewed by: 

“This epic quest with its strands of love and loss frames an American exploration of family, grief, honor, and deep humanity in an unforgettable fashion.”

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

At the outset of K.H. Saxton’s The A&A Detective Agency: The Fairfleet Affair, “the biggest scandal . . . in decades” initiates in the small New England town of Northbrook: Dr.

Reviewed by: 

For mystery readers who like boots-on-the-ground British police procedurals, book three in the Two Rivers series delivers.

Author(s):
Genre(s):
Reviewed by: 

An enchanting, compelling, and deliciously tragic addition to the Odysseus lore . . .”

Author(s):
Illustrator(s):
Reviewed by: 

Irresistibly charismatic Mazie McGear takes us on a bounding tour of her ideas in Mazie’s Amazing Machines. Smart, precocious, preteen Mazie absolutely loves engineering.

Reviewed by: 

“an original and powerful novel that a reader won’t easily forget.”

Reviewed by: 

“In stories that capture whole worlds, and essays that dissect full lives, Aridjis has now proven her adeptness at nearly every form.”

Reviewed by: 

“He found himself lying under white sheets with very little idea of how he had gotten there. It was the morning he woke up . . . He seemed to have been there for some time.”  

Reviewed by: 

This richly textured narrative whipsaws the reader between the 14th and 21st centuries.

Told through multiple perspectives, Leslie Rasmussen’s novel focuses on two protagonists, Katie and Rachel, who are charming and relatable.

Pages