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Bridging horror, noir, and psychological thriller—the tale of an outsider in an isolated motel, contending with the lies of a fleet of uncanny characters Set in the borderlands of 1960s northern Minnesota, The Petting Zoo Motel centers on Billy Green, a young drifter cut loose after his girlfriend and best friend betray him. When his […]

There is something almost unbearably fitting about a novel concerning erased women being told in two separate voices — voices that share a pulse across three thousand years of silence. Daughter of Egypt by Marie Benedict is precisely that: an interwoven dual narrative that places Lady Evelyn Herbert, the aristocratic daughter of Lord Carnarvon, alongside […]

A novel about how competition can make champions, but it can also expose the parts of us we work hardest to hide  In The Players We Were, Janelle Gabay delivers a contemporary young adult sports drama that dives far deeper than tennis rankings and tournament wins.  Though rooted in the high-stakes world of junior tennis, […]

A thought-provoking novel of ideas about biography, authenticity, identity, and secrets “Uncertainty is the engine that keeps us going.” Beginning with a disastrous birthday party, Uncertain Lives tracks the decades-old friendship of two septuagenarian women—Devra, a renowned scientist, and Allison, a society journalist.  When Allison, whom Devra nicknames Angela, offers the promise of writing Devra’s […]

Six years after nuclear war turned the surface into irradiated wasteland, what remains of humanity exists underground in a place called Haven. The tunnels are dim. Time is tracked not by sunlight but by bells and buzzes. Religion has largely given up alongside everything else. This is the world Ariel Sullivan constructs in Beneath by […]

Some crimes shatter lives. Others quietly reshape them. Sweetness & Light is not about shock value, lurid detail, or tidy conclusions. Melinda Worth Popham writes true crime the way it actually lives in people: quietly, unevenly, and long after the headlines fade. Set largely in mid-century Kansas City and the surrounding Midwest, the book moves […]

A tense, heart-racing bounty-hunter space adventure to thrill 365 Days fans This suspenseful space adventure is about greed, betrayal, and colonial warfare with magical weaponry. Inventive and intriguing, Hunting the Heiress uses sex and sophisticated space travel to tell Reyne’s story: A morally-gray hero’s journey from defeated orphan just following orders, to rebel soldier standing […]