Rico Stays is the final novel in Ed Duncan's Pigeon-Blood Red trilogy. As he did in the other two books in the series, ...

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Reviewed by Richard Fluck
Rico Stays is the final novel in Ed Duncan's Pigeon-Blood Red trilogy. As he did in the other two books in the series, ...
Reviewed by Albert Hill
Published by Atmosphere Press in 2019, The Devil’s In The Details is San Diego based writer and artist V.A. Christie’s debut ...
Reviewed by Piper Templeton
Rarely has the setting played as important a role in a novel as Alaska does in The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah. It becomes ...
Reviewed by Sandra Fluck
Gloria Hytner is the protagonist in Jason Graff’s edgy study of a disconsolate woman in a marriage she grows to resent. If it ...
Reviewed by Tejas Yadav
Ever wondered how a novel would read were it written, without restraint, with the freedom and ferocity of a poem? In her ...
Reviewed by Richard Fluck
If you've ever built a sand castle in the intertidal zone at the ocean's edge, you know what happens when the tide comes in: ...
Reviewed by Richard Cho
Where would reasons end? The Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño once said in an interview: "I don't think reason has anything to ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
Paul Beatty’s debut novel takes no prisoners with his irreverent, unapologetic tale about Gunnar Kaufman, a young, teenage ...
Reviewed by Sandra Fluck
“The magic power of a poem consists in it always being filled with duende.” The narrative in Chris Pellizzarri’s novella, ...
Reviewed by Sandra Fluck
The cast of characters in Unreasonable Doubts by Reyna Marder Gentin could have stepped out of a Shakespearean play. Consider ...
Reviewed by Piper Templeton
Redemption Lake by Susan Clayton-Goldner is a mystery that takes place in Tucson, Arizona. High school senior Matt Garrison ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
I read the prequel to Under a while ago (Signal Failure) and really enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to reading this ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
A recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Critics Circle Award for A Visit From the Goon Squad, Jennifer ...
Reviewed by Piper Templeton
Celeste Ng’s Little Fires Everywhere explores themes of mother-daughter bonds, appearance versus reality, and identity. The ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
Darktown by Thomas Mullen does not pull punches. It is a tour de force with no apologies. Thomas Mullen does not bend ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
I’ve read a fair amount of literature about World War II, but I’ve never read any from the German point of view, so I was ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
I’ve been a voracious reader as far back as I can remember. In second grade, I read the entire Black Stallion series by ...
Reviewed by Justine Fluck
To praise Jesmyn Ward’s award-winning lyrical novel, Sing, Unburied, Sing, is to share how it makes the reader feel, how it ...
Reviewed by Richard Fluck
When Jeffrey Phillips, a poor teenager in Chicago, shoots and kills a man in a carjacking gone sideways, Sandra Yanders, a ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
Maisie is a story that would appeal to older children and young adults. It's a fantasy adventure that begins in the real ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
This is a book I got from a friend as a Christmas present. She knew I love cats and thought I would enjoy it. I did! It's the ...
Reviewed by Piper Templeton
A Better Place to Be by David Wind is inspired by the folk-rock song of the same name by legendary ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
A quietly magnificent addition to the canon of war novels, Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre is reassuringly tragic in ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
I remember reading Agatha Christie as a child, thrilled and maddened by the opportunity to track clues in a (mostly) futile ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
Buckle up, brace yourself and hang on for dear life! A visceral symphony of pain, suffering, and hope that blurs the line ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
I think I’m getting quite addicted to Jason McIntyre’s Dovetail Cove series. I’ve read about 4 or 5 of them so far and always ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
With a cheeky narrator running the show, The Punch Escrow takes place in the year 2146, set to an 80’s soundtrack, displaying ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
Maria Haskins is a poet as well as a fiction writer and I think this gives her a distinct edge when it comes to writing ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
With Righteous, Joe Ide has proven that IQ, his first novel, was no fluke. Using the gritty streets of Long Beach, Los ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
"(Slight Return)" is a collection of short stories and flash fiction that are inspired by music. Some of the story titles are ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
After finishing The Baker’s Secret, I immediately picked up Out Stealing Horses without realizing it too was a World War II ...
Reviewed by Piper Templeton
A Sudden Gust of Gravity by Laurie Boris is an absorbing, satisfying book that takes a fresh look at relationships with ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
Life got in the way of my financially negligent, selflessly ego-driven reviews, so I’m playing catch up with a stack of 5 ...
Reviewed by Piper Templeton
The Wiregrass: A Novel by Pam Webber takes the reader back to a southern summer in the late 1960s as a group of cousins ...
Reviewed by Jason Squire Fluck
My father and sister have a strong affinity for Scandinavian authors, the darker the better. Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter ...
Reviewed by Maria Savva
Child's Play is the 4th in a series of books by Darcia Helle. If you're new to the series, I think you can still enjoy the ...