Denis Johnson, the author of Jesus’ Son and Tree of Smoke, is a wonderful writer. He’ll lull you into his tale with clear, straight forward prose and then surprise you with a poetic scene of both beauty and import. This simple novella tells the story of Robert Granier, a laborer in the Northern Rockies during… View more
The Gaslight Mystery series by Victoria Thompson features midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sgt. Frank Malloy. When Sarah chose to marry a doctor, she caused a breach between herself and her rich family which has only been healing since her widowhood. Her career leads her into all areas of the city and into crimes that… View more
The Secret of the White Rose by Stefanie Pintoff is the third book in a series of mysteries about New York Detective Simon Ziele and criminologist Alistair Sinclair set at the turn of the 20th century. New York is seething with anger over the death of a child during a bombing by anarchists when the… View more
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente is a retelling of a Russian folktale about the villain Koschei the Deathless and his cunning wife Marya Morevna. This is an old tale of obsession, betrayal, and war but Valente tells it against the backdrop of the Bolshevik Revolution and the later Siege of Leningrad to give it new… View more
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin is the first in a series of four mysteries set in Medieval England and Europe. The entire series is a blend of mystery, history, political intrigue, and a little romance. Our heroine is Adelia Aguilar, a woman trained as a doctor, who has been hired by… View more