Fiction

Pushkin Press has released a welcome new collection of the great Austrian writer's novellas, with their recurring themes of a young man's coming of age and the price of adultery.

Nina Sadowsky’s 'Just Fall' is a sensual thriller; a fast paced story filled with love, lust, deception and murder.

In "Pearl" by Deidre Riordan Hall, we follow the life and exploits of Pearl Jaeger, a young woman who is on her own and homeless at a time most are dreaming of their first prom. Pearl has grown up with the privilege of having a rock star as a mother, but JJ has become the product of her life.

In "Golden: Heart of Dread, Book 3" by Melissa De La Cruz and Michael Johnston, we find ourselves back in the darkened world of Nat and Wes. In the conclusion of the Heart of Dread trilogy, we find a bleakness that seems more insurmountable then all that has come before.

With Alice and Oliver, Charles Bock brings the story of a young couple deeply in love with their new baby and with each other, whose world is turned upside down after a shocking medical diagnosis.

A new translation of this taut novel from the 1970s is a good English-language entry point into the works of French novelist Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Mystery surrounding two sisters turns into an American security crisis in new novel, "Vanished Sisters" by Rachel Poe.

Fredrik Backman's "Britt-Marie Was Here" is a testament of life's twist and turns, and how a very unusual woman finds the strength to start over in a most unexpected place.

New thriller, "Stung! A Sam McClellan Tale" by Laura S Wharton, is like a bee sting that won’t go away — you’re left aching to read more about these characters.

Happy Family by Tracy Barone reminds us that no matter how dysfunctional and complex,  family can define who we were, who we are, and perhaps who we'll be, even if we didn't choose to be a part of it.