Fiction

In 'North of Here,' Saville does a great job at getting into the psyche of her characters and bringing out the pain and sadness, as well as the confusion. She gives us a story of hope and redemption that doesn’t seem to have an answer.

Justin Hill is a great story teller, and in "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny", he brings a strong group of characters together, weaving a fantastic tale of greed and revenge.

In "Daughter of Sand and Stone" Libbie Hawker does a great job of taking you back in time to a place of war and beauty. She sets the scene with the complications of young women of the time, and how marriage is more barter than choice.

This gothic tale, set in anarchist-haunted, war-drained, superstitious Barcelona just prior to World War I, is a fictionalized account of the notorious real-life career of Enriqueta Martí, a serial child-killer and pimp.

In "Art in the Blood, A Sherlock Holmes Adventure" Bonnie Macbird has given us back the Sherlock Holmes of old, one whose flaws are a constant battle who yet maintains a sense of panache that creates trust in those who rely on him.

In Kelly Romo's novel, we are introduced to the lengths that people will go to when in trouble or need.

Interview with Anna Patrick author of "Meditations in Wonderland", a modern retelling of Lewis Carrol's classic: "There's always ideas for upcoming novels floating in my head…I'll leave it up to my inner Alice to point me in the right direction."

In Leta Serafim's new Greek historical mystery, police find multiple reasons for murder in the dark past of their victim.

In "Blood Sky", Traci L Slatton draws you into a dystopian world of destruction and pain and yet portrays the beauty of what still stands. For among the destruction there are still vistas to behold; the power of sunsets and the icy bit and tingle of frost in the air that glitters upon the damage.

A conspiracy of sinister and dangerous proportions will keep you riveted when reading "The God’s Eye View" by Barry Eisler.