Christopher Barrington, the narrator of Julian Symons’ frequently twee mystery The Belting Inheritance, has a complicated […]
Sugar Run, by Mesha Maren
It is difficult, if not impossible, for newly released convicts to get back on their […]
Ghost Wall, by Sarah Moss
Trigger warning for domestic abuse. For most us, the closest we get to putting ourselves […]
The Woman Who Fed the Dogs, by Kristien Hemmerechts
Trigger warning for rape and domestic abuse. Odette tells us at the beginning of Kristien […]
In an Absent Dream, by Seanan McGuire
Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series with In an Absent Dream. This entry tells the story of Katherine […]
The Brahmadells, by Jóanes Nielsen
Imagine a triangle with its points in Iceland, Norway, and Scotland, skewed a little closer […]
The Master Butchers Singing Club, by Louise Erdrich
While most of Louise Erdrich’s works center on Midwestern Ojibwe life, The Master Butchers Singing Club takes […]
The Coincidence Makers, by Yoav Blum
The opening of Yoav Blum’s delightful The Coincidence Makers asks us to imagine where the beginning of […]
A Corpse in the Koryo, by James Church
North Korea, as portrayed in James Church’s gripping novel, A Corpse in the Koryo, is not […]
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse, by Louise Erdrich
What does it mean to be a saint? There’s the Catholic definition. There’s also the […]