Somewhere on an English marsh near the southern coast, an old woman is preparing for […]
Innocents to the Slaughter, by H.P. Maskew
In their first outing, journalist Ambrose Hudson and Edgar Lawes tackled a corrupt workhouse. In […]
The Belting Inheritance, by Julian Symons
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 […]
The Woman Who Fed the Dogs, by Kristien Hemmerechts
Trigger warning for rape and domestic abuse. Odette tells us at the beginning of Kristien […]
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 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 […]
Regeneration, by Pat Barker
Early in Pat Barker’s moving, thoughtful novel Regeneration, Dr. William Rivers reflects on an experiment he […]
We Believe the Children, by Richard Beck
In the 1980s, a strange kind of hysteria swept across the United States. Concerned parents […]