At the beginning of “The Younger Wife,” by Sally Hepworth, the reader knows the story doesn’t end well. In an opening flash-forward...

Owen is a student at Louisville’s fictional Ashby college, working on the groundskeeping crew to cover his attendance at a graduate-level...

One of the ways many people remained upbeat during the anxious and trying days of the pandemic was to spend time outdoors. Parks and...

“Memphis,” by Tara M. Stringfellow, is a 3-generational story of mothers and daughters whose resilience and goals for their loved ones...

Some books are really hard to describe, simply because they fit so much within their pages. “A Forgery of Roses," by Jessica S. Olson, is...

For this final volume of Bob Woodward's trilogy of books about the Trump presidency—(first, “Fear,” then “Rage,” and now “Peril”)...

In an unnamed time when countless salmon, whales, dolphins, eagles, ravens, and bears swam, flew, or wandered uninhibited, a young teen...

Sixty-three-year-old Walter Bergen mounted the cab of Amtrak’s “Coast Starlight” at first light to take command of the final leg of the...

On December 31st, 2020, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin found the body of his only son, Tommy, in his bed. The 25-year-old Harvard law...

Sylvia Beach was an American expatriate who lived her adult life in Paris during a time of overwhelming literary creativity in which she...

“Red Wolf,” by Rachel Vincent, is a beautifully written, enticing and fast paced novel by Rachel Vincent. I fell in love with Adele, Max,...

In typical thriller form, Anna Pitoniak begins her novel about accomplished White House correspondent Sophie Morse by telling how the...

The late Johnny Carson said, “If you buy the premise, you buy the bit;” that is, if an artist, comedian or otherwise, can convince their...

In “Notes on an Execution,” author Danya Kukafka addresses our collective fascination with serial killers and true crime with a story...

“Violeta,” by Isabel Allende, is a sweeping historical fiction novel covering the life of a resilient woman born in an unnamed South...

It is not unusual for a reader to know more about Lincoln's death than his life. Jan Jacobi’s mission is to correct that paucity in...

Here is a steamy read for a cold winter day. When I picked up “Vladimir” I was anticipating historical fiction about the current...

Faith Jones, author of “Sex Cult Nun,” has written a memoir of breathtaking resilience. Raised in the Children of God community, she...

Who has not felt the urge to jump in the car, hit the open road, and discover what is out there in the Missouri countryside? Author Bill...

A Syrian man and woman meet in America, arriving in the U.S. at different times and under far different circumstances. Their experiences...