John Kachuba
The Girl Next Door
Editors' choice
Fans of prolific and award-winning author Rendell will not be disappointed by her latest novel. On the outskirts of war-torn…
The Prince’s Boy
In a book review, Ambrose Bierce once wrote: “The covers of this book are too far apart.” That same criticism…
Spirit House
At first blush this novel seems to be a coming-of-age story about 13-year-old David, who is dumped on his grandparents’…
The Cane Creek Regulators
Spur Award winner Boggs is known for his fast-paced, exciting novels, and this latest novel, set in pre-Revolutionary War South…
Bitter Spirits
In San Francisco, during the Roaring Twenties, Aida Palmer makes a living conjuring up the spirits of the dead at…
Silence for the Dead
In 1919, young Kitty Weeks is fleeing her past and her abusive father. Forging her credentials, she secures a nursing…
Espinas
Author Pérez Valdez has carved out a unique niche in historical fiction by writing exclusively about Spanish missionaries of the…
Winter of the Metal People
Despite the fact that so many public buildings, parks, and monuments throughout what is today America’s Southwest bear the name…
The Séance Society
Young Lee Plunkett has inherited his father’s private-eye business but doesn’t seem cut out for the job as much as…
The Unmarked Road
Sgt. John “K-Bar” Caleb is one tough Marine. But after suffering serious wounds in Vietnam, the highly decorated vet winds…
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