Summer Reads

Against the backdrop of a never-colonized North America, a broken Ojibwe detective embarks on an emotional and twisting journey toward solving two murders, rediscovering family, and finding himself.   North America was never colonized. The United States...

An abandoned child becomes a singular inspiration to the mythology of Muirwood in an epic series by Jeff Wheeler, Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Muirwood and Kingfountain novels.   Eilean was born a “wretched”—a lowly foundling raised by...

Nobody can hear your screams from the depths of hell...   Those who survived Halálház, never imagined going back.   But this isn't Halálház, this is Věrhăza, and nothing can prepare any of them for this.   With General Markos in control of the new...

Haunting and exquisitely written, Bailey's emotionally complex and involving thriller lights a fuse under the tinder box of Whistling Ridge, as the case of a missing girl blows the town wide open.   When Emma leaves her friend Abi at a party in the...

Framea’s hard at work on the next part of her Tempest Guidebook, but the costs of conducting research are continuing to compound! Luckily, Rimuru has just what she needs—a convenient card that can be used in place of cash. But Framea soon finds that...

Framea's father has come to Tempest to bring his wayward daughter home to her fellow rabbitfolk, but she's not so eager to return. Little does dear old dad know that Framea is working for none other than the mighty Rimuru...and that her boss would like...

Discover the real-life inspirations behind history’s most infamous serial killers: John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson, and so many more. Gothic media moguls Kelly Florence and Meg Hafdahl, authors of The Science of Monsters, The Science of...

**AS FEATURED ON ABC 20/20****ONE OF AMAZON'S "BEST TRUE CRIME" BOOKS****A "BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH" PICK FOR AMAZON (DECEMBER 2021)****AN APPLE AUDIO "MUST-LISTEN" (DECEMBER 2021)**A vivid behind-the-scenes look into the creation of the FBI's Behavioral...

Agatha Christie's mysteries were brimming with the nascent forensic science of the day, and in Murder Isn't Easy pathology technician Carla Valentine delves deep into the Christie canon for evidence of her pioneering forensic writing.   While other...

'Charming and compelling... a beautiful book, wise, heartfelt and full of hope' -- Hazel Prior, Away with the Penguins'Witty and delightful, this story is a salve to the soul' -- Colleen Oakley, The Invisible Husband of Frick IslandIt's never too late to...

(Available after July 30th, 2022)The journey to 100 friends begins with a single conversation.Socially anxious high school student Shoko Komi’s greatest dream is to make some friends, but everyone at school mistakes her crippling social anxiety for cool...

“This groundbreaking book offers a compelling understanding of inherited trauma and fresh, powerful tools for relieving its suffering. Mark Wolynn is a wise and trustworthy guide on the journey toward healing.” —Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical...

SOMETHING TO FIGHT FOR, SOMEONE TO LIVE FORGods should never meddle in the affairs of mortals, but Xie Lian is not one to follow the rules when lives are at risk. He spits in the face of heaven and its laws and descends in a fury to save his country from...

Warrior supreme Guts has returned, and just in time to save the weakened Band of the Hawk from certain destruction… and to form an intimate bond with the beautiful warrior Casca. But job one is to find a way to free Griffith, the Hawks' leader, from the...

Griffith, charismatic leader of the elite mercenary Band of the Hawk, has seen better days. His fearless champion, Guts, has left the Band, defeating Griffith in personal combat as his ticket out. With his judgment clouded by this unthinkable...

The Band of the Hawk — what's left of them — are on the run, Guts and Casca having rescued the Hawks' leader, Griffith, from the horrors of the King of Midland's dungeons. Starved, tortured mercilessly and imprisoned in an iron mask, Griffith hangs to...

Epictetus was born into slavery about 55 ce in the eastern outreaches of the Roman Empire. Once freed, he established an influential school of Stoic philosophy, stressing that human beings cannot control life, only their responses to it. By putting into...

A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator. Outside a remote village in Russia’s Far East a man-eating tiger is on the prowl. The tiger isn’t just killing people, it’s murdering them, almost as if it has a...

(Available after 3-20 days)In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding...

A philosopher/mechanic's wise (and sometimes funny) look at the challenges and pleasures of working with one's hands “This is a deep exploration of craftsmanship by someone with real, hands-on knowledge. The book is also quirky, surprising, and sometimes...