FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012
"The Valley Girl voice Howell affects for the series (Slay Bells and Satchels, 2011, etc.) is, as she might say, mad old school. A reboot of the basic formula seems urgently needed to increase the lolz."
FICTION
Released: May 15, 2012
"Ceepak and Boyle's seventh caper (Rolling Thunder, 2010, etc.) moves like lightning as it puts its cartoonish cast through their paces."
FICTION
Released: May 15, 2012
"The best of these tales are perceptive glimpses into how people live out the choices they make. The worst are pointless recitations of one disaster after the other. No one escapes unscathed, but some wounds are redemptive; others just bleed."
Longtime Long Islander Jones has collected a volume of 17 new stories as diverse as the massive island itself.
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FICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
"Once again, Groundwater, mixing mystery with outdoor adventure, comes up with an excursion that will please most comers."
A fishing tournament brings murder to the Arkansas River and distress to a novice river ranger.
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FICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
The Belgian Congo of 1958, facing enormous social changes as colonial rule is nearing an end, is challenged by more intimate disruption.
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FICTION
Released: May 8, 2012
"Brandreth's fifth Oscar Wilde caper (Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders, 2011, etc.) floats on a cushion of bubbly banter and droll period references. The whole series is literary escapism of a high order, though with each episode the mystery seems to recede further in importance. "
