In Richard Steinitz’s Kaplan’s Quest, Shmuel Kaplan is a young Israeli academic who has always been haunted by the figure of his great-uncle Samuel Kaplan, for whom he was named. Samuel, a German Jew, was a champion shot-putter and came to Tel Aviv in 1935...

Manhattan couples therapist Grace Reinhart Sachs, as drawn with vivid realism by Jean Hanff Korelitz in You Should Have Known, is a successful, empowered woman who has made all the right choices -- so much so that she is about to launch a potential best...

Krymzyn (The Journals of Krymzyn Book 1) by BC Powell is a dark fantasy story. Chase is young when he has visions of a strange place with storm clouds, a field of red grass and really bright light. He could also see a girl kneeling...

The Cat’s Maw is a fantasy/mystery for preteens by Brooke Burgess. Billy Brahm is a lonely young boy who lives with his parents. He is extremely accident prone and always manages to seriously injure himself. This frustrates his parents who think he is just as...

Shifra Hochberg’s The Lost Catacomb is a fast-moving, fascinating journey throughout the centuries into the history of the “Eternal City,” Rome, and its Jewish community. American art historian Nicola Page and Italian-Jewish archaeologist Bruno Recanati have been called by the Vatican to investigate an elaborate...

The Smiling Buddha is a fast paced story based on acts of terrorism. It begins in the city of Kuala Lumpur where Rav, a cleaner who works the night shift at Likud Bank, is tempted by a display of large gold coins. He makes...

If you'd like to revisit the times of the famous Casablanca, then Casablanca Connection by Barrie Edward just might be a wonderful read for you. It begins in an army hospital in Washington, D.C., during the Vietnam War when surgeon Major (Dr.) Land contemplates the...

Alan Kirby’s In the Shadow of the Water Tower is a nostalgic narrative depicting the bond of brotherhood. Joe and Darren Kelly receive an unexpected conference call from an attorney in their hometown. Joe and Darren were asked to return to Glenville, IN, to hear...

Jack may look like your average guy and he may continue to seem completely ordinary even when you talk to him, but there’s a lot more to Jack than meets the eye. He is part of a secret society, a group that has been around...

Rings of Smoke, an intense thriller, is written by Diane O’Toole. John Fallon thinks his problems cannot get any worse after his mean-spirited wife abandons him and their children. But it does, as his daughter, Erin, goes missing when a serial killer is abducting teenage...