The Drifter by Nicholas Petrie

Peter Ash is a troubled veteran and a classic hero, the kind of protagonist you admire from the start. He’s Continue reading →

Cementville by Paulette Livers

On the opening page of this amazing novel, seven black hearses roll down the highway toward the small  Kentucky town Continue reading →

The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers

When a poet writes about war, the result is a mix of terror and beauty. Kevin Powers, a poet, served in Continue reading →

Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith

With his vintage novel Gorky Park, Martin Cruz Smith captures the gray, soulless behemoth that was the once mighty Soviet Continue reading →

Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks

Some books are haunting by virtue of their subject matter and others by virtue of their prose. Birdsong is haunting Continue reading →