Africaville, author Jeffrey Colvin’s ambitious and impressive debut novel, explores the history of the town of Africville, Nova Scotia. Settled in the 1700s on a bluff outside modern-day Halifax by former enslaved peoples from the Caribbean and US, it was…
Jane Stanton Hitchcock‘s novel Bluff was the Winner of the 2019 Dashiell Hammett Prize for Literary Excellence in Crime Writing. The Strand Magazine says: “Not only can Hitchcock stage a murder mystery that’s as comedic as it is clever, but…
The opportunity to interview bestselling author Amy Meyerson couldn’t have come at a better time. Opening her latest page-turner, The Imperfects, was like running from a world falling apart to a twinkling pink-and-blue bound kingdom, where intrigue, sibling rivalry (oh-so…
John Fram’s amazing debut, The Bright Lands, came to my attention when Kelly J. Ford pitched it to me as “Friday Night Lights meets Stephen King, but queer.” I made grabby hands at her, and she allowed me to read…
Give us the elevator pitch for your book. A dream vacation aboard a luxurious yacht turns deadly in this pulse-pounding novel about wealth, friendship, romance and betrayal on the Riviera. For fans of Lauren Weisberger, Ruth Ware, Kevin Kwan and…
Sandy Stark-McGinnis has written a poignant and beautiful book about 11-year-old Cassie Rodrigues, her mother who has early-onset Alzheimer’s, and a bucket-list adventure they take together. Stark-McGinnis takes on the challenge of Alzheimer’s without being sentimental or simplistic, allowing young…