THE CLASH OF CULTURES dramatized in this sharply witty picaresque novel of Spaniard vs. Arawak in 1520 Jamaica.

TOPICAL TECHNO-THRILLER FEATURES drones, hackers, “black ops”–ripped-from-the-headlines Crichtonesque chills!

ENGAGING AND ENLIGHTENING HISTORY of Islam’s shari’a law, from its earliest days to the present moment.

A GRIM MURDER TRIAL from 1938 New Jersey highlights the despair of the Depression and the impact of corruption.

AFTER HER DEATH, an English writer’s children and grandchildren discover her secrets. Well done family drama.

ROLLICKING COMIC NOVEL about the misadventures of a larger-than-life country girl in a snooty beach resort.

COMPLEX, SATISFYING MYSTERY set in Margaret Maron’s truer-than-life Colleton County, North Carolina. Absorbing!

ENGROSSING HISTORY OF the many attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria, and their impact on English society.

PRE-WAR ENGLISH COMEDY OF manners turns into a dreamlike tale of family secrets and the afterlife.  Haunting!

WONDERFUL STEAMPUNKY EPIC set in a not-quite-our-Earth reminiscent of Mark Twain’s frontier, with science/magic.