DARK AND DREAMLIKE novel follows a young girl’s harrowing 1861 journey across the US’s western frontiers.

LOTS OF INSIDER DETAIL about the country music industry is the saving grace of this debut Nashville mystery.

A POSTAPOCALYPTIC SOUTHWEST without metal–thanks to a nanobot plague–is the setting for action/adventure.

ANOTHER WITTY COZY in Simon Brett’s Fethering series, as his 60-something lady sleuths take on the UK art world.

DISTURBING, EVOCATIVE NOVEL of a woman haunted by her childhood and unable to control her impulses. Chilling.

ELOQUENT, ELEGIAC LITTLE novel follows a woman’s thoughts and memories in the hours after her husband’s death.

THE GREAT BERYL BAINBRIDGE’S final novel is a haunting (if uneven) tale of two misfits caught up in history.

WACKY PRIVATE-EYE CAPER features a spunky lady detective from a big family of Chicago cops. Plenty of fun!

CHARMING, SURPRISINGLY THOUGHT-PROVOKING Australian women’s fiction tale of a suburban mom with amnesia.

CHUCK PALAHNIUK’S LATEST: a scary, funny, satirical trip to Hell with a smart, sassy Veruca Salt-esque heroine.