Berlin in Lights

“What distinguishes his diary is Kessler’s distanziert tone–its elegance, precision and shrewdness. The man who brought his gifts of mind to bear on the tragic carnival of his era was…

Death in a Strange Country

“This series has become one of the adornments of current crime fiction. A gem.” —The Scotsman…

A Peculiar Grace

“Family-fracturing secrets are at the heart of Lent’s luminous third novel, a transcendent story about the healing power of love and art. . . . This sympathetic depiction of a…

Witches on the Road Tonight

“Holman is a master of the miniature. She uses tiny, achingly accurate details to bring each moment to life on the page; her sentences sing. . . . This richly…

Remembrance Day

Shifty’s Boys

Army-CID-officer-cum-unofficial-PI Mick Hardin is up against unforeseen forces who will stop at nothing in this vividly atmospheric thriller from acclaimed novelist Chris Offutt

Solitary

The extraordinary saga of a man who, despite spending four decades in solitary confinement for a crime of which he was innocent, inspired fellow prisoners, and now all of us,…

The Children’s Hospital

“Chris Adrian is a novelist, a doctor, a philosopher, a literary explorer, the humble clear-eyed prophet of our time. . . . The genius of his writing lies in its…

The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman

“A bona fide literary event.” –Newsweek…

Within the Context of No Context

“The writing in this book is so extraordinary. It is as if George Trow had dived down in some deep sea and had taken only the most rare, the most…