Here’s an oldie but goodie: Out of the Woods by Chris Offutt. I was reading Grit Lit: A Rough South Reader from the wonderful service we offer called SRCS (statewide remote circulation service - we can get items for you from other Indiana libraries if TCPL does not have them) and Offutt’s work was mentioned as [...]
Harriet Westaway, a tarot reader by trade, is in trouble. Paying clients are sparse, and her bills are plentiful. All alone in the world since her mother's death, Harriet made an unfortunate decision to borrow money from a loan shark to make ends meet. And, of course, that decision has made for more trouble, as she [...]
Michael Skellig is a former Special Forces soldier who owns a small limo service in L.A. His company includes two mentally and physically disabled veterans and his former interpreter from Afghanistan. One day when he is on the job driving he comes across a crime in progress and saves the lives of a celebrity named Bismarck [...]
Ten years ago, Darrow led a revolution that freed his people. This same revolution shattered the existing society's class structure, with the hope that everyone could then share the same freedoms. Yet, ten years after the revolution, it has become clear that all this victory accomplished was to unleash an endless war. Factions form, alliances shift, [...]
The story begins with following the thoughts of an eleven-year-old girl, named Jazzie, who hasn’t had the easiest life. Between her abusive father leaving her mother to care for Jazzie and Jazzie’s younger sister, Janie, without any means for survival and the social repercussions of becoming poor, Jazzie has experienced a lot for her young age. [...]
If you have not read Malcolm Mackay yet, you need to get to it! His latest Every Night I Dream of Hell follows Nate Colgan who is the “security consultant” for the group of criminals that run the underworld in Glasgow. The big boss has been thrown in jail and some of the underlings are getting [...]
Marion Palm is a pretty lousy wife and mother. She is unattractive and generally unpleasant but she is good with numbers. Marion Palm is an embezzler. In all she has embezzled $180,000 from her daughters' private school where she works part time. You know all of this from the beginning. On the day Marion decides the [...]
Cheyenne Christensen has never had the easiest life. With her mother raising her and her sister moving from town to town, Cheyenne did not start school until she was 14 years old and that was only because Cheyenne mother was diagnosed with cancer, forcing her mother to finally settle down somewhere. Cheyenne feels the only right [...]
Gail DeMarco was born and raised in the small town of Whiskey Creek, California. But she left her home behind to move to Los Angeles and has created a PR empire that lists some of the biggest celebs among its roster. One of those names was Simon O’Neal, until Gail could not handle his self-destruction anymore [...]
In The Breakdown by B.A. Paris, Cass is coming home late at night from a party (and taking a short cut on a usually deserted road) and sees a woman sitting in a car on the side of the road. At first she pulls over to see if the lady needs any help but it’s late, [...]
