Literary Fiction

“witty, satirical, and hilarious with a delicious quiver of crime noir hovering over all”

A pretty girl, a bartender, and a deadly snake meet up in a bar . . .

“If family is our path to hell, it can also be our path to salvation.”

“Absurdly compelling, packing a double barrel blast . . .”

“A different kind of detective story, The Spirit Photographer is an American gothic novel set in a time of post-war turmoil.”

"required reading for those who want sour along with the sweet of life."

The sudden death of Harry Ackerman’s father opens the door to an explosive mix of seductions, obsessions, and dark secrets from the past.

Jefferson James raised his daughter Jillian when her mother took off after her birth. Throughout Jillian's life, she learned nothing about her mom, and her dad was close-mouthed about his past.

When Navajo Tribal Police officer Bernadette Manuelito reluctantly arrives to speak at an outdoor character-building program for teens in the El Malpais badlands, she discovers that one of the youn

Cloudbursts is novelist Thomas McGuane’s collection of 38 of his best stories, most previously published but some new ones as well.

“Ashbery’s work is an assemblage fashioned by a genius, and They Knew What They Wanted is a great tribute, an absolute treasure.”

Coming of age stories seem a dime a dozen these days, which is why it takes a particularly striking novel to catch the eyes of readers.