Rachel Elwiss Joyce’s Lady of the Castle is set in late 12th-century England, where Nicola de la Haye is Lincoln Castle's hereditary constable while raising a household formed through two marriages. When an earthquake destroys part of Lincoln Cathedral and kills her young son Tommy,...

Bernard Doucette’s The Seasonal Killer opens with retired Brett Dubois agreeing to tell journalist Monroe Jackson what happened in New Valley during the summer of 1981. At twelve, Brett spent his days roaming the suburban woods with four close friends who called themselves the Subpar...

Twenty-eight-year-old Eleonora McFarland had had a rough time in graduate school trying to escape the shadow of her parents, the McFarlands, a household name in New York theaters. She had always wanted recognition for her own work and talent. That's why, now, as an assistant...