New York, NY: Harper Collins (2014) Set in rural New York state at the turn of the twentieth century, superb new talent James Scott makes his literary debut with The Kept—a propulsive novel reminiscent of the works of Michael Ondaatje, Cormac McCarthy, and Bonnie Jo Campbell, in which a mother and her young son embark … Continue reading The Kept →

New York, NY: Putnam (2004) An enzyme that will dramatically prolong life has been discovered two thousand feet down in the North Atlantic, in an area known as “Lost City.” But why are the people attempting to harvest it getting killed? Why are the scientists in a remote Greek laboratory disappearing one by one? What … Continue reading Lost City →

New York, NY: Knopf (2015) As new in dust jacket. Working as an enforcer for a corrupt developer, Angel Velasquez teams up with a hardened journalist and a street-smart Texan to investigate rumors of California’s imminent monopoly on limited water supplies. By the National Book Award-finalist author of The Windup Girl.

New York, NY: St. Martin’s Press (1998) Inscribed copy Where in mystery fiction is a blues hero? You can find him in New Orleans, Louisiana, living in his battered 1920s warehouse or playing harmonica at JoJo’s Blues Bar in the French Quarter. His name is Nick Travers, an ex-New Orleans Saint turned blues historian at … Continue reading Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Mystery →

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2012) Mississippi author Eudora Welty, the first living writer to be published in the Library of America series, mentored many of today’s greatest fiction writers and is a fascinating woman, having lived the majority of the twentieth century (1909-2001). Her life reflects a century of change and is closely … Continue reading A Daring Life: A Biography of Eudora Welty →

New York, NY: Putnam (2002) Collects the dramatic, true-life accounts of the remarkable underwater discoveries made by the author and his team of NUMA volunteers–a group dedicated to the exploration of historic wrecks–including the tale of the ghost ship Mary Celeste, the Carpathia, and other steamships, ironclads, a PT boat, a long-lost airplane, and a … Continue reading The Sea Hunters II: More True Adventures With Famous Shipwrecks →

New York, NY: Knopf (2004) Near fine in dust jacket. Hanratty and his only friend, Flake, struggle to deal with the nightmare of junior high school–bullying, girls who taunt them, jocks who beat them up, a creepy old man who stalks them, and a disaffected sixth grader who adores them–until their demoralization is transformed into … Continue reading Project X →

New York, NY: Clarion Books (2013) 2013 CALDECOTT HONOR BOOK Another comic tour de force from three-time Caldecott medalist David Wiesner. Mr. Wuffles ignores all his cat toys but one, which turns out to be a spaceship piloted by small green aliens. When Mr. Wuffles plays rough with the little ship, the aliens must venture … Continue reading Mr. Wuffles! →

New York, NY: Viking (2014) As new in dust jacket. The sensational new novel from one of the most talented crime writers alive” (The Washington Post) The photo on the card shows a boy who was found murdered, a year ago, on the grounds of a girls’ boarding school in the leafy suburbs of Dublin. … Continue reading The Secret Place →

New York, NY: HarperCollins (2001) Aging star Todd Pickett flees to a secret corner of Hollywood to heal from a botched bout with plastic surgery and discovers that his newfound hideaway is in fact haunted by ghosts from the 1920s

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi (2001) The pursuit and wielding of power may be America’s most intoxicating and sometimes revolting pastime. John M. Barry, award-winning author ofRising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America (1997), purveys American uses and abuses of might in the media, in Washington, in Olympians, and … Continue reading Power Plays: Politics, Football, and Other Blood Sports →