The village of Eight Graves is perched amid the desolate mountains on the border of Tottori and Okayama prefectures. There is always something about translations that intrigue me. Japanese books have been rising in popularity across the Western market for years — see: Before The Coffee Gets Cold, There’s No…

The Lowe family had always been the undisputed villains of their town’s ancient, bloodstained story, and no one understood that better than the Lowe brothers. So before I begin the proper review, let me just: JKFHGSKJDHL ASGDHJSF Okay, I’m good. Every generation, seven families send their teenaged champions to fight…

“They say that the first time is the most dangerous.” Do you know your local lore? Maybe there’s a house near yours that’s haunted, or maybe a friend of a friend swore that your school was built atop an old cemetery. …

“You sure pick the best places to break down, don’t you, Way?” I’m saying to myself in the cab of a Bodymore tow truck as I pull to the west entrance of the park. Lifelong Baltimore resident Joey knows that something isn’t right in the city. It might just be…

When a body goes down in Lake Tahoe, they say, it does not rise again. How far would you go for a person you love? Depending on who you ask, the answers could range from not very far at all to murder. For Nina, when her mother’s cancer refuses to…

It was a truth universally acknowledged that an unmarried young woman in expectation of a great dowry had to be in want of a titled husband. It turns out it’s actually very fashionable to die onboard a sleeper train. Agatha Christie did it first and now Magda Alexander follows suit…

“Well, let’s start with Elizabeth, shall we?” When the time comes for me to retire — a far-off forty years, if I make it that long — my plan is to open a bookshop slash café. The store will carry a wide variety of indie novels, books overflowing every shelf…

The overnight flight across the Atlantic was turbulent and sleepless. If I had the chance to solve my problems overseas, personally I would choose to solve my problems in London. …

Title: Heartbreak Incorporated Author: Alex De Campi Rating: 4/5 “Evie stands on the corner of Eighth Avenue, surrounded by the skitter and hustle of a midtown New York morning, uncomfortably aware that she is looking at her last best chance.” Evie Cross is just another lost New York transplant struggling…