Our review of The Lost Company by Michael Maguire, a gritty military fantasy retelling of Xenophon’s Anabasis about soldiers stranded behind enemy lines.
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Author, Poet, Artist: The Many Pages of Despoina Kemeridou
She dreamed her first story night after night, then built a design career helping indie authors look as good as they write. Meet Despoina Kemeridou, author, poet, and artist.
Fresh Off the Press: October 2026’s Must-Read Releases
Stephen King closes the Talisman Trilogy, Harry Bosch faces his own past, and Reacher heads to a four-person town. Here are October’s six biggest releases and six indie picks worth your shelf.
Tulsa, 1948: The Truce Is Over
Our review of Scott’s Tulsa by S.L. Chalmers, a disciplined 1948 noir mystery following PI Wyatt Scott through murder and blackmail in postwar Tulsa.
The Second Pour: Rereading Gaius Konstantine’s Dark Bay With the Lights On
Justine Castellon rereads Gaius Konstantine’s mafia novel Fading Away: Dark Bay as its publisher, unpacking the pace, flow, and scenes that hold it up.
The Book of Revelations by Mitchell Hadley: A Life Told in Fragments
Just Reading Nook’s review of The Book of Revelations by Mitchell Hadley, a layered, restrained novel about one woman’s shifting names and the past she can’t outrun.
John Grisham Leaves the Courtroom for the Spy Game in The French Illusion
John Grisham trades the courtroom for Paris and the CIA in The French Illusion. Our spoiler-free feature on his first espionage thriller.
The Art Thief, the Mafia Heir, and the Letters That Started It All
Justine Castellon reviews Life Out Loud by SR Stacy, a witty mafia romantic suspense with an art thief heroine, a pen-pal romance, and a stolen Velázquez.
Nineteen Doors, One Deal, and No Way Out: A Review of The Nineteen Doors of Belferith
A birthday joke becomes a deal with the devil in William J. Burkhardt’s The Nineteen Doors of Belferith, an Atlantic City horror thriller. Read our review.
Noah Raines’s Bloodbound: Covenant is a 1996 Pasadena mystery with angels, demons, and a dead detective’s secrets
Noah Raines survived the odds, woke up at 3 a.m. with a story, and turned it into Bloodbound: Covenant, a ’90s supernatural mystery that kicks off a six-book saga.