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Fiction: Novels

The Firebird

By Susanna Kearsley

Successfully blending a contemporary romance with an historical adventure is no easy task, but in The Firebird, author Susanna Kearsley goes one step further, bestowing supernatural abilities upon her protagonist. Since birth, Nicola Marter has ... Read More »

April 17, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Under Budapest

By Ailsa Kay

The legacy of Soviet aggression against Hungary is very much apparent in Ailsa Kay’s arresting debut novel. While the book’s early chapters resemble a treatise on how academia and “lived experience” are liable to interpret ... Read More »

April 17, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sister Mine

By Nalo Hopkinson

Nalo Hopkinson’s fifth novel for adults delves into the areas of speculative fiction and the Caribbean oral tradition her writing is best known for. The story opens in Toronto, a setting that at first glance ... Read More »

March 25, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Almost Criminal

By E.R. Brown

Despite the skunky haze of marijuana drifting through every chapter, E.R. Brown’s debut crime thriller is less a book about drugs and more about what happens when the desire for money and respect lure innocent ... Read More »

March 12, 2013 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels