When sixteen-year-old Jay Thornton’s mother dies leaving him an orphan, he jumps a freight train to get away from being placed in a foster home. Unprepared for his new lifestyle, he discovers unexpected dangerous experiences and wonders if he has made a mistake.

Meet PB&J, a young superhero with a power that’s a little nutty, he can whip up peanut butter and jelly sandwiches faster than a speeding spatula! But trouble’s on the menu when a sinister scientist tries to turn PB&J and his friends into tasty treats. Can PB&J save the world from this sticky situation before […]

In 1959, America’s great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity. James Kaplan’s magnificent 3 Shades of Blue captures how that golden era came to be, and its pinnacle with the recording of Kind of Blue. It’s a book about music, and business, and race, and heroin, and the cities […]

Who would show up for their own execution? 1892, Indian Territory. A war brews in the Choctaw Nation as two political parties grapple between old tradition and evolving issues, with eighteen-year-old Choctaw Ruth Ann Teller caught in the middle. In a small but booming pre-statehood town, Ruth Ann’s mixed blood family owns a controversial newspaper, […]

Gnomes can’t be adventurers. They told him it was too dangerous. He was too small. But it was all Ferrin ever wanted. So he became a storyteller, famous for his antics and wild parties. Until the night he became the most wanted man in the Commonwealth, that is. Now, they will stop at nothing to […]

From bouillabaisse to betrayal… …and the beautiful city that is home to both. When the dead body of one of Marseille’s most corrupt politicians is found stuffed in Maggie’s car trunk it creates a bubbling stew of deception, betrayal and revenge. Is there a connection between the victim and Maggie? Her family? Or is this […]

Her daughter’s last words were a question: “Mommy, where am I going to go?” Élise had no answer. Now, two floors underground at CERN, she records what the dying brain emits in its final seconds, a signal of impossible coherence, strongest in those who whispered “I love you” before letting go. Thirty-seven brains. The same […]

They say music has the power to heal, but for me, it was also the cause of my heartache. Chase and I were inseparable once. Young, reckless dreamers with guitars in our hands and stars in our eyes. We were a song that the world couldn’t silence, a duo destined for greatness. But then one […]

The murder of a powerful senator shatters the intricate political world of a working legislature. The scenic campus of the Washington state capitol is outwardly calm, but the Legislature is in session and no one better understands the turmoil that swirls beneath the surface than professional lobbyist Sandy Dalton. In the middle of a busy […]