Bobbie Ann Mason’s California Story
After a nine-year break, Kentucky writer Bobbie Ann Mason returns to the literary scene with her new novel, 'Dear Ann.'
The Bitter Taste of Trauma: A Review of Christopher Swann’s ‘Never Turn Back’
Swann does more than craft a mesmerizing murder mystery: he illustrates trauma with the priority being authenticity instead of severity.
‘Somewhere in the Dark’: A Slow Burn of a Mystery
R.J. Jacobs builds up to this Nashville-set mystery about a musician and her stalker.
Science vs. Religion: Review of Yaa Gyasi’s ‘Transcendent Kingdom’
Alabama's Yaa Gyasi's lastest novel is a thousand-piece puzzle, a masterpiece, a work of grit.
Lifelike Creatures: A Book About Love and Suffering
Rebecca Baum uses her intimate understanding of the rural South to paint an unapologetically ugly picture of life for the impoverished.
‘We Are All the Same in the Dark’ is Sure to Become a Southern Classic Thriller
Acclaimed journalist and Texas native Julia Heaberlin's new book 'We Are All the Same in the Dark' is sure to have murder mystery fans on the edge of their seats.
Fall/Winter Reading List 2020-21
26 of the latest mysteries, ghost stories and fiction from Southern authors, including M.O. Walsh and Bobbie Ann Mason.