In W.M. Akers’ new mystery, To Kill a Cook, set in 1972, a restaurant critic rushes to solve the murder of a chef and simultaneously save her career and her upcoming marriage. Akers will discuss To Kill a Cook at Parnassus Books in Nashville on February 4.
In Cipher, Jeremy B. Jones, a professor at Western Carolina University, examines his ancestor’s encoded diaries as a means of uncovering his own hidden identity. Jones will be a featured author at ETSU’s Emerging Writers Series on February 9.
In Ben Markovits’ The Rest of Our Lives, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, a middle-aged man embarks on a cross-country journey to rediscover his identity. Markovits will discuss The Rest of Our Lives at Parnassus Books in Nashville on January 12.
Jared Joseph’s new novel Soft Lighting contains a range of voices, all of them trying to solve life’s riddles and share their thoughts on art, love, identity, and pop culture.
In Archive of Unknown Universes, Ruben Reyes Jr.’s characters use a computing device to explore alternative versions of El Salvador’s civil war and their own turbulent romances. Ruben Reyes Jr. will appear at the Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
In Bruce Holsinger’s novel Culpability, a family takes a week’s vacation on Chesapeake Bay to recuperate after a tragic car accident. Holsinger will discuss Culpability at the 2025 Southern Festival of Books in Nashville, October 18-19.
