French patriots fight Nazi occupation in Alan Furst’s new spy thriller
May 31, 2016 Alan Furst’s new novel, A Hero of France, portrays the dangers faced by the brave souls who elected to fight the Nazi occupation of France from the inside, where enemies were many and friends could not always be trusted. Furst will appear at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 6, 2016, at 6:30 p.m.
Novelist Amy Greene reflects on James Agee’s effort in A Death in the Family to tell something true in fiction
May 27, 2016 In the third of a nine-essay series commemorating the centennial year of the Pulitzer Prizes, novelist Amy Greene reflects on the lasting legacy of James Agee’s A Death in the Family, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958, three years after Agee’s own death.
In The Alliance, Jolina Petersheim considers faith in a time of apocalypse
May 25, 2016 Jolina Petersheim’s latest novel The Alliance, explores what it means to be moral when the world ends as you know it. While no zombies roam rural Montana, the residents of the Old Order Mennonite community there must face some hard choices that put their faith and their lives to the test. Jolina Petersheim will discuss The Alliance at Parnassus Books in Nashville on June 3, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
Jill McCroskey Coupe
She Writes Press
324 pages
$16.95
“With intricate story lines involving murder, library research, road trips, and [a] quest for justice, and motifs including motherhood, love, marriage, betrayal, and true friendship, there is something for everyone in this light/dark Southern novel by a writer to watch.”
–Library Journal
Brad Thor
Atria/Emily Bestler Books
352 pages
$27.99
Rocks from page one … I didn’t put it down until the last page. If you are a fan of Brad Thor, this book is one not to miss.”
–Men Reading Books
Sally Kilpatrick
Kensington
320 pages
$15
“Don’t miss this quirky, fun love story. I couldn’t put it down.”
–Haywood Smith, New York Times bestselling author
