Kahn's latest legal thriller sets his series protagonist (and narrator) against a Goliath law firm and a crew of ex- and neo-Nazis in an intricate St. Louis civil suit. A secretary's Continue reading »
Both tough-minded and kind, Rachel Gold struggles with two difficult cases in Kahn’s enjoyable eighth mystery featuring the St. Louis attorney (after 2002’s Trophy Widow). First of all, Rachel is Continue reading »
At the start of Kahn’s engaging ninth mystery featuring lawyer Rachel Gold (after 2013’s The Flinch Factor), a security guard finds the broken body of Sari Bashir, a young attorney at St. Continue reading »
Equal parts rollicking adventure, existential and spiritual quest, and coming-of-(middle)-age tale, this stand-alone set in 1994 from Kahn includes a cameo appearance from series lead Rachel Gold Continue reading »
Kahn’s 10th mystery featuring St. Louis attorney Rachel Gold (after 2014’s Face Value) is more law-school textbook than legal thriller. The eponymous dead hand is an archaic term that refers Continue reading »
Thammavongsa, author of the Giller-winning story collection How to Pronounce Knife, crafts a stunning portrait of a solitary woman. Ning, a “family of one” at 42, lives in a Continue reading »
Haratischwili (The Eighth Life) enchants with this monumental novel that follows four friends in Georgia from the end of the Soviet era to the near present. Mercurial, fearless Continue reading »
Sex Beyond “Yes”: Pleasure and Agency for Everyone
Quill R Kukla
Kukla (City Living), a philosophy professor at Georgetown University, provides an astute reassessment of what empowered sex means in an imperfect world. They acknowledge that Continue reading »
For the Sun After Long Nights: The Story of Iran’s Women-Led Uprising
Fatemeh Jamalpour, Nilo Tabrizy
Journalists Jamalpour and Tabrizy debut with a propulsive account of the 2022 Iranian uprising. The book’s alternating first-person narratives are drawn from letters the authors Continue reading »