Armed in her FashionKate Heartfield. ChiZine (Consortium, U.S. dist.; Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Canadian dist.), $17.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-77148-452-7
Set in 1328 Flanders, during King Philippe of France's siege of Bruges, Heartfield's impressive novel (following The Course of True Love) tells the story of folklore figure Mad Meg (or Dull Gret), who legendarily led a group of women to pillage hell. In Heartfield's capable hands, a story tra... Continue reading »
Standing Our Ground: The Triumph of Faith Over Gun Violence; A Mother’s StoryLucia Kay McBath, with Rosemary Robotham. 37Ink, $26 (256p) ISBN 978-1-5011-8778-0
McBath, a spokesperson for Everytown for Gun Safety, narrates the gut-wrenching story of her son’s 2012 murder and its aftermath. Jordan Davis, 17, was in the back seat of a friend’s car at a Jacksonville, Fla., convenience store when Michael Dunn, incensed by the boys’ loud music and their refusal... Continue reading »
The Adventures of a Girl Called BicycleChristina Uss, illus. by Jonathan Bean. Holiday House/Ferguson, $16.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-8234-4007-8
When a three-year-old girl in a faded pink t-shirt with the word bicycle on it shows up at the Mostly Silent Monastery in Washington, D.C., Sister Wanda takes her in. The girl’s fondness for the word leads Sister Wanda to give her the unusual moniker for a name, and Bicycle eventually acqui... Continue reading »
Bruce D. Haynes. New York Univ., $39 (272p) ISBN 978-1-4798-1123-6
Haynes (Down the Up Staircase), professor of sociology at UC Davis, surveys an underreported aspect of contemporary American Judaism in an accessible book that occasionally lapses into academic jargon. Haynes provides detailed information about the origins, history, culture, and differences... Continue reading »
Neil Gaiman, Rafael Albuquerque, and Rafael Scavone. Dark Horse, $17.99 (88p) ISBN 978-1-50670-393-0
The murder of a monstrous German royal sets a brilliant detective and his new partner upon the trail of an equally cunning adversary in this chilling adaptation of Gaiman’s 2003 short story. In this alternate history, set in a Lovecraftian version of 19th-century England, the Old Ones returned 700 y... Continue reading »
Twisted PreyJohn Sandford, read by Richard Ferrone. Penguin Audio, , unabridged, 9 CDs, 11.5 hrs., $40 ISBN 978-0-525-52514-1
Sandford’s 28th Lucas Davenport novel, enhanced by an appropriately gruff narration by Ferrone, pits the lawman against an old foe: the beautiful and wealthy sociopath Senator Taryn Grant. Davenport was unable to stop the three-times murderer from winning her senate seat in Silken Prey (201... Continue reading »
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