Purple Days

Kalindi Ramphul

Indira’s father is dead. In spite of all his efforts, the great cycling enthusiast and spinach addict was swept away by what he feared most: cancer. His dying wish – for his ashes to be sent to Mars –…

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The Paris Trilogy

Colombe Schneck

The Paris Trilogy is celebrated French author Colombe Schneck’s first English language publication, translated by Lauren Elkin and Natasha Lehrer. Writing in response to Annie Ernaux and in conversati…

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Cinnamon Girl

Daniel Weizmann

One part Raymond Chandler, one part Ziggy Stardust, Cinnamon Girl is an indelible, moving portrait of Los Angeles, an incisive exploration of nostalgia and the weight of the past, and a suspenseful ta…

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The Paris Novel

Ruth Reichl

Stella reached for an oyster, tipped her head and tossed it back. It was cool and slippery, the flavor so briny it was like diving into the ocean… Oysters, she thought, where have they been all my lif…

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The Widow Spy

Megan Campisi

Kate Warner is many things: the country’s first female detective, a Pinkerton agent, and a union spy. It’s August 1863, and her latest assignment could finally end the bloody war and bring the fractur…

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The Snow Queen

CE Bernard

Everyone knows the story of the Snow Queen. A ruthless monster, secluded in her frozen palace, who drives ice splinters into the eyes and hearts of the innocent children she kidnaps.   But Gerda doesn…

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As Young As This

Roxy Dunn

Elliot. Joe. Tommy. Nathanael. Wren. Oliver. Malik. Zach. Frank. Patrick. Noah. These are the men Margot has loved, liked, lusted over. Since she was seventeen, she’s pictured them like stepping stone…

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Sipsworth

Simon Van Booy

Following the loss of her husband and son, Helen Cartwright returns to the village of her childhood after living abroad for six decades. Her only wish is to die quickly and without fuss. She retreats…

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Skull Water

Heinz Insu Fenkl

Insu is the son of a Korean mother and a GI father in the U.S. Army. Growing up near the army base in the aftermath of the Vietnam War, he and his two best friends, also “half and halfs,” spend their…

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The Barman of the Ritz

Philippe Collin

When the Ritz becomes the Nazis’ favorite spot, its Jewish bartender has no choice but to keep working. Based on a true story. Paris, 1940. Despite the Occupation, the prestigious Ritz Hotel has manag…

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