Endorsed by Stephen King and our reviewer, 'The Return of Ellie Black' is an 'assured' thriller

FICTION: When a missing person returns, that's just the start of the mystery.


Jane Smiley hits again with 'Lucky' but what the what is that ending?

FICTION: The Pulitzer winner's new novel, about a fortunate folk singer, will spur lots of debate.


In this horror novel, an Indigenous writer takes on the legacy of an 'Indian Burial Ground'

FICTION: Nick Medina returns to the tribe he created in "Sisters of the Lost Nation."


Twisted 'The Sleepwalkers' offers a 'White Lotus' honeymoon, complete with drowning

FICTION: Scarlett Thomas' novel turns a Greek paradise into a nightmare.


Review: 'Not the Camilla We Knew,' by Rachael Hanel

NONFICTION: A combination memoir and biography of Camilla Hall, the Minnesota minister's daughter who died in a police shootout.


Review: 'Book Lovers,' by Emily Henry

Books in brief


Review: 'Signal Fires,' by Dani Shapiro

FICTION: A deadly accident, never to be spoken of, underlies this multigenerational story about two East Coast families.


Review: 'Fox Creek,' by William Kent Krueger

DON'T MISS


Review: "A Flicker in the Dark," by Stacy Willingham

Books in brief


Review: 'The Perfect Golden Circle,' by Benjamin Myers

FICTION: Based on a true story, two men's efforts to fool the public by making crop circles reveals much about art and politics.