She's not even invited but 'The Wedding People' change her life, just the same

FICTION: Emerging from trauma, a woman finds a stranger's celebration is just the ticket in Alison Espach's novel.


Falling for a murderer? What could go wrong? A St. Paul novelist says plenty in "Love Letters to a Serial Killer"

FICTION: "You have to promise not to kill me," writes Tasha Coryell in debut novel "Love Letters to a Serial Killer."


A bunch of London seniors learn 'How to Age Disgracefully' when they join a rambunctious club

FICTION: Clare Pooley's characters form a group you might wish you could join.


Three men live in, and plunder, the wilderness in novel 'Old King'

FICTION: It returns writer Maxim Loskutoff to his favorite setting, western America.


Trust Stephen King. He knows 'You Like It Darker' and his new book includes a 'Cujo' sequel

FICTION: New collection from the horror master proves he still has it. And by "it," we mean the ability to terrify us.


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.