Great Fiction
Yankee Invasion
By Ignacio Solares
Yankee Invasion: A Novel of Mexico City centers on one of the most traumatic periods of Mexican history: the 1847 American invasion of Mexico City, which resulted in Mexico losing nearly half its land. Abelardo, the narrator, is haunted by an act of resistance he committed against an American soldier. Now an old man, he also recalls his painful love for his fiancée—and her mother. Originally published in Mexico as La invasión, author Ignacio Solares is one of Mexico’s most respected writers and academics.
Greater Trouble in the Lesser Antilles
By Charles Locks
For Captain Brian, sailor/philosopher and hero of this entertaining Caribbean novel, trouble has a way of finding him. First, his friend, Leif the Thief, is mysteriously murdered. Then the seductive Billie insists they team up to solve the crime. An entertaining mix of shady characters, sunny places, and escapist tropical fiction.
The Litigators
By Lindsay G. Arthur Jr.
A woman living near a toxic waste site, recently treated with genetically engineered microbes, develops a mysterious neurological illness. At a neighborhood church supper, she meets a passionate young lawyer who decides to seek justice for his new client by taking on the largest law firm in Minnesota. The battle brings together three tenacious lawyers and their clients in a way that forever changes the lives of all.