Great Fiction
Hassie Calhoun
A Las Vegas Novel of Innocence
By Pamela Cory
In this first book of a coming of age trilogy, lovely and talented Hassie Calhoun arrives in a male-dominated Las Vegas to make it as a singer. Her beauty immediately opens doors at the Sands Hotel, but that same beauty draws her into a dangerous relationship with her brooding lover, Jake, and attracts the attention of the powerful Frank Sinatra.
With her innocence and identity on the line, the road to stardom puts Hassie in several compromising situations. Cory offers a deceptively sophisticated look into the life of an ambitious young woman during the era of the Rat Pack, whose very passions impede her dreams in a way that many women could secretly relate to. The rest of the trilogy follows this engaging character through New York and London as she endures trial and error.
Our Jewish Robot Future
By Leonard Borman
Our Jewish Robot Future presents a cheeky story that visits the Garden of Eden and questions the absence of an 11th commandment: Thou shall NOT nosh thy brother. Margarita Haralson, a post-menopausal housewife determined to become pregnant in spite of her children’s refusal to give her grandchildren, narrates the story to her newborn child. This is a must read for anyone curious for an alternative, comedic take on human existence and Jewish family relations.
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.