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Grace Under Fire: Explore Faith and Tolerance in a Divided America

Imagine a near-future America where the moral and cultural order has been flipped upside down—and where the fight for freedom of belief takes center stage. Set against a backdrop of courtroom showdowns, collapsing churches, and moral gray zones, Hibernation examines what happens when conviction collides with cultural revolution. In this…

Kelsey HallOctober 15, 2025

Fiction Recommended

A Faith-Fueled Thriller in an Upside Down World

Set in a near‑future America where the moral compass seems flipped, S.J. Epps’s Hibernation follows two pastors—one guarding a life‑altering secret, one behind bars—as their congregations struggle to keep faith, family, and conscience intact. Courtroom tension, intimate family drama, and moments of hard‑won grace make this a thought‑provoking, heart‑pounding read.

BookTribOctober 6, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Dante’s Lost Secrets Revealed in Historical Mystery

As anyone who has read the Divine Comedy will attest, there were people Italian poet Dante Alighieri liked and those he didn’t like. The former populate his Purgatorio and Paradisio, while the latter — well, let’s just say they are punished, often spectacularly, in his Inferno. His strong views didn’t…

Cynthia ConradAugust 6, 2024

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Rage, Buried Remains and Remnants of a Horrific Childhood in “Her Mother’s Grave”

In Her Mother’s Grave (Grand Central), bestselling author Lisa Regan takes readers further inside the life of Denton, Pennsylvania’s police chief, Josie Quinn, as a 30-year-old murder resurfaces. Josie has always tried to forget her childhood. What’s done is done, and she doesn’t want to bring up the real-life ghosts…

K.L. RomoJanuary 11, 2021

Nonfiction

Barbara Mertz Dead: Mystery Writer Dies At 85

NEW YORK — Barbara Mertz, a best-selling mystery writer who wrote dozens of novels under two pen names, has died. She was 85. Mertz died Thursday morning at her home, in Frederick, Md., her daughter Elizabeth told her publisher HarperCollins. Mertz wrote more than 35 mysteries under the name Elizabeth…

BookTribAugust 13, 2013

Fiction

Solving the mystery of Tana French; one of fall’s most eagerly awaited novels

When I was a kid, my parents had a thing for Murder, She Wrote. We’d watch every week, competing to guess whodunit, how, and why. And somehow, one Sunday, it clicked for me: the culprit was always the extra person, the one whose absence (minus that PG offing in Act…

Tracy ManasterSeptember 9, 2014

Fiction

Books for TV Addicts: Fans of The Blacklist need a summer fix

In the past year, I had to watch the disappearance of three great shows I really enjoyed: Forever, Manhattan Love Story, and State of Affairs. Sadly, Downton Abbey will end after Season 6 and we're still waiting on the next season of Sherlock. I still have Castle, which is great, but dating back to the days…

Ben S. DutkaJune 20, 2015