John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

A quick, gritty, and intimate thriller, The Camaro Murders by Ian Lewis is a haunting small-town novel that pushes the barriers of narrative form. When a specter from the past returns to the scene of an old crime, the lives of Sheriff Hildersham, August Burrough, Culver Crisp, and the enigmatic Driver will once again be tangled in death and deceit. The hard-boiled prose and nuanced character details make this a standout read, while the supernatural elements are crafted with dark subtlety. Touching on complex themes of abuse, long-buried trauma, justice, and revenge, while experimenting with traditional expectations of the genre, […]

An epic fourth installment of the Weapons of Choice series, Finn’s War by Nick Snape is propelled forward at a blistering pace by gripping sci-fi action in a fully realized world. When the long-suffering squad at the heart of this series finally reaches a colonizing seed ship, they find an unexpected alien landscape where power, profit, and control have taken hold. As ever, these fearless warriors must push their finely tuned abilities and cutting-edge tech to the limit in order to protect one another, and outsmart the forces of oppression. There are occasional plot holes or moments of disbelief, but […]

Ray Keating has compiled an accessible, wide-ranging compendium that analyzes and clarifies the complexity of economics in The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Despite the political football that economics has become in the political sphere, Keating remains remarkably impartial here, offering fair critiques and reasonable assessments of economic decisions, theories, and policies across time. From JFK’s unusual taxation policies to the impact of Covid-19 on entrepreneurship, this is an impressive second installment of the author’s economics essays, avoiding repetition from the first collection, and offering cogent advice that feels more […]