Literary Fiction

The Woman in Green

The narrator repeatedly insults his readers of 2050 and wishes he were instead addressing readers of 2025, when somewhat fewer were boneheads. He looks back to early nineteenth-century Indiana where two utopian experiments were launched in the village of New Harmony. He then recounts the adventures of a another attempt to recreate utopian ideals during the turn of the twentieth century--a new "Boatload of Knowledge" on the banks of the Wabash. Though the novel chastens utopian ideals, its narrator doesn't give up on them altogether.

Out of Wedlock

Jess Freeman, a facial plastic surgeon, refashions the identities of others while knowing little of his own. Who are his biological parents, and could they explain his sudden trances when drifts off into visionary worlds, both radiant and nightmarish? Whenever one of these occurs during a delicate surgery, he is given a reality check by his nurse--quick bops on the head. The novel is a satirical exploration of human identity. Jess has a group of friends, both female and male intimates, who have a strong sense of group loyalty that sustains them through a series of remarkable calamities.

The Great Cyprus Think Tank

Six hapless geniuses travel to the mythical isle of Aphrodite with utopian notions as to how the tortured island might be rescued. A string of felicitous successes is heartening--rescuing the famed sea turtles and mouflon, solving the problem of desertifcation, even harmonizing the factions of Turkish and Green Cypriots, who rarely send a complimentary bottle of wine to their adversaries' tables. Only alert readers will sense that there is a counterplot to dismantle their best designs.

The Emerald Necklace

It’s 1969. Women are fighting for equality. Rosalee, an insecure sculptor, and Fran, a best-selling novelist, have their issues. Will their bitter envy of each other and long-held secrets destroy their tenuous friendship? Or will Jill, Rosalee’s granddaughter, and the story behind her emerald necklace bind them together?

The Limited Edition Bicentennial Cadillac Convertible Joy Ride

Eve is a frustrated sixteen-year-old who uncovers a dark family secret. Muriel is trapped in managed care by the son who stole her fortune. Taking advantage of a fortuitous moment, this unlikely pair embark on a murky mission in Muriel’s rare Cadillac to rectify their wrongs. Together they confront Muriel’s wavering cognition, Eve’s emotional wounds, and sometimes each other. They’re on the road to salvation—unless their families catch them first!

Dog Logic

Synopsis Hertell Daggett is not what he used to be: he’d once been married, he’d once been a physicist, and he’d once been shot in the head in a New Year’s Eve accident. Or possibly the 4th of July, he could never quite remember. The doctors got most of the bullet out, but a few microscopic specks of copper remained floating inside his brain, connecting parts that are no longer connected in the rest of us, filaments of species memory going back to the beginning of time.

The Men in the Marsh

A highly successful young entrepreneur, Graham Robinson, who is a delegate to the 1984 Conservative Party Conference, leaves Brighton’s Grand Hotel minutes before the bomb explodes in the attempt to assassinate UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. By a curious coincidence a young man whom Robinson met at Brighton on the night of the bombing is also one of a group of anarchists, who, decades later, plant a similar bomb at a shopping and leisure centre which Robinson is developing. The novel follows the life, loves, friendships and politics of Robinson, a kindly and community-minded man, who is

The Narrow Window

The story opens with the early morning rape of a young American woman, who, along with her husband, has come as a volunteer teacher to a small country in southern Africa. The rapist is captured by the husband and is subsequently arrested and held for trial. Because the Ministry of Justice sees the incident as sensitive, oversight of the case is assigned to an American expatriate lawyer employed there.

Everything Here Belongs to You

"Everything Here Belongs to You succeeds beautifully at telling an intimate and deeply felt story of a troubled connection between two young women, set against a larger narrative of ideological conflict." -IndieReader (4.8 Starred Review) As Parul grows older, she becomes increasingly unhappy and resentful with her lot in life. Mohini struggles with their relationship as well, never sure whether to treat Parul as a sister or a servant. When Parul has a passionate, secret affair with Rahim, a radical Muslim, the careful order the Sens have maintained is thrown into chaos.

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