Moscow, 1936, and Stalin’s Great Terror is beginning. In a deconsecrated church, a young woman is found dead, her mutilated body displayed on the altar for all to see. Captain Alexei Dimitrevich Korolev, finally beginning to enjoy the benefits of his success with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia, is asked to investigate. But when he discovers that the victim is an American citizen, the NKVD�the most feared organization in Russia�becomes involved. Soon, Korolev’s every step is under close scrutiny and one false move will mean exile to The Zone, where the enemies of the Soviet State, both real and imagined, meet their fate in the frozen camps of the far north. Committed to uncovering the truth behind the Read more…

By Aimee Friedman 16-year-old Miranda Merchant is great at science…and not so great with boys. After major drama with her boyfriend and (now ex) best friend, she’s happy to spend the summer on small, mysterious Selkie Island, helping her mother sort out her late grandmother’s estate. There, Miranda finds new friends and an island with a mysterious, mystical history, presenting her with facts her logical, scientific mind can’t make sense of. She also meets Leo, who challenges everything she thought she knew about boys, friendship…and reality. Is Leo hiding something? Or is he something that she never could have imagined? Aimee Friedman is the New York Times bestselling author of Sea Change, as well as French Kiss, Hollywood Read more…

By Kimberly Derting Ever since she was small, Violet has known she possesses a special skill: she can sense dead things (not see dead people like in Sixth Sense) around her. She can also sense death hanging off things like after her cat has gone a hunting and brought down a mouse or a bird. But when she is 8, Violet discovers a larger victim of death: a little girl buried in a shallow grave. Now that she is older, Vi is careful to avoid things and places that will overpower her special sense (sometimes it is a sound, sometimes a taste, etc.). But when young girls begin to go missing and turn up dead, Violet knows the killer is near. That, of course, places her in some considerable danger. In addition to the mystery, there is a Read more…