A college professor must unspool the history of his tumultuous relationship with his free-spirited wife-as he stands trial and faces the death penalty for her murder.

A new novel by Edgar-nominated author Thomas H. Cook. When his teenaged son becomes the prime suspect in a child’s disappearance, a father must protect him from the community’s steadily…

‘Thomas H. Cook’s brooding study speaks quietly and soulfully about people who photograph better in black-and white.’ - The New York Times

On the eve of World War II, an international plot gone wrong leads a wealthy man on a quest that spans decades and continents, to the dawn of a troubled…

This original collection of short crime stories from the Mystery Writers of America is now avilable in paperback

As the first book-length investigation of Thomas Pynchon’s writing to put the topics of sex and gender at its core, this book moves beyond binary debates about whether to see…

Representing Rural Women examines representations of the lives and experiences of rural women in North American literature, popular culture, and print, visual, and digital media. It highlights the complexity and…