American fiction – Page 7

Just for You by Jennifer Ann Shore

Warm coming-of-age book about Violet, her friends, her family and their relationships, and first love

A wonderful romantic read which is heart-warming, easy reading with vivid characters and dialogue

A nice, heart-warming read about teenager Frances Finkel and her yearning to become a fighter plane pilot in the Second World War

The strength of this book lies in the power of Colin Dodds’ prose – a curious tale of resurrection, religion, and blighted friendship

A tale of a frontier town and the promise offered by gold prospecting – dark, threatening and thrilling, and excellently told

Short but definitely not sweet, this novella holds all the hallmarks of a good short story and is threaded with dark humour throughout

A tension-filled historical novel of the Deep South, with characters to love, family relationships, corruption, and the legacy of slavery

A contentious piece of American history taken and woven into a well-written and evocative historical novel with vivid characterisation

An exceptionally good book, set mainly in Alaska, of exploration and discovery, love and friendship, spirit magic and natives. Recommended!

A good thriller whose gutsy heroine, Lisa Jamison, helps a man hiding in her car and leads her to the dark underworld of people exploitation