Fiction Books

Isle of Canes is the epic account of an African-American family in Louisiana that, over four generations and more than 150 years, rose from the ...

"Vorhaus keeps things moving briskly, and Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen fans should be pleased."—Publishers Weekly After pulling world-class con...

Our heroine, a moderately successful TV writer in L.A., wants her life to be as sunny and perfect as a Hollywood rom-com: a cool job, a wacky best ...

This story of a Hollywood wife’s newfound fame and her husband’s new identity as her plus one is told with “wit, warmth and candor” (New York Times...

“Dazzlingly witty” —CYNTHIA OZICKOtherwise Fables is the first complete collection of Oscar Mandel’s fiction, including the Gobble-Up Stories and t...

"Wry... compelling... it gains in depth as the family members uncover the mysterious truths of the people they thought they knew best.” ―City Page...

This “stunningly original” debut novel follows a complex man on a journey of salvation after tragedy (The Jerusalem Post). Shortly after Orthodox J...

"Raymond Chandler meets Chelsea Handler–a hard-boiled, sexy, funny book."–David Hyde Pierce, acclaimed Broadway actor and star of Frasier In t...

"It's a fine-looking volume about the heart and soul of a city with a lot of stories to tell." –Pasadena Star News"The literary bona fides of Pasa...

Library Journal Editor’s PickReader’s Digest “Great Books from Small Presses That Are Worth Your Time”“Witty and insightful.” —Reader’s Digest“Read...

"Mr. Hruska―himself a former lawyer―is at his thriller-writing best." ―Tom Nolan, Wall Street Journal In this fast-moving, fast-talking legal thri...

"Hruska’s lively follow-up to 2015’s Pardon the Ravens amps up the previous book’s mix of legal and Mafia shenanigans.... The fast pacing and frequ...

A corporate lawyer goes up against the mob in this “vividly real and quite compelling” legal thriller set in the Mad Men era (Library Journal). New...

The Final Mas Arai Mystery After surviving the atomic bomb in 1945, Mas Arai returned to Hiroshima only once, fifty years ago, to find himself a b...

Hard times are nothing new for private investigator Aaron Gunner in the seventh of the acclaimed Aaron Gunner mysteries Working on the mean streets...

Los Angeles Times Summer Books Preview selectionLos Angeles Magazine Now Read This: The Best of L.A.A Jane's Addiction Pick, W MagazineSouth Florid...

A Los Angeles Times BestsellerA witty, timely and richly entertaining tale of a modern mother in transition, from the author of The Sweeney Sisters...

The Los Angeles Times–bestselling author of Helen of Pasadena offers a smart, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy about new love, new life, and Shakesp...

Praise for Linda Lee Peterson's The Devil's Interval: "Impossible to put down. Sparkling dialogue, references both musical and literary, and an of...

"Impossible to put down. Sparkling dialogue, references both musical and literary, and an offbeat cast of believable characters make the pages fly...

When murder strikes, magazine editor and amateur sleuth Maggie Fiori must investigate. If Maggie Fiori doesn’t have it all, she’s got plenty: ...

"Dark, seamy, and complex, Dead Extra is, at first glance, an excellent, faithful foray into old school L.A. noir.... But Sean Carswell is a write...

The first in an action-packed, humor-filled mystery/thriller series perfect for fans of Lee Child's Jack Reacher "A smart, noirish mystery loaded ...

"As slick as a switchblade with a pearl handle."— Lee Child, New York Times bestselling authorLos Angeles bodyguard/bouncer Caleb Rush (Crush) is b...