Reading List
Highway of Darkness
Book Reviews by Jane Rosenthal
All you’ll need are a few essentials before you get on the road: the names of some great food trucks, off-the-beaten-track watering holes, a playlist for Spotify of local valley music, and a handful of crime novels. Just make sure your seat belts are fastened and your air-conditioner works. LEARN MORE
Jane's first novel!

When Lili Golden’s beautiful sister, owner of The Palace of the Blue Butterfly art gallery, disappears in Mexico’s enormous capital, Lili abandons her comfortable stateside life to search for her. Soon she finds herself swept into her sister’s glittering world . . .
Winter Counts
by David Heska Wanbli Weiden
One of the pleasures of crime novels is how they transport you into secret worlds, places you’ve never imagined. And Winter Counts does this beautifully. Even coming to understand the meaning of the title, which refers to the Lakota pictographic calendar, is an unexpected gift. LEARN MORE
The Cutting Season
by Attica Locke
You may know Attica Locke by her Hollywood credentials. She was writer and producer on Fox’s TV drama “Empire” about a family of entertainment moguls. One critic said Empire combined the bling of Dynasty with drama of King Lear. It’s on my COVID quarantine viewing list, up there with The Crown. LEARN MORE