Girls
by Frederick Busch | 
Gemini
by Carol Cassella | 
The Singer's Gun
by Emily St. John Mandel | 
Atticus
by Ron Hansen | 
A Person of Interest
by Susan Choi |
Dark Tribute
by Iris Johansen |
Three Things About Elsie
by Joanna Cannon | 
The Paperboy
by Pete Dexter |
The Bright Forever
by Lee Martin | 
Betrayals
by Charles Palliser | 
Closing Arguments
by Frederick Busch | 
A Perfectly Good Family
by Lionel Shriver | 
Awake
by Elizabeth Graver | 
The Art of Mending
by Elizabeth Berg |
The Family Tree
by Carole Cadwalladr | 
The Sister
by Louise Jensen | 
Killer Image
by Wendy Tyson | 
Judgment
by Carey Baldwin | 
Flat Spin
by David Freed | 
The Deepest Secret
by Carla Buckley |
Beautifully written, compassionate and wise, Rosellen Brown's novel is the extraordinary story of a family's struggle to survive the throes of a tragedy. Before and After centers on Carolyn and Ben Reiser and their two children, Judith and Jacob, who live comfortably in a small New England town. When the chief of police comes looking for seventeen-year-old Jacob to question him about the bludgeoning to death of his girlfriend, the Reisers' lives are changed forever. Before and After is the compelling drama of the search for Jacob, his capture, and the chain of events set in motion by a brutal crime of passion. It is a story that pits parent against parent, brother against sister, family against community, blood loyalty against the law. With a flawless ear for dialogue and profound understanding of character and motive, Rosellen Brown has written a heart-wrenching novel that questions the very nature of violence in our society and our ability to ever really know our children.