QBD Reviews: Below Deck by Sophie Hardcastle

Below Deck is the highly anticipated debut novel from author Sophie Hardcastle. A heartbreakingly poetic and haunting story about the vagaries of consent, about who has the space to speak and who is believed. Wow. Sophie Hardcastle’s latest establishment rides the horizon separating captivating prose and political relevance. It is the written equivalent of a group […]

The List by Patricia Forde

Meet our March Children’s Book of the Month, The List by Patricia Forde! The city of Ark is the last safe place on Earth. To make sure humans avoid the mistakes of their past and are able to survive, everyone in Ark must speak List, a language of only 500 words. Everyone, that is, except […]

Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanaugh

  ‘911 what’s your emergency?’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Sofia killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’ ‘My dad’s dead. My sister Alexandra killed him. She’s still in the house. Please send help.’ Two sisters on trial for murder. Both accuse each other. One of them is a liar and a killer. But which one? […]