Seattle Picks: Seattle Fiction

Indian Killer By Alexie, Sherman (Book - 1998)

Annotation:Someone is murdering white men in Seattle, scalping them and leaving owl feathers behind. As racial tensions rise to fever pitch, suspicion falls on John Smith, an Indian raised by white parents.

Leaving Yesler A Novel By Bacho, Peter (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Choices are few for a mixed-race working class kid from the projects, but when his brother dies in Vietnam, Bobby Vincente resolves to fight his own battles, in the classroom and in the ring.

City at the End of Time By Bear, Greg (Book - 2008)

Annotation:For a trio of reluctant inter-dimensional adventurers, a book-filled Seattle warehouse serves as a gateway across countless eons to a cosmic battle between Chaos and a primordial Librarian.

Black Hole By Burns, Charles (Book - 2005)

Annotation:In this dark and unsettling tale set in 1970s suburban Seattle, a mysterious epidemic, “the bug,” causes unearthly physical transformations in its teenage victims.

Long for This World By Byers, Michael (Book - 2003)

Annotation:Amidst the heady days of Seattle’s technology boom, Dr. Henry Moss may have found a cure to a rare genetic syndrome that causes premature aging and death in children, opening the door to unexpected temptations and dilemmas.

Seattle Noir (Book - 2009)

Annotation:Stumbling from boom to bust, the Queen/Jet/Emerald City provides the perfect backdrop for fourteen tales of crime, desperation and vice, etched in varying shades of black.

Madison House A Novel By Donahue, Peter (Book - 2005)

Annotation:In the wake of the Alaska Gold Rush, Maddie Ingram is sitting on top of the world – and Denny Hill – until city planners move to pull the ground out from under her. Donahue also edited the anthology Reading Seattle: The City in Prose.

Fury A Novel By Ford, G. M. (Book - 2001)

Annotation:Knowing that the News and the Truth are often far removed, seasoned reporter Frank Corso is drawn into defending a supposed serial killer. (Frank Corso mysteries #1)

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet A Novel By Ford, Jamie (Book - 2009)

Annotation:When Seattle’s Panama Hotel is renovated, Henry Lee discovers a relic from World War II that sparks in him a need to atone for past wrongs and to reconnect with his first love.

The Atlas of Love By Frankel, Laurie (Book - 2010)

Annotation:Three literature grad students’ stories converge when Janey and Katie offer to help Jill raise her new baby, opening a congenial new chapter in the evolving story of what family really means.

Bread Alone By Hendricks, Judith Ryan (Book - 2006)

Annotation:There’s more cooking than croissants at Wynter Morrison’s new bakery job. Scones, cookies and bread all come warm and delicious out of the oven, while her broken heart warms up to a new romance. Her story continues in The Baker’s Apprentice.

Justice Denied By Jance, Judith A. (Book - 2007)

Annotation:Homicide detective J.P. Beaumont and his girlfriend, Mel, are each in pursuit of secret investigations that lead them to the same conclusion: the wrong bad guys are dying. (J.P. Beaumont mysteries #18)

Broken for You By Kallos, Stephanie (Book - 2004)

Annotation:Out of the shards of past misdeeds and unfulfilled desires, Margaret learns that it is never too late to build an enduring friendship, or to compose a life too beautiful and keenly felt to waste.

Succubus Blues By Mead, Richelle (Book - 2007)

Annotation:So many books, so much time. Even the immortal life of a shapeshifting seductress can get stale at times, but Georgina Kincaid takes comfort in the normality of her day job at Emerald City Books & Café. (Georgina Kincaid novels # 1)

The Art of Deception By Pearson, Ridley (Book - 2002)

Annotation:Detective Lou Boldt is on the trail of a shadowy killer who threw a young woman off the Aurora Bridge, and who leads him on a heart-stopping chase through Seattle’s Historic Underground. (Lou Boldt novels #8)

Waxwings By Raban, Jonathan (Book - 2003)

Annotation:The clashing values of a faltering British professor, his dot.com investor wife and a Chinese immigrant chasing his own American dream play out against a wry panorama of the vanity of fin de siècle Seattle.

Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas By Robbins, Tom (Book - 1994)

Annotation:Stockbroker Gwen Mati reassesses her whole life in one weekend after a Black Thursday in the stock market. Missing money, missing monkeys and missing psychics all feature in this offbeat tale.

Set This House in Order A Romance of Souls By Ruff, Matt (Book - 2003)

Annotation:Andy thought things had finally settled down when a coworker at the software company reveals her multiple personalities, prompting his own alter-egos to vie for dominance over his mental mansion.

Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe By Shortridge, Jennie (Book - 2008)

Annotation:When her perfect little life collapses, Mira Serafino takes to the road and winds up as a barista in a funky Fremont coffee house, where she finds a life too big for mere perfection.

The Art of Racing in the Rain A Novel By Stein, Garth (Book - 2008)

Annotation:As racecar driver Denny Swift’s life flies apart at high speed, his best friend Enzo tries to show him how blessed he really is: Enzo would give anything to be human instead of a Labrador terrier mix.