Ghosts of Yesterday

The past has a way of creeping up on you. In Fox, Joyce Carol Oates introduces us to Francis Fox, an enigmatic English teacher whose mysterious history catches up to him when his car is found submerged in a pond with an unidentified body. In Dwyer Murphy’s The House on Buzzards Bay, a group of college friends reunite at a beach house, but their vacation is interrupted by a sudden disappearance and the arrival of a stranger who knows their secrets. In S.A. Cosby’s, King of Ashes, an eldest son’s homecoming is overshadowed by his father’s car accident and his younger brother’s debt that puts the whole family’s livelihood on the line. Moderated by Olivia Rutigliano, Editor at Lit Hub and CrimeReads, and Book Editor at Grove Atlantic.