Set in Berkley, California, in 1944, AMY CHUA‘s The Golden Gate: A Novel follows homicide detective Al Sullivan as he tries to find out who killed a wealthy industrialist and presidential candidate. In CHARLES CUMMING’s Kennedy 35, questions surrounding a long-ago hunt for a war criminal resurface. And in BRENDAN SLOCUMB’s Symphony of Secrets: A Novel, a music professor discovers a shocking secret about the most famous American composer of all time: His music may have been stolen from a Black Jazz Age prodigy.

Buy The Golden Gate: A Novel. – Chua

Buy Kennedy 35. – Cumming

Buy Symphony of Secrets: A Novel. – Slocumb