If you're drawn to stories that blend historical backdrops with personal drama, "Truth Like the Sun" could be a compelling pick for you. It knits together the charismatic journey of Roger Morgan with the dogged pursuit of a journalist bent on digging up truths. The vibrant setting of 1962 Seattle during the World's Fair serves as a canvas for exploration of ambition, politics, and the complexities of human nature. You might find it especially captivating if you enjoy narratives that question the idea of legacy and the price of success.

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• Hammett Prize Nominee (2012)

A classic and hugely entertaining political novel, the cat-and-mouse story of urban intrigue in Seattle both in 1962, when Seattle hosted the World's Fair, and in 2001, after its transformation in the Microsoft gold rush.Larger than life, Roger Morgan was the mastermind behind the fair that made the city famous and is still a backstage power forty years later, when at the age of seventy he runs for mayor in hopes of restoring all of Seattle's former glory. Helen Gulanos, a reporter every bit as eager to make her mark, sees her assignment to investigate the events of 1962 become front-page news with Morgan's candidacy, and resolves to find out who he really is and where his power comes from: in 1962, a brash and excitable young promoter, greeting everyone from Elvis Presley to Lyndon Johnson, smooth-talking himself out of difficult situations, dipping in and out of secret card games; now, a beloved public figure with, it turns out, still-plentiful secrets. Wonderfully interwoven into this tale of the city of dreams are backroom deals, idealism and pragmatism, the best and worst ambitions, and all the aspirations that shape our communities and our lives.

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