By Sharon White. Betty Books, WTAW Press, 2025.

Set in 1979 Norway during a time of environmental resistance and cultural awakening, If the Owl Calls is a gripping novel steeped in atmosphere, mystery, and history. When Oslo police detective Hans Sorensen is sent north to investigate sabotage at the Alta Dam, a body is discovered—entangling him in a web of Sami protests, political tensions, and long-buried truths. As he confronts his own heritage and grief over the loss of his wife, Hans is drawn into a dangerous search for justice, uncovering secrets that will challenge his loyalties.

Sharon White is the author of several books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, including Vanished Gardens: Finding Nature in Philadelphia, winner of the AWP award in creative nonfiction. Her first novel, Minato Sketches, won the Rosemary Daniell Prize and is published by Minerva Rising Press. If the Owl Calls, a mystery, has just been published by Betty Books, an imprint of WTAW. Her new collection of poetry is The Body is Burden and Delight. Recent nonfiction appears in Solstice Literary Magazine, Miracle Monocle, Cleaver, Ways of Walking, Switch, DIAGRAM, The Rupture, and Nowhere Magazine. She is an Associate Professor Emerita at Temple University.