The Prototype by Sam Mitani is a cleverly plotted crime novel with sophisticated characters and a plot that takes readers to places they never could have imagined. I never expect a good story to feature a plot where one thing leads logically to another. No...

The Walls: A Becker Gray Novel by Chris Wendel is a gripping thriller with a strong appeal for fans of crime and sleuth novels, a story that weaves strong elements of conflict into the narrative — murder, a powerful drug cartel, and corruption in the...

Benny Dupree’s life has been relatively calm for 30 years in spite of the secret and heartache preoccupying him the whole time in Turtle Point, featuring Harper Sturgis in the Iron Lady Mystery/Suspense Series, Volume 1 by DL Havlin. Quite unexpectedly, strangers seem to be...

Seventeen-year-old Elizabeth Gray was an enigma to everyone that knew her. When she was found dead, hanging from a tree, it shocked everyone. The case becomes more mysterious when the police find out that she had no birth records. Mack Mackenzie, Lillian Harris, and Vanessa...

The Donors by Gary Turcotte is a great book that I adored and that isn’t an overstatement; a narrative with hints of crime and adventure that begins with the protagonist, Tom, needing legal assistance. Beaten, shot and left for dead in a foreign country, Tom...

In The Poe Consequence by Keith Steinbaum, 35-year-old Warren Palmer received an ominous reading from a psychic in an unknown street of New Orleans. Back in Los Angeles, he and his son, Seth, find themselves at the wrong place and the wrong time when they...

Jamie hadn't seen her father, Bernard Mattson, for years. They had drifted apart, but things had been about to change. They had planned to reunite, but then his murder put a stop to the plan. But murder is not the only thing she finds in...

Trupenny: A Tale of Western Redemption and Biracial Romance on the Plains by Al Marsiglia is a captivating Western story that deftly explores the full depth of the resonant themes — biracial romance, race murders, and white supremacy. Russ Trupenny, the Sheriff, is fired by...

The Forgotten Child by Donald Levin is a great treat for fans of sleuth novels and gritty investigations. Meet retired detective Martin Preuss, a man who enjoys spending his time with his handicapped son, Toby. Although he is about to settle into a new way...

The British FrontLine by Thomas J Eyre is a thriller, a crime novel that should sit on the shelves together with Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels and David Baldacci’s The Simple Truth, an electrifying romp that is action packed, dark, and characterized by its strong...