Cactus Jumpers by Andrew Burch is an excellent meld of the crime and Western genres, with a setting in the quiet town of Emerald, California. In this small town, there is a power tussle between two influential men: the head of the Rancher’s Association, Moss...

In An Uncertain Accomplice you will find that author Donald Levin has spun a mystery around one death that led to another death which led to yet another death. Private Investigator Martin Preuss decided to take a case after the prospective client died. His curiosity...

Jo Riskin is a woman trying to get past the worst disaster of her life after her husband was murdered. When a young girl's body turns up in the bad part of town, Jo and her partner, Lynae, are on the case to solve the...

Precious Cargo is the second book in The Cargo Series by Linda Sands, a novel with mature themes and a striking relevance to our time, featuring sex trafficking and drugs. A frightened young girl flags down their truck in Austin, and Jojo Boudreaux and her...

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...

The Murder of Paolo Mancuso: A Joey Mancuso, Father O'Brian Crime Mystery, Book 5 is a hard-boiled sleuth mystery novel written by Owen Parr. While this is the fifth book in Parr’s series, the author gives enough background information within the story for it to...

C.C. Oil Company is running a fracking operation in Bison county, much to the locals’ dismay. Some try to sabotage, confront and expose the damage done by the operation crew, but receive physically brutal, fatal retaliation from the company’s hired guns. When a local rancher...

Seemingly unconnected murders are occurring across the United States and only the head of Ault Enterprises realizes they are not random. Your Move: Carol Golden Book 7 by Alan Cook has Cynthia Sakai, alias Carol Golden, helping Kyle Robertson figure out the elaborate game this...

A work of genius and pure entertainment, Murder Gone Missing: A Southern California Mystery by Lida Sideris has everything readers want in murder, sleuth, and mystery. Daughter of a reputable PI, Corrie has almost made up her mind to have nothing to do with private...

Let’s begin this review of Schism by Clabe Polk with what it isn’t: conventional. Because Schism involves people raised in the poorer black areas of the US, Polk has decided to add to the book’s authenticity by using dialogue between black gang members in a...