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...

The World Behind Us by Thomas Trang is a splendid meld of crime and time travel, an intriguing story with a powerful setting between two time lines and with strong historical elements. Ray Ranglin sees himself as retired from the Corporation, but a visit from...

Dimitri Kosloff, a famous film director, had been found stabbed and dismembered at his usual Friday and Saturday night suite. He was as well known for his sexual preferences as he was for his Academy Awards, so his murder caused quite a stir. The evidence...

Disappearance by Julien Ayotte starts with a bang and quickly expands from there. The witness protection program, WITSEC, run by the U.S. Marshals Service, has had a stellar track record for forty-six years and has never lost a witness that chose to remain in the...

Aleks Lyons’ Malfeasance is a legal thriller with an impeccable twist, a tale so finely written that perhaps the author’s name will soon be echoed by fans of John Grisham. Stephen Reeves is one of the members of the jury in the sensational murder trial...

Diamonds and Lies is a romantic suspense novella written by Inge-Lise Goss. Mia had thought that her other life, that shadow existence she had led with her brother, Andy, as the apprentices of their burglar father, was tucked away in the past, but that morning’s...

Drugs, cartels, double-crossing, and narrow escapes are elements that bring the adrenaline rush readers want to find in adventure and crime stories, and they fill the pages of One Final Run by Gordon Mack. The novel is action packed and it follows the adventures of...

The Staten Island Butcher by George R. Hopkins is a mystery thriller that has all of the right elements to keep it exciting and hard to put down. Father Jack Bennis and his brother, Tom Cavanaugh, are the heroes trying to find the man dubbed...

If you enjoy crime mystery stories that move along quickly, thanks to easy-flowing dialogue, minimum descriptions, and an ever-evolving plot with lots of whodunit possibilities, pick up Yard Goat by Raymond M. Flynt. A member of Mystery Writers of America, this prolific writer has cranked...