A Tokyo Mystery is the first book in the series The Last Train: Detective Hiroshi, Volume 1 by Michael Pronko. Detective Hiroshi Shimizu belongs to the homicide department but is a specialist in white-collar crimes, thanks to his English fluency and ability to...

In the extraordinary novel The Cardiff Giant by Larry Lockridge, Jack Thrasher, a journalist for Discovery Channel, arrives in Cooperstown, New York, to investigate the disappearance of the Cardiff Giant. Following the discovery of the Cardiff Giant in 1869, its home had been a shallow...

The Shade Under the Mango Tree by Evy Journey is a cultural work of art. It follows Luna and Lucien with different backgrounds and family ties, but who come together out of fate. Lucien finds Luna’s moleskin journal in a coffee shop. His interest is...

The Aloha Spirit by Linda A. Ulleseit begins in 1922, with a heartbreaking opening line stating that seven-year-old Dolores is deemed useless by her father. He never said it to her directly, but this is what has been running through his mind. This is because...

The Place Beyond Her Dreams is a young adult romance novel written by Oby Aligwekwe. Ona lives in the picturesque hillside town of Ntebe with her grandparents. For years, Ntebe had constant boundary clashes with the town of Ide. When Ona turns ten, a boy...

Cindy Burkart Maynard's historical fiction novel Finding The Way (Seeker's Series Book 1) begins in 1250 AD. Set in northern Spain, it is a coming-of-age story of Amika, a young Basque girl, and her quest to find her way in life. Amika's mother, Esmene, a...

An intense historical novel that spans decades, The People of Ostrich Mountain by Ndirangu Githaiga chronicles the life of a Kenyan family that begins in 1952. A 14-year-old girl named Wambui Karanja, who lives in the small village of Kiandutu, is witness to the oppressive...

The preface to The Book of Agnes by Michael Pedretti reminds us that we are all descended from the same gene pool and may be related to every other living person on the planet. This book divided into Water, Earth, Fire, and Air. Air is...

Flash Fiction Stories In Honor of Juneteenth is a work of fiction in the flash fiction, anthology, and cultural fiction subgenres, and was penned by author Theodore Jerome Cohen, who also uses the pen-name Alyssa Devine. The work is intended for the general adult reading...

Spa Girl by Virginia Gray is a women’s fiction novel based on the true story of a young Chinese woman, Mei Zi. Growing up, Mei’s family constantly struggled, even though they worked very hard to survive. As she grows older and with not many educational...