The dragon head of Pearl River Triad, Huang Long Wei, makes his dying request. He wants Inspector Kwong kidnapped and publicly embarrassed. The Inspector has arrested many of the Triad’s members in his fight against crime. Tam, the new dragon head, accomplishes this feat with...

With The Clock Strikes Midnight, Joan Curtis has written a true page-turner. The plot follows a successful business woman named Janie as she takes a journey back over her life. The diagnosis of terminal cancer (given on the opening page, so no plot spoiler there)...

Through Pelican Eyes by J.D. Daniels is subtitled The First Jessie Murphy Mystery and describes ex-PI’s assistant, current property manager and aspiring painter, Jessie’s, trip to Florida to visit her boyfriend, Will, during his latest months-long stint of treasure hunting. To her horror, on arrival...

In The Boys of Sabbath Street, Shelly Reuben has created a mystery that is cozy in every sense of the word. Following a series of scandals, the little town of Calendar has come to adopt a rather unusual form of local government, in the person...

The Tale of a Lost Romantic in Seoul by Steve Justice is a novel as remarkable as its title that tells the story of a middle-aged English professor and his struggles to come to terms with his normal and nice but unhappy life. Trapped in...

If you'd like a truly thought-provoking science fiction read, you might try picking up a copy of Kenneth Tucker's The Player Gods. You have to follow all the characters in the beginning chapters in order to get the gist of the story, but it is...

The Pearl by J.F. Anstead is a wonderful short story about the decisions we make in life and the way they impact on our soul. Told from the point of view of two sisters who discover that they are experiencing the same dream, the story...

The Girl in White Pajamas by Chris Birdy is a story of love, lies, and deception. Bogie McGruder receives word that his brother, Officer Bud of the Boston PD, has been shot dead. He returns for the funeral, hoping to catch a glimpse of Bailey,...

Troubled Water is the third in John DeDakis's United States-set crime thriller series featuring Lark Chadwick, a young and ballsy investigative newspaper journalist with a nose for a sharp headline, a clever angle, and the solving of murders. This book sees Lark leave her Wisconsin...

Marie has been long overdue for a visit with her friend Ana Alvarez. Being Big Rock, Colorado's, Chief Detective, a personal life, let alone a vacation has not been an option. Marie puts her detective life on hold to explore Ana Alvarez's artistic life in...