In Imania Margria's The Pacemaker, Minerva had fought tooth and nail through the five years of life she remembered. She had learned she could not trust anyone. To survive was to be alone. But when she was accepted into Calendula University, a prestigious school thought...

It’s such a pleasure to pick up a mystery novel and immediately begin to relate to the primary characters because of their humaneness. That’s how realistic and likable the protagonist of Murder Bytes by Gayle Carline is. Peri is a private investigator on the point...

An elderly man discovers an anomalous creature on the Irish moors in the jarring short story, Jeremiah Kildare and the Wolf of the Same County by Robert E. Kearns. Jeremiah Kildare lives in a state of stasis. He has lived in the county of Kildare...

Fate is a Hunter by Susan Wüthrich is a chilling psychological suspense thriller that follows protagonist Lydia Greyling as she throws herself into hunting down her own children. On the outside, Lydia appears to have something of a static life. Her friends are a weekly...

Stolen identities, a verbose dog, and Comic-Con are cleverly blended to create the sensational sleuth mystery, Bark Twice For Danger by M K Scott. Nala and her mouthy rescue companion, Max, are hunting down a credit card thief for her newest client, Abby. At the...

Shadow of Punishment by Jacques Oscar Lufuluabo is a twisty crime mystery. An exclusive rehab center in Italy, VitaNuova, is the scene of a grisly murder, a murder that is about to expose some dark secrets that really should have stayed buried. The ‘guests’ at...

An Object of Desire by Jenny Twist starts with two girls, Hannah and Rea, on holiday in Tangiers. They are enjoying themselves until they notice two menacing characters following them. Everywhere the girls go, there they are. Despite feeling fear behind their backs all the...

In the thriller Among Those You Know, author Joshua Valentine describes the life of a group of friends that work together at The Kitten's Purr as strippers. Despite their lives being somewhat messy, they lived in peace. That until a close friend of Jules, one...

Shave Ice Paradise by Mark Daniel Seiler is a mystery set in the beautiful paradise location of Hawaii. The scenery is succinctly depicted and takes you down a path colliding with a mystery - the suspicious death of the elderly Auntie Nalani, who was found...

When I really enjoy a novel, as I did Gangster’s Court by Adam Van Susteren, I always like to read what the author shares about himself and his writing in the closing notes. What I sensed from Van Susteren’s comments was his humility and desire...