Maritime investigator Brick Morgan is called to assist the Chief Director of Security with the investigation of a rape aboard the luxurious cruise ship, the Matisse. Brick - the Chief Security Officer - thinking this would be an easy case with a relaxing trip to...

Melancholy Manor: A Hera Hunter Mystery by Ellie DeFarr piqued my curiosity immediately. It is not often that I find a murder mystery intertwined with a ghost story, but Ms. DeFarr provided both, and with an antagonist I will not soon forget. Hera Hunter is a...

Binnacle Bay is a police procedural mystery written by S.C. Harker. Pat, the Binnacle Bay Chief of Police, has been called out to investigate a possible shooting at Gus and Sasha Murdock’s house on Sea Strand. When he arrives, a dog is barking and no...

Cash Kills: An Angelina Bonaparte Mystery is a private detective story written by Nanci Rathbun. Angie was a librarian, homemaker and mom until she got tired of dealing with her husband’s infidelities. She sold the house and became a private detective, and she’s good at...

Christmas Bizarre (Mina Kitchen Book 2) by Lizz Lund is a hilarious sequel to Kitchen Addiction and follows the misfortunes of unemployed with three jobs Mina Kitchen. Currently employed as Santa’s Sidekick at the Mall, Mina also has a couple of jobs preparing meals and...

Unlucky 13 was written by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. This installment in the Women’s Murder Club is a breathtaking thrill ride. Unlucky 13 opens with a traffic accident on the Golden Gate Bridge; the victims died a terrible death. Death by hamburger! The bomb...

Beneath the Stone, by Margaret M. Ford, opens with a scene from WWII, when the Nazis, now in their final days of power, seek to do their last damage and perhaps to hide a few treasures along the way. Three such men hold local villagers...

Rails and Aces is a western novel by Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton. Jace Keeler is playing poker on a train with some men and a beautiful woman named Deliah. A gang of bandits robs the train and steals payroll money. Jace chases after them...

The Little Tin Box is a tale full of twists and turns that will leave the reader surprised. The tale starts out with a violent attack on Arthur Sprigwell in Fulham, a newly industrialized part of London by the Thames River. Arthur has his tongue...

Beyond Blue by Austin Comacho is a clever mystery which just might turn into a series. Funded by an anonymous donor known only to the director of Beyond Blue Investigations, the organization seeks to help New York City police officers in trouble. Some have been...