Before I begin the review of Twelve Mile Bank by Nick Harvey, I would like to commend the author on his ability to create such vivid pictures with his words. Throughout the novel, I was able to hear what AJ was listening to, see what...

Queen Cleopatra of Egypt has died and her body is secretly moved to a hidden location by devoted subjects who remain true to their religion and leader in The Lost Tomb of Cleopatra by JT Osbourne. While the ancient drama plays out, the story fast...

In Carolyn Arnold's The Secret of the Lost Pharaoh, Matthew Connor is once again called upon to unearth a legend. A map possibly pointing the way to the mythical Emerald Tablets is discovered by a colleague in Egypt, along with the tomb of an unknown...

The discovery of a 450-year-old diary by Michael Devon’s friend was the beginning of an intriguing quest. Michael was working on a book on the Shakespeare authorship controversy. An old friend, Hank, (nickname for Henrietta Claudia Wells), owned a secondhand bookstore and loved to find...

The Spiritualist Murders: Portia of the Pacific Historical Mysteries, Volume 2 is an historical mystery novel written by James Musgrave. Clara Shortridge Foltz, Esq., had been attending a suffragist meeting at the Supreme Grand Lodge of the Rosicrucians. In the repressive atmosphere of 1886, the...

The Beauty Doctor by Elizabeth Hutchison Bernard is a compelling historical novel steeped in mystery with strong elements of a medical thriller. Having assisted her father’s patients and watched him work, Abigail Platford grows up with one thing clear in her mind — attend medical...

Tales of Dom Pedro by Toni Cor is a collection of mysteries set in Portugal during medieval times. Pedro I was often known as Pedro the Cruel; he didn’t believe in light sentences for criminals. He didn’t have one rule for the rich and one...

The Lost Spy by Kate Moira Ryan is a Slim Moran Mystery story set in 1949 in Paris. Slim Moran is an American detective who has been hired to find a spy that is presumed to be dead. Slim and her Nazi hunter boyfriend run...

Set in olden day Paris, The Judge’s Demon spins a tale of terror and persecution of the gypsies trying to live their lives. The story unfolds from the perspective of Judge Fontaine, known to the people as Claude, and to very few as James. When...

Joy, sorrow, suffering, tragedy, loss – the entire spectrum of human emotions can envelop a person for either good or evil. Nothing expresses the magnitude and infinitesimally emotional power of music and art than the story surrounding the lives that both created them and those...