Strength and talent are not limited to men, although that was how it was seen in 15th century Florence under the rule of the powerful Medici family and the Church. When Viviana is faced with the murder of Guiliano de Medici by the hands of...

Al Capone at the Blanche Hotel, a historical novel by Linda Bennett Pennell, gives a new twist to the famed organized crime figure. The action is not in Chicago, but in the Sunshine State. Pennell intertwines two stories, one in the present and the other...

My Nazi Nemesis: A Dark Thriller is an historical suspense novel written by Rich DiSilvio. Jack Goodwin was an OSS officer during the Second World War and had become a CIA operative after the war. He's a widower who lives with his fifteen-year-old daughter, Eleanor,...

Twenty Days to Treasure by Phyllis Gunderson is a high-octane treasure hunt that has the makings of an Indiana Jones sequel. Ethno-archaeologist, Dr. Matt Howard, an impoverished adjunct professor at a university in Arizona, is staying at the family home she had inherited from her...

Fast Track to Glory by Tomasz Chrusciel is a tautly woven thriller somewhat reminiscent of Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code. Very few people have the privilege of being called upon to offer their professional expertise and when Nina Monte, Professor of History of Religions...

Deadly Dunes is from the Mac McClellan Mystery series by E. Michael Helms. Private Detective Mac McClellan decides to continue his investigation after his client, Jessie, dies shortly after hiring him to investigate her brother’s death. Jake was an archaeologist who unearthed artefacts and a...

Plaint for Provence: 1152 Les Baux by Jean Gill is the third book in The Troubadours Quartet series. Although I have not read the previous novels in the series, I had no problem understanding what was happening. This is definitely not a standalone, but if...

The Para-Portage of Emily, Shadow Seduction Series Book 1 is a romantic paranormal thriller written by Muffy Wilson. Emily Macque is a successful attorney and a partner in her father’s law firm, and she seemed to have it all -- until she was diagnosed with...

After eighty years of conflict, the War of the Roses is nearing its end. Edward IV made a disastrous mistake when he married Elizabeth Woodville. Her ambitious family did everything to increase their power and suspicions were aroused when Edward died mysteriously at the age...

Death on Duchess Street (Detective Hodgins Victorian Murder Mysteries Book 2) is a well written, old fashioned horse and buggy era mystery. Death on Duchess Street is not short on suspects and any one of them had a good motive for killing young Olivia. Detective...