The Charmed Life is a mystery novel by John Miles. Following the buddy genre of detective stories, the plot centers on quirky private eye Gene Harlow and Pinkton ‘Pinky’ Finkelstein, his new police lieutenant sidekick. The unlikely pair go about their business against the backdrop...

In Naraya - A Voice from the Past to Guide our Future by Ayam Ramar, Helen Mayflower had just graduated high school but, even with all the excitement of putting that chapter of her life behind her, she felt like something was missing. Helen had...

Requiem for Sherlock Holmes by Paul Stuart Hayes includes five new Sherlock Holmes cases. Holmes has died and Watson has decided to write up a small number of cases that for one reason or another had never been published. The first, Sherlock Holmes and...

The Two Chambers: The Story of a Physician Persecuted by the Inquisition by Pedro Puech is a story of intrigue, medical scholarship and religious conflict during the period of the Renaissance and the Reformation. A young Portuguese physician and his tutor, both of whom have...

Killing Hitler With Praise And Fire: Choose Your Own Horrible History by Matthew Hutchins is a well done, Chose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) style book. This genre has some devoted fans who will find the book an excellent addition to their reading. The plots (as...

Dark Hearts, White City transported me back in time to 1893 and the famous Chicago World's Fair. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla are the big draws to the fair since they have just invented electricity. Many things are happening in Chicago, including people from far...

In the city of St. Louis, the Gay Nineties, as the time period is later known, have brought about major changes; a thriving metropolis where trolley cars, carriages, and even automobiles can be seen everywhere. But like many large cities, it has a dark side....

World War I had a very complicated history, but there was one man – a fictional character – who stumbled into at least half of the important battles of the war. That man is Peter Kovacs, correspondent for the New York Evening Post and hero...

When Susanna Quiner went out of the Ohio house she shared with her four sisters in order to feed the pig one morning, she did not imagine she might not see them for a very long time, or even forever. Thieving Forest by Martha Conway...

Lafitte’s Treasure is a historical adventure by Joe Corso. Jean Lafitte, a pirate, was instrumental in helping General Andrew Jackson acquire money, weapons and ships needed to win the war against the British in 1812 as part of a contract they had. This agreement displeased...