The short story Santana's by Henry Denkhaus is a work of fiction but is actually based on a real-life case. This alone made me immediately interested in reading this book. The story is about a murder and an attempted cover-up. Overall, I thought Denkhaus’ telling...

Suitcase Charlie by John Guzlowski is a gritty noir story of murder. On May 30, 1956, a suitcase is discovered in Chicago. Inside that suitcase is the chopped up body of a little boy, a body that has been drained of blood. Detective Purcell...

Silent Vengeance by John Sitterly starts with the birth of a serial killer. He is an angry man and his rage consumes him. He strikes his first victim, a woman, viciously over the head with a blunt object, cracking her skull. Realizing he acted rashly,...

Whoa! That's the first thought I had when I finished reading Sinister Secrets, book five in the Raff Rafferty mystery series by fantastic author Robert Joseph. This story finds us following the intrepid Raff, now Father Rafferty, a priest and the chaplain at a major...

L.E. Fraser's Skully, Perdition Games blends paranormal and psychological horrors to craft a chilling tale that grips from start to finish. Gabrielle LeBlanc is a strange housewife with a mysterious past. When she disappears and all evidence points to her murder, Samantha McNamara and Reece...

I must confess, I do love a great mystery. And one that starts what appears to be a very promising new series, well, that’s even better. And that seems to be just we have in Sorrow Lake by author Michael J. McCann, the first book...

Set in a golfing residence at Prairie Winds, Shari's Shot revolves around former Mrs. Missouri, Shari Daniels-Donnelly, who earns a chance to win $1 million at America's greatest tournament, The Classic. She’s also on the road to getting a multimillion dollar divorce settlement from her...

Seniors Sleuth (Winston Wong Cozy Mystery Book 1) by J.J. Chow is an eccentric, unpredictable mystery story with delightful characters and a plot that will keep you reading. Winston Wong has given up his career as a video game tester and decided to become a...

Without any other options left to her, Amie Richardson decides to accept a nanny position, figuring that although she has no real life experience, she's pregnant so this stuff should come naturally to her. Besides, she's got nowhere left to go. An orphan herself, she...

Secret of Coffin Island is Book 4 in Robin Murphy's paranormal mystery series, Marie Bartek and the SIPS Team. Dr. Marie Bartek and her fiance, Police Chief Cory Miller, have finally tied the knot. Their wedding festivities are interrupted, however, by the discovery of a...