What a humdinger of a story Jeffrey Butler brings us in Torment! He puts a clever cop who won’t do as he’s told on the path of a cruel psychopathic serial killer with a sad history of child abuse. Then he throws in a second...

The Hollywood Backlash Moon by Carolyn Summer Quinn revolves around Katie, an orphan raised by her uncle Trent and his wife Floriana in California. Katie forms a close bond with her cousin Clover, whose acting aspirations incite jealousy in Floriana. Hostility erupts when Clover lands...

The Phantom of Forest Lawn by Robert Brighton is a mystery set in the 1800s in Buffalo, New York, a time when illegal dealings were rampant. The story revolves around a young seamstress, Mary Carkriff, who comes to Buffalo to find employment and gets entangled...

The Stalking Spirit: A JJ Gilbert Mystery by Linda M. Williams tells the story of psychic JJ Gilbert on a quest to solve a murder with the help of spirits. JJ can communicate with the dead. When she and her boyfriend, Jake, go hiking, she...

In The Mousetrap Murders by Abraham Lopez, the story unfolds with Julian Gutierrez waking up disoriented in his car, struggling to recall how he got there. With his memory hazy and his body sore, Julian finds himself in a perplexing situation with no clear explanation....

Rebecca “Becca” Ann Hulls’ troubles had begun in the small town of Carson Springs, Wisconsin. Or perhaps they had started with her biological father Mack Enderly, whom she hated so much. If he had not been such a mean and drunken wreck, maybe her mother...

The Badger Game is a work of fiction in the legal thriller, crime, and mystery genres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Penned by author Norman Shabel, this fascinating tale is centered on the brutal murder of Horace Badger, the dean...

As Faith Edwards tends to her critically ill father, she happens upon a conversation between her father and an unknown individual who is trying to get five hundred thousand dollars from him. She finds out that her father is the victim of a long-running blackmail...

With all the charm of a small coastal town, Seaside Cove is back in focus in the eighth installment of the Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mystery series. The Secret Ingredient to Murder by Terry Ambrose brings another murder mystery for ex-reporter and B&B owner...

It’s been four years since I discovered the excellent writing of Yvonne Eve Walus when I read her book, Serial Wives. Though not her first novel, it was her first mystery murder featuring New Zealand policewoman, Zero Zimmerman. I loved both the story and the...