Successful artist Jessie O’Bourne has returned home to judge a painting contest as well as to paint. She’s out early in the morning with her sassy orange tomcat, Jack, and sets about painting a landscape on her father’s property when she notices a patch of...

“Come now, Jamie. You must come before it’s too late.” It had been years since her last visit to Great-Aunt Elizabeth’s home, but Jamie knew that this request was imperative. Something was wrong and she was the only person Elizabeth could turn to. Of course,...

In Murder at Maypole Manor by L.B. Hathaway, private detective Posie Parker, Grape Street Bureau, has just received a call from Detective Inspector Richard Lovelace of Scotland Yard, and an invite to one of the swankiest New Year’s Eve parties of the year at Maypole...

My first novel of Leah Devlin, Aegir’s Curse, is the second book in the Woods Hole Mystery Series. Although I have not (yet) read the first book that introduced most of the cast in Aegir’s Curse, Ms. Devlin’s writing style allowed me instant access into...

“Tireman was caught between his desire to be good and his demand for justice. He’d come to America for the dream, and his dream was now tarnished.” When lawyer Merit Bridges catches wind of Tireman’s predicament, she places herself firmly in batting position. Fighting for...

Twenty-five-year-old Morticia ‘Tisha’ Adams witnesses a murder on her routine train commute. When the body disappears, she teams up with Detective Murphy, a man with mysterious abilities. But Tisha is keeping a secret of her own – the dead speak to her. It’s an ability...

Opening the Veil is the first book in the New Sight series written by C.L. Clark. Cass adores her cat. Since Cass found Allie in an alley way (thus, her name) as a tiny kitten, Cass and Allie have had a very close and loyal...

I expected something else when I picked up Nothing Happens All the Time: Homicides Truly Know How to Interrupt a Good Meal! by Edmund Mahon. The title of this interesting and fast-paced thriller can easily mislead readers to anticipate a character waiting for something very...

CAT is Book 4 from the Zack Tolliver, FBI mystery-murder series by R. Lawson Gamble. When Eagle Feather, an Indian scout, is injured while tracking an inimitable mountain lion, federal agent Zack Tolliver takes an interest in the hunt for the animal. Eagle Feather is...

Fairfield’s Auction: A Witherston Murder Mystery by Betty Jean Craige is a murder mystery set in the town of Witherston. All is not well in the town of Witherston. Long ago the Cherokees were cast from their land, their belongings claimed by the white man,...