Drama Queen by Joe Cosentino is the first book in his Nicky and Noah mystery series. The premise is that these two men are teachers at the fictional Treemeadow College in New England. They teach in the Theatre Department, an enormous department that includes many...

What does Sheriff Clay Holbrook, unaccounted for bank deposits, eleven unsolved deaths in Macon, Pennsylvania, the Deerbusters, and the installment of the new Sheriff Chris DeAngelo all have in common? They are the main elements of a great crime, mystery, and thriller novel, A Season...

Wow! What a fun book I just finished reading! What is that book, you might ask? It's Dying for the Past: A Gumshoe Ghost Mystery by author TJ O'Connor, continuing the story of the ghostly detective, Oliver "Tuck" Tucker, a police detective who was killed...

Bonnie Hoover Braendlin’s first mystery novel, Love and Death in Venice: A Caulfield, Sheridan Mystery, is a delicious and captivating read. Ms. Braendlin introduces two main characters – Ariadne Caulfield and Judith Sheridan. They are best friends and college professors at Rutherford College in Florida,...

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...

And the Wind Whispered by Dan Jorgensen contains several scenes that are so exciting that they become almost impossible to put down. The discovery of a dead man’s body in a cave by a trio of young reporters gets the ball rolling. Later there is...

Unholy Retribution: A Murder Mystery/Suspense/Thriller is a hard-boiled police procedural mystery written by George Hopkins. Father Jack Bennis is in a world of hurt after being shot while saying mass. After days spent in Intensive Care, he was finally moved to a semi-private room where...

Dirt: Evil In The Heartland is a thriller novel by author John P. Goetz. In Goetz’s familiar, darkly psychological style, the story begins in a tiny backwater town in North Dakota, where three unfortunate boys – Danny, Booger and the title’s Dirt – grow up...

Jack of All Trades by DH Smith is an intriguing tale full of drama and excitement. This is the first novel that I have read by DH Smith. Readers will definitely find enough action to keep them glued to the pages. There are times when...

The Grave Concerns of Jennifer Lloyd is a thrilling murder mystery by author Ian Kingsley, with an authentic British flavour. Our title’s heroine, Jennifer, is an up and coming television reporter with fierce ambition and massive dreams of success. Despite the disadvantages of her orphan...