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...

Missing Inheritance is a murder mystery novel written by Ken Herring. Jackson Lockie had been trying to put off meeting with his deceased father's lawyer, who was the executor of his estate, but he finally relented when John Hampton insisted that they meet to discuss...

I am a big Sherlock fan, not because of the BBC Sherlock, though I do love that incarnation as well. Sherlock Holmes is one of the few characters I can think of who have become archetypal figures in their own right, and in doing so...

Whispers Among the Ruins by Lori Hines is a paranormal mystery. Things are not going well in Southwest America. An unknown being is kidnapping pregnant women and holding them prisoner in his lair. Lorelei and her team of paranormal investigators try to find this ancient...