Jim Pugmire continues to enthrall me with The King of Dalatia, which is the third medieval novel in the Quinn Hawk Series. I recommend reading the previous books first to fully appreciate this one. Quinn is no longer an insecure illiterate teen, and is now...

Unfinished Business by Ted Tayler is the sequel to The Final Straw. Colin Bailey has some unfinished business he needs to attend to. Shortly before losing his wife to cancer he gets word that his daughter’s murderer is about to be released. Plans are made...

The Executioner's Hood by Loretta Jackson and Vickie Britton is a tale of intrigue, mystery and murder. Phil Grayson, respected judge and collector of Old West memorabilia, is found dead with an executioner's hood over his head – a hood that has come from his...

A Model Murder (Alicia Allen Investigates Book 1) by Celia Conrad is a fast paced mystery that throws you into a blend of fear and comedy and will make you see the parallels that can be drawn between Alpha males and law firms. Alicia Allen...

Cold Blood: The Antarctic Murders Trilogy by Theodore Jerome Cohen is a spellbinding thriller of subterfuge, murder, deception and betrayal spanning the globe. From the ice-veiled waters off the Antarctic shores, to Chile, Brazil and Europe, Captain Mateo Valderas of the Chilean Navy has spent...

In the Shadow of Lies: An Oliver Wright Mystery Novel is a historical mystery written by M.A. Adler. It's set in the Bay Area of California during the 1940s. Oliver Wright is a homicide detective based in Seattle, but his family roots are in Richmond...

California TV Reporter Robin Anderson thinks she’s meeting a source that will take her career to the next level but he is there for far more nefarious reasons. When Peter Brandt, Robin’s ex-husband returns to California to bury her, he learns from his buddy Matt,...

In Hill Country Greed: An Austin, Texas Mystery by Patrick Kelly, Rose and Joe Robbins have just moved into their new house outside Austin, Texas. It overlooks a lake and woodlands, and is a symbol of their luxuriant new lifestyle. Joe has just signed on...

Emma Donoghue’s Frog Music is as raucous and ebullient as its title implies. The cast of characters is a hardscrabble, resilient and eccentric never-say-die cast including Blanche, a French dance hall girl not entirely above selling her favors, a cross-dressing frog catcher named Jenny (hence,...

Childhood Games is the amazing debut novel from screenwriter J.M. Roach. Security consultant Samantha Black awakes in hospital, the only survivor of the brutal massacre of her nearest and dearest and the kidnapping of the girl that’s like a sister to her. That’s more than...