In Death at Chinatown, An Emily Cabot Mystery by Frances McNamara, Emily Cabot is in awe of Dr Mary Stone and Dr. Ida Kahn. They have sacrificed so much to become doctors. Now they are in Chicago for the summer to learn all they can...

A Light in the Darkness by Kevin Hatt is the first book in a series of black comedy crime stories. Haszard wants to know why his friend died. Always managing to get himself involved where he shouldn’t be, he resists when his friends...

Melancholy Manor: A Hera Hunter Mystery by Ellie DeFarr piqued my curiosity immediately. It is not often that I find a murder mystery intertwined with a ghost story, but Ms. DeFarr provided both, and with an antagonist I will not soon forget. Hera Hunter is a...

Binnacle Bay is a police procedural mystery written by S.C. Harker. Pat, the Binnacle Bay Chief of Police, has been called out to investigate a possible shooting at Gus and Sasha Murdock’s house on Sea Strand. When he arrives, a dog is barking and no...

Designated Daughters is the latest installment in the Deborah Knott series written by Margaret Maron. This series is the epitome of southern life. Aunt Rachel has suffered a stroke and is in the care of hospice. Judge Deborah Knott and her family are gathered around...

In The Stone Thread: Second Chronicle, a post-apocalyptic tale by J.R. Evangelisti, what remains of humanity live protected under a bubble. Their needs are met as long as they follow a set of Catch-22-like rules and they're reminded constantly that they are lucky to be...

Animus by Thomas Evans is a thriller that you won’t put down. Jason McDowell makes a choice – he gets in his truck and drives while drunk. He runs down a father and daughter collecting a birthday cake, killing the father and leaving the little...

Frisbee, Rat Detective is a ten minute Coffee-Break Read written by Diana Hockley. Frisbee is Mrs. Fiona Rogers’ pet rat. Her husband, Gary, hates Frisbee and has tried to step on him and leave him to the mercies of the family’s cat, Fudge, when Fiona...

Harrington Manor is a terrific mystery by Ronald James. Shep and Reggie are impatient for their father, Colonel Harrington, to die so that they can squander their inheritance. Their wish comes true when the Colonel is found dead, but their celebration is short-lived. Detective Snipes...

Packed full of suspense and intrigue, Back in Town is a fitting second book to Marc A. Di Giacomo’s Small Town Series. After Leo Kepler was safely behind bars, he suddenly disappeared; that incident came on the heels of the car accident which left Detective...