Now, this is a ripper of a read and in more respects than one. Take the concept on which the plot of The Last Getaway by Clay Savage is based: two different groups of thieves decide to hit the same bank on the same day...

The Nine: A Novel by Jeanne McWilliams Blasberg is an audio book with strong themes of family, parenting, domestic relationships and coming-of-age. The birth of Sam is the best thing that ever happened to Hannah Webber, something she considers miraculous, and that is why she...

The Trouble with Becoming a Witch by Amy Edwards is an emotional journey about breaking free and finding yourself. Veronica feels stifled in her marriage. Every conversation between them turns into a fight and she knows something needs to change. As she explores new avenues...

Timely and driven by an urgent message, Tying the Leaves: A Novel by June Toher is a powerful narrative that will appeal to both young and adult readers; a science fiction story that combines time travel and environmental themes to castigate a political setting that...

Jerry and Walter are two old fellows in their eighties, living in a rather exclusive Californian retirement village. They share an interest in postage stamps, with Walter specializing in issues from nations that are no longer in existence. The Third Half of Our Lives, subtitled...

The Strange Birth, Short Life, and Sudden Death of Justice Girl by Julian David Stone is the story of a writer of a struggling TV network who was going to lose his job, but he did something and the tables turned in his favor. Jonny...

The Poker Players by Edward Dreyfus takes us deep inside the male psyche, especially fashioned by the era of the mid-20th century prevailing attitudes. Growing up in the 50’s, there were two cardinal rules for men: 1/ Big Boys Don’t Cry and 2/ You Are...

When typical, suburban socialite Laura Beckman’s life is turned upside down by the premature death of her beloved husband, she has to face some searching questions about herself and how she has conducted her life, especially with respect to her estranged eldest daughter, Brooke. Laura’s...

The Heritage by Jack Michonik (translated from the Spanish by Michael B. Miller) is an epic story of family, hardships, triumphs, life and death, and assimilation. In the year 1961, Leon Edri, a Jewish immigrant from Russia, now living in Larida, Peru, attends the funeral...

All of you female private eyes out there! Move over. There’s a new P.I. on the block with an unusual first name, Skylark, and an even more unusual personality. She’s feisty, funny, snarky, and somewhat psychic. She’s also a thorn in the side of the...