Michael Elliot is an investigative journalist working on an article about the abuse of opioids. He has made appointments to meet some officials in Canada's capital city, Ottawa. Because his meetings coincided with Ottawa's one hundred and fiftieth anniversary celebration, Michael had made reservations at...

A woman found murdered in the local cemetery shocks a small Montana town in the suspenseful murder mystery, Bitter End (A Bitter Roots Mystery) by CJ Carmichael. Justin Pittman, a lawyer in the small town of Lost Trail, is preparing for a stem-cell transplant. In...

Bright Moon Ridge: A Search in China by Linus Treefoot is a beautiful romance mixed with adventure, a tale of interracial love with an international setting in Santa Cruz, California and China. In 1978, Bartooth was beaten and left for death by thugs in China....

It takes a really good writer to keep this reviewer interested in a 400-plus page novel. The fact that Borrowed Memories by J.R. Torbic is a psychological thriller helps. But sometimes those have such shallow characterization that as much as they keep you flipping pages...

The question of aging, mind transfer, DNA modification, and complex personalities are among the elements that give this narrative uniqueness and originality and feed the conflict that moves the narrative forward. Petra Kresky suddenly finds herself in a consciousness that isn’t hers, surrounded by people...

Blood of Toma by Lauren Lee Merewether is a historical event/era fiction book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy stories about ancient Mexico during the time of the Aztecs and who do not mind violence. High...

C.C. Oil Company is running a fracking operation in Bison county, much to the locals’ dismay. Some try to sabotage, confront and expose the damage done by the operation crew, but receive physically brutal, fatal retaliation from the company’s hired guns. When a local rancher...

Bound: A Magnus Blackwell Novel (Book 2) by Alexandrea Weis and Lucas Astor is described as supernatural, and that is apt; it’s dark and engrossing, a powerful story that features ghosts and voodoo. New Orleans is in the grip of evil, with an epidemic that...

Betrayal in Blue: Zachary Blake Betrayal Series (Book 3) by Mark M. Bello follows the fortunes of Jack Dylan and his team as they try to foil a deadly plot to release Sarin upon the unsuspecting town of Dearborn, where the perpetrators seek to take...

Beyond the Cabin by Dana Ridenour is a terrorist thriller that is skillfully plotted and written to perfection. The head of the Undercover and Sensitive Operations Unit needs an undercover agent who has experience working extremist groups, preferably a southerner, and Lexie Montgomery fits the...