At the start of The Carriage Master, tragedy isolates young Alex Wagner in every facet of his life. He moved to college in Hampton alone, lured there by the media touting it as a crime-free utopia. He wants to remain invisible. So, when he’s swept...

The Storm Within by Gill D. Anderson is a murder mystery set on a contemporary Mediterranean cruise ship, the Ocean Breeze. Like an Agatha Christie tale, a group of characters is in a closed setting so that when the killing occurs, we are trying to...

The Spirit of Vanderlaan by Susan Harris Howell is part of the Samantha Hayes series. Samantha is a professor who is well-liked by her students for her easy-going nature. She soon learns that four of those students live in her old dorm which puts them...

The Price of Freedom (The Price of Trilogy, Book 3) by Michael C. Bland throws readers into a dystopian 2047 where the rebellion has been crushed, and the Agency is back in full control. Dray Quintero, once a leader in the fight for freedom, is...

The Book of Aesop: Lupin by Iam Oliver throws Eric Pickles into a world of spies, danger, and secret agendas. After a shocking car explosion and an attempted kidnapping, Eric finds himself caught in a web of international conflicts, moving between London, Washington, and Russia....

Usually, a book described as a 444-page legal thriller is enough to send me searching the shelves for something else to read. Thankfully, a quick peruse of Norman Shabel’s bio made me pause. It’s impressive, and so is his novel, The Burning Gavel. I found...

In The Crew by Dani Donari, Reese’s close friend, Janae, had been murdered. While searching for Janae’s killer, Reese was kidnapped in the process. The kidnapper cuts both of Reese’s wrists before tossing her into the deep end of a swimming pool. Reese was rescued...

The Lady of the Lighthouse is a historical novel by Terri Greening. The story is set in 1942 and follows the struggles of a young mother and lighthouse keeper named Loralei Lancaster. Loralei has been living a solitary life maintaining the beacon in the lighthouse...

In The Last Thing I Ever Wanted by K.D. Burrows, Delia Quartermain was a famous true crime writer, but her life was brought to a sudden end when she was murdered. Her sister, Mairead, is struggling, and when she takes up her brother-in-law on his...

Traitor in the Scottish Isles (Roxburgh Scions) by Paige Edwards is a modern-day spy thriller set amongst the windswept and remote Scottish Isles of Uist. Carstie Henderson is a blue-blooded aristocrat to the core. A pampered and adored influencer and high-fashion model, her carefully constructed...