Where the Children Don't Play by J.L. Engel takes place in a remote mountain town called Lazarus. This small town is an idyllic place where the natural beauty hides some secrets of the past beneath the ground. The main character, Mason Sax, a deputy in...

Peter Van Oossanen’s When Mercy Died introduces Sam Stanton, who is an extraterrestrial raised on Earth. Sam is plunged into despair after his fiancée, Michelle Bennett, and her family are killed in revenge for his dismantling of the Scorpion cartel. He experiences grief and retreats...

“Everything’s the same as it’s always been, Kurt. It’s only our perception of the world that’s changed.” In the novel Without A Face by Lonnie Busch, that sentence would be a significant understatement. The curtain rises in Rescue, a small town somewhere in the American...

Wednesday Night Whites by Marci Lin Melvin follows Azalea “Zale” Augustine, a lawyer in Chester, Nova Scotia, where women have been disappearing for years, shaking the small town. When evidence begins to point toward suspects connected to her own law firm, she becomes involved in...

As Whistle While You Lurk by Judith Sterling begins, Gwyn Camm inherits her great-aunt Ethel’s home and is adjusting to life in Salem. She meets with Elizabeth, who wants her to come back to work at The Witch House in April, to which she agrees....

What the Dead Remember by Christina Welbourne follows Olive Fairwater, who travels to a remote town to take care of her dying grandfather. There she finds family secrets that had been hidden over the years. Olive sorts through her grandfather’s belongings and finds an old...

In Michelle Miller’s Where the Clouds Cannot Find Me Revisited, Marisol is a mother in Mobile, Alabama, whose life narrows to a single imperative after her infant son Jacob Oliver is rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. As doctors work to stabilize Jake, Marisol...

In What Digs Itself Free by Stoney Brooks, Zap Rogers and his crew made a name for themselves with a highly successful ghost-hunting show, but it began to lose popularity as the market conditions changed among their younger audiences. Struggling to regain popularity, Zap upgrades...

Where Shadows Breathe, and Truth Sleeps by A. Gavazzoni is the fourth book in the Hidden Motives series. Dr. Simone Bennet believed she had found stability after the traumas that almost destroyed her. Simone returned to her psychiatric practice and embraced an exhilarating new chapter...

What Ever Happened to Anna Canneli? by Conal O’Brien is book 3 in the series, introducing many familiar characters, but it can be read as a standalone. The detectives and the private eye Bookbinder and his researcher investigate a murder and uncover politicians and corruption...