Day after day, we are inundated with the little idiosyncrasies that highlight the frustrating rat race of our daily existence. The times we have stopped to smell the roses and acknowledge our contributions have become ever smaller to the extent that we barely acknowledge there...

Intent on wrapping up the thesis for his doctorate in anthropology at UC San Diego, Gilmore Crowell had spent the last eight years studying sex workers in Tijuana. The last thing he needed was the news that some big shots at the University wanted him...

Red Hot Murder by Michele Pariza Wacek is a murder mystery as cozy as sipping a hot cup of Charlie Kingsley’s famous tea. Charlie is well-known in Redemption, Wisconsin, for her tea and prowess in cracking crimes. But her reputation and tea business are about...

First Bullet by Andrew J. Ceroni Jr. is a brilliantly written espionage thriller. Roy and his wife are eating dinner when he notices a group of men sitting near their table. His suspicions are aroused and he questions the manager. Soon after, CIA Agent Dave...

Horse to Water by Peter Bailey is a superb thought-provoking crime mystery with the scene set in London, right on the doorstep of New Scotland Yard. Approaching his car parked at the North entrance of New Scotland Yard, DCI Archer stops to read a message...

Catfishing Caitlyn is a riveting literary novel by Omar Imady. Caitlyn is an intelligent woman who just finished her Ph.D. in Middle Eastern history at Yale University. She has a voracious appetite for knowledge, women, and challenges. Not particularly looking for a job, she prefers...

Burned Out is a medical thriller by Dean Mafako. Eric Philson’s life is perfect on the surface. However, he feels too comfortable in his profession and unchallenged. Eric is offered a job at the Children’s Hospital of Biloxi; he has to build the cardiac intensive...

Two Lives is a romance mystery novel by Freya Zalvidar. Natasha Lewis is an artist living a humdrum life with her husband, Joshua, and their two children, Samuel and Emily. However, when a family camping trip results in a terrible accident, Natasha's life turns upside...

Finding the Bones by Nikki Kallio is a collection of nine short stories and a novella, including one that tells us about a woman who discovers bones while walking with her dog in the wood. Overwhelmed by the memories of her losses, she was too...

Spirit Pass by Angela Ellen Grey is a collection of novellas involving tribal law enforcement and certain types of missing persons and murder cases. This collection examines the high murder rates and cases of missing Native American women. As the author highlights, this is a...