The early part of Just A Drop in the Ocean by Grant Leishman is set on a family smallholding in the Philippines and the time is July 1971. The eldest child of the family, who survives at subsistence level on rice crops, is eleven-year-old Teresa....

After the Evil by Cary Allen Stone is another in his exciting series of crime-based fiction surrounding the actions and reflections of his protagonist, policeman Jake Roberts. Cary Allen Stone introduces a lot of characters, including the perpetrator, within the first 10-15 pages of the...

Pearlie by Judy Iverson is the story of how a toxic relationship can ruin lives, even after the relationship ended years ago. All of this started with Chet Cromwell and Jeanette Burnette. Chet always had a problem with drinking, but when Jeanette came into his...

I’m usually, but not always a little disappointed with faith based fiction. At some point, something is lacking or not quite up to par with their mainstream contemporaries. That is one of the biggest reasons I enjoyed The Devil’s Work by Jack McGugart so much....

Killer (Episode 1 - The Killer Novella Series) by Olivia Howe is the story of Gwen, a cop on the trail of a serial killer known as The Doctor. He kills women and leaves a painted smile on their faces when he is done. After...

In Miscarriage of Justice by Bruce A. Borders, Ethan Rafferty clashes with Marianna Clark. Ethan has been imprisoned for fifteen years for a murder he didn’t commit. District Attorney Marianna Clark, keen for victory in her first major case, found evidence that he was innocent...

The Congressman’s Wife by Arie Pavlou and Charlene Keel is primarily Eden’s story. Born into a rich family and then plunged into poverty, she has only two advantages: youthful beauty and knowledge of social etiquette. She fears the lack of stability in her life and...

Be Mine by Isobelle Cate is the first novel I have read by this brilliantly talented writer. Her words create real people and places that pop right off the pages. Be Mine is a novel featuring a woman's loss and her journey in finding love...

Past Imperfections: A Matti James Mystery, Book 3 is a private investigator mystery written by M.A.R. Unger. Matti and her fellow detective club members are now officially The Foothill Canyons Detective Agency, but they still had not yet been retained by their first paying client...

The Girl in the Glyphs by David C. Edmonds is the story of a Smithsonian specialist in ancient writing who is trying to find a glyph cave in Nicaragua. Jennifer McMullen-Cruz is a Smithsonian specialist who wants to find a glyph cave and she will...