Don’t Let It Out by N.A. Betts begins with an introduction to Daniela Rojas, a former Army Ranger completing her final FBI training exercise under intense physical and psychological strain. From the opening scene, where Dani fights through pepper spray and multiple attackers, the story...

Parallel Peril by Maria Lynn Barrs is an enthralling story that I rank among my top reads of the year, so far. Dallas TV journalist Vicky Robeson is on vacation and has just been promoted to News Director. While on a two-week vacation in California,...

Have you ever had to stop for a moment because things felt different, and you couldn’t explain why? In Anomaly by Jennifer Milne, Mirielle “Elle” Coleman is a young woman whose life always feels like it is changing in ways she can’t control. From childhood,...

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...

In James Dunlop’s Plausible in Parts, Andy MacKay returns to his Camden flat after a contract mission in Kosovo that involved an attempt on General Marku Berisha, expecting to resume his routine, but the police arrest him and link the case to his actions abroad....

In Jason Middleton’s The Last Harmonic, at a diplomatic event in Geneva, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presents a reset in relations with Russia, marked by a symbolic button that conceals a critical translation error and signals a deeper shift already in motion. Years later,...

Addendum is the second book in the Astral Alignment series by Randall Sharpe, an imaginative blend of horror and fantasy, delivering interconnected tales and characters fighting cosmic entities across the haunted landscapes of America. “Whispering Lake” follows goth teen Charon and her friend, Annie, as...

The Hunted by Steven Max Russo is an espionage thriller about a former covert operative named Ophelia Harris, who is living under several false identities. She is also being hunted by professional killers tied to her past at Grendel Security Group. Stemming from a deadly...

The Akhasha Chronicles: Volume I: Awakening by EJ Castille is a praiseworthy technothriller. The story takes us first to a research laboratory in the depths of Mount Elbert, where a team of scientists led by Nikolai Stormgrave is developing a mysterious machine. Suddenly, armed intruders...

In Jeffrey Butler's Bait, Detective Harper Jones of Wolf Hollow, North Carolina, faces one of the most challenging cases of his career. The town of Wolf Hollow borders the ocean, and this summer is good for tourists, with beach events, walkways, and playgrounds. Someone starts...