The Ashes of Us by Ashley Baker is a compelling novel. Very early one morning, Dr. David McCall, a clinical and anatomical pathologist, receives a strange phone call. He is informed that his nineteen-year-old daughter, Addison McCall, is in the hospital. She was assaulted. He...

Tressa Litton, a senior at Wyval University, accepts an invitation to the Summit Society, the Northeastern chapter of a secret society rumored to guarantee valuable connections for post-graduation paths and beyond to the chosen few. Although not really interested in becoming a member, Tressa feels...

The Baggers by James Hale is a story about the gangs in Saint Albans, Kanawha County. The streets of Saint Albans are ruled by the Baggers, most of whose members are young adults who commit theft and other petty crimes. An older generation of scavengers...

In The Secret of Charley Grace by Colin Kersey, fourteen-year-old Charley Grace has always been diligent about following her aunt’s strict rules; Charley accepts that they are necessary for her safety and to protect a secret she does not fully understand. When her aunt is...

Logan Hollister is a cop who doesn’t play by the rules. Backed by his own personal fortune, he catches criminals because he loves the hunt. It makes him the perfect adversary for The Confessor, who believes himself to be a righteous vigilante. People are dying...

The Quantum Gate by Bill Combs is the first book in The Ascension Chronicles series. The story is a metaphysical thriller that blends quantum theory with history and the supernatural. Ethan Cross, a disgraced physicist cast out of academia for his "wild" theories of quantum...

Samuel Colabufo’s The Mitigator centers on Joseph "Goody" Goodness, a man who carries a deep psychological scar from his childhood that manifests as an intuitive radar for tracking human rage. When he senses someone about to snap, he moves in to intercept the violence before...

Detective Michael Tough is chilling out at Denny’s, situated on a stretch of road that’s a known red-light district. Suddenly, a guy who looks like a pimp is gunned down in front of everyone. Michael chases the shooter but is unable to catch him. He...

Randall D. St. Claire’s The Frequency follows Bronx Rousselle, a Warroad, Minnesota pawnbroker and ex-Marine whose quiet shop becomes the start of a hunt after Heather Li arrives with her drugged brother, George Tikaani, alongside a box of inherited Inuit artifacts. George has escaped from...

In The Price of Deception by Rita Mary Boehm, Anita Johns was brutally murdered. Anita had a complicated past and was not always the best mother to Pepper. Police Chief Donnie Smith is called in to investigate the murder. To complicate matters further, Pepper suddenly...