The Rogue by Lee W. Brainard has a fascinating plot. It’s 2018 when astronomer Irina Kirilenko detects an extremely large comet out beyond Neptune. It’s not yet visible to telescopes, but the comet’s trajectory shows that it will come dangerously close to Mars in 2024....

Fishermen's Court by Andrew Wolfendon is a thriller about how one mistake can change a whole life. Finn Carroll just about survives on his meager income. A failed artist and a failed human, at least in his eyes, the last thing Finn expected when he...

Desolation Bluff by Toni Pike tells the story of a successful blind author who falls deeply in love with his beautiful assistant Vanessa. We first meet them when they are on their honeymoon in Paris and she is describing the view of the Eiffel Tower...

When a novel’s dramatis personae include such real-life characters as Syrian president Bashar Al-Assad, Iranian president Hassan Rouhani, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Russian Chief of General Staff Valery Gerasimov, you know the story is at least going to be interesting. And so...

The Kraken of Cape Madre: Lorestalker #2 is a speculative adventure fiction novel written by J.P. Barnett. Miriam Brooks felt oddly out of place on the crowded beach where she was attempting to enjoy the surf and sun with her best friend, Macy, and her...

The Search for Nina Fletcher by Stephen Hawley Martin opens as Rebecca’s grandmother Minnie is dying. Minnie’s last wish is that Rebecca keeps Live Oaks exactly as it is and not allow any changes to be made that will take away the history of the...

Jill Hand offers this delectably irresistible blurb to introduce her delectably irresistible novel, White Oaks: “Billionaire Blanton Trapnell is about to turn ninety. He's asked his three children for an unusual birthday present: he wants to know what it feels like to murder someone and...

Angel Avenger: A Max Becker Thriller by Tim Wickenden has a strong appeal to fans of thrillers and sleuth novels. It is September in 1960 and a serial killer is doing a lot of ghastly killings in Germany. The first victim is discovered tied to...

In One for Love by Carol Steeger, Lonnie Wade dreams of becoming a successful singer, and her dream seems to be within her grasp when she is offered a gig in the Stardust Lounge with her band. However, the owner and local Mafia mobster, Frank...

Blending In: A Tale of Homegrown Terrorism by Norman Brewer begins with a blast and an explosive moment that threatens an ongoing press conference, when a rocket-propelled explosive rips through the air, stopping short of the Russian Embassy. The casualties cause pandemonium. This entry defines...