Carl Lakeland’s The Wine Cellar follows Michael Dodd, a Canberra homeowner whose concern over a Middle East crisis grows when fuel supplies tighten as financial markets behave strangely. Australian officials urge people to remain calm, yet Michael begins converting the space beneath his Deakin garage...

In What Must Be Stopped by Graham Balch, FBI agent Heather McLaughlin is stung by yet another refused promotion and is now on a seemingly impossible assignment. She must investigate Alex Lee, an environmentalist who has just won a lottery and whose off-grid travels, accurate...

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...

In Dickson Lane’s Kakaki, The Ghost Walker, nineteen-year-old Amalie “Leelee” Thomason arrives at the London home of surgeon Dr. Cameron McCrea in 1855 determined to secure a position in medicine, bringing an anatomical portfolio that shows her knowledge of the human body. After McCrea tests...

In Steven Nimocks’s Severance, Elias Reynor is an investigator with the Neural Compliance Division in 2747 SoundCore, where implants regulate feeling and public order depends upon citizens remaining within approved limits. Nine years of exceptional service have made Elias a strong candidate for promotion, with...

In Where the Door Is Thin by Chuck Morgan, a priest's body is found beneath the Black Water Bridge. The crime scene prompts Chief Alexis Calder to call in the Denver FBI field office. Calder specifically asks for an agent experienced in dealing with religious...

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...

Proof Positive is the fourth installment in the Lauren Beck Crime Novel series by award-winning author Donna Huston Murray. The story takes us to Worthy, a small town in Ohio, USA. Thirty-two-year-old Lauren Beck, a former police officer, is looking for her mother, Nina Claire...

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...