"The Top Secret Toys" by Tim Kehoe is the second in the 'Vincent Shadow' series and it conveys all the joys and surprises of the first book. Vincent is an eleven year old boy who is a natural at creating unusual toys. He goes to...

At just 57 pages, both the story line of this book AND the cover captured me completely and kept me hooked until the end. This is not an adult book. No. It's a simple, easy to read book for younger readers, yet it is written...

Tim Kehoe's debut novel "Vincent Shadow: Toy Inventor" is a delight for young readers. Vincent is an eleven year old boy who lost his mother two years ago. His father has now remarried and Vincent has three stepsisters who annoy Vincent and make his life...

Pressia Belze lives with her grandfather in the back room of a barbershop which was reduced to rubble in the aftermath of the Detonation, the bombing apocalypse that destroyed everything in the world. Now there is just destruction and dust where once families lived happily...

"The Perfect Death", a highly well-written police procedural mystery, features Jacksonville, Florida, police detective John Stallings who investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl. For Stallings, separated from his wife and missing his two remaining children, this case reminds him of when his own daughter,...

What a beautiful story of soul-searchng love and commitment! In Cincy Woodsmall's latest story "The Scent of Cherry Blossoms", Annie Martin, an Old Order Mennonite woman, and Aden Zook, an Old Order Amish man, reunite when Annie is sent to live with her grandfather in...

"Eliot Ness and The Untouchables", Second Edition by Kenneth Tucker, is a story depicting not only the life of Elliot Ness but that of AL Capone as well as Frank Nitti. The first half of the book deals with Elliot’s life from his young age...

The lessons in "What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him" are found in Ephesians 4:13: "This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up...

Judith A. Harrah's children's book, "Jesus, I Believe," is an invaluable treasure for every family with young children! Harrah writes in rhyme the basic principles of faith in God and believing that the Bible is true. The belief that God was born to a virgin,...

When readers hear the name David Baldacci they think of intrigue and thrillers. Baldacci’s "One Summer" will leave readers with mixed emotions. Die hard Baldacci fans that cannot deal with change will be disappointed. However, my reaction was one of great excitement. Baldacci offers readers...

"Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine" by Eric Weiner relays the true adventures of a well-read, well–traveled foreign journalist on a personal mission to find his God. Weiner mixes wit with wisdom and the sacred with the profane on an expedition through Sufism,...

"Echo's Revenge; The Ultimate Game" is an action-filled and fast-paced adventure for young adult readers. Boys in particular will relate to the well-defined characters and the urge to jump into various character roles. Brothers Jeremy and Reggie are in a fractured family situation in which...

“Helpless” by Daniel Palmer is a great book. It is a thriller, a mystery, a twisting and turning plot that will hold your attention from beginning to end. This is the story of a single father and a teenage girl’s worst nightmares. “Helpless” is about...

"Kill Switch" by Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene is one of those thrillers that keep you guessing right to the end. Written by former producers of Law & Order SVU, the book shows that they have managed to bring that about in their first novel....

Even though "Nemesis" has been translated from its original Norwegian, the story comes through brilliantly as author Jo Nesbo has created a thriller that transcends nationality. Police Detective Harry Hole is an alcoholic but make no mistake, he solves cases even though he uses off-beat...

What would you do if you had a secret...a secret that could help you and animals alike live a long healthy life? Would you be willing to share it, or guard it with your very life? This is what Jude Marrock is out to do...protect...

"A Quick Overview of the Bible" by Douglas A.Jacoby is a book to help you put everything together like a puzzle. The Bible, one of the bestselling books and one of the least understood by most people, was written over 2000 years ago. Today there...

This is the first in the Washington D.C based Laura Wolfe mystery thriller series and it promises great things to come from the author. Laura Wolfe is a reporter who does the crime beat assignments for the Washington Daily Star. Laura is pregnant and...

"Breaking Silence" is the true story of multigenerational abuse and the impact it has on each new generation. The setting is New Zealand. The heroine is Macsyna King, a mother of murdered infant twins. I must admit ignorance to this case before reading this book....

John Hunter has served time in a Florida jail for a crime he didn't commit. Now, he is out of jail and looking for vengeance. One problem with this is that the people he seeks out for doing him in are wealthy, connected, and have...