Edward Cardillo begins Kafka Rising, a thriller with science fiction in the mix, with a powerful opening that will wake up sleepy readers everywhere! Army Captain Carl Birdsall has a total of 52 terrorist kills in the near-future war against the worldwide Order for International...

In “Confessions of a Murder Suspect” We meet the Angel family. After receiving a phone call reporting a death at the Angel house, the police arrived, waking Tandy Angel up. She rushed to her parents’ room only to find them both dead. The only suspects...

We were introduced to John Puller in “Zero Day”. “The Forgotten” picks up where the former left off. Army Special Investigator John Puller had been off work recuperating from all that happened in West Virginia. When his father received a letter from Aunt Betsy informing...

Once again we are reunited with the inimitable Agent Pendergast. The last Pendergast book, “Brimstone” left our hero bound and enclosed behind a brick wall. Pendergast managed to escape and is on the run from the police. Friends of Pendergast were viciously murdered and all...

This is not a book for the faint of heart. Douglas Jacobson’s book "Katyn Order" is a fictional account based on historical facts. In 1939 the Germans invaded Poland. Soon the Soviet Union also invaded the country. Polish soldiers and policemen were taken prisoners as...

"Ramblings in Ireland" by Kerry Dwyer is really two books in one. On the one hand we have a humorous, incisive look at expat life as seen by this witty, fascinating author, but which only hints at all the experiences she has clearly had. On...

I found this book to be truly a book that I could learn from to become a better person. It touched on so many issues that I could apply to so many of my everyday encounters with people. I was able to use my new...

Although we live in a fast-paced world, dependent on technology, we CAN slow things down, down-size, simplify and practice the "spirit of frugality." That is the premise of the book "What the Amish Can Teach Us About the Simple Life" by Georgia Varozza. The author...

Kelly Irvin takes the reader on a "journey" through the ups and downs of an Amish community in "Love's Journey Home." We meet Gabriel, a widower and father of eight children, two of them with "Down's syndrome, as he relocates to the Bliss Creek community...

"Fit at 50" by Matthew McLaughlin tells of the author's own search for fitness and health as they relate to habits he hopes to maintain for a lifetime. He trained and participated for years and was then injured, forcing him to find a better means...

Anna cherished her mother’s journal and memorized most of it including the recipe for pumpkin cookies. Anna and her father called an old farmhouse their home; beneath the house was a lab and a prison, where four young men were held captive for as long...

"Mulholland Dive" by Michael Connelly is an anthology of three short stories. 'Cahoots': The setting is the 1930s. Six men sit around a table playing cards. McMilian is the bad guy, cheat and tempter; he suggests a robbery that should net the men a great...

Matlyn Perraca's book of poems is divided into two parts. Part one is entitled poems from the mind and the second part deals with poems from the heart. Poems from the mind include titles like Double Jointed, First Lovers, Origin of Love, A Taste of...

Daniel J. Porter is the author of twenty-two books for children and now he has put his pen to a book that no reader should skip. In "'Til the Street Lights Come On: Lessons Learned from Neighborhood Games", Porter tells of a time when children...

"The Chocolate Kiss" by Laura Florand has delightful overtones of the classic "Bell, Book and Candle". Magalie Chaudron works for her aunts Aja and Genevieve in their "salon de the" (tea shop) on the Ile Saint-Louis in the heart of Paris. Magalie makes the...

Summer Miller had the perfect life with her husband James, their son Tyler and daughter Sarah, and their golden retriever Jake. They lived in San Jose, California. James supported his family successfully and Summer enjoyed her life as a stay-at-home mother. Tyler was a Weblos,...

"Past the Last Island" begins in the South Pacific Islands about 14,000 years ago. Nulo, born to an island chief, is deformed and cast aside by his parents. He is saved by servant Naia. When it is found that Nulo still lives, Yon is supposed...

“A Hint of Truth” by Michael Kantor is a fantastical trip into the subliminal dream world of a young blind boy, who lost his mother in a senseless act of terrorism against a trainload of people en route to some place other than death. It...

"Alien Invasion: Life As We Know It" by John Kilmerstone is a unique look at alien invasion of planet earth. John Kilmerstone has attacked the planet in a new and unanticipated fashion; he has opened the door to a significant, but previously unexplored concept of...

"Bringing Home the War" is a biography by Theresa Brandt and a look into the life of the family of a Green Beret Solider while he is at home and when he goes off to war fighting the battles in Iraq. Theresa Brandt writes this...