Two gunshot fatalities a little over a decade apart encourage a female detective to go undercover in a Detroit strip club in the stunning murder mystery, First Case Scenario by Annemarie DeClark. Harlee is excited about her promotion from working as a Detroit patrol officer...

What is music? The definition of this art form has dominated the study of music for centuries, but perhaps in its simplest form music is an organization of sounds which comprise time, tonality, and timbre. Taking these three concepts into consideration, one can delve more...

What we see reflects our outlook. In The Photographer's Eye: Seeing With a Camera by Arthur Wenk you will learn the artistic value of photography. Whether you are a novice or an advanced photographer, Arthur provides some simple artistic nuggets that you can use immediately...

Entertaining and inspiring, A Select Group by Blaine C. Readler explores what is intrinsically embedded in human nature, the sentiment most of us wish we never had, but which we must live with and learn to face every day. Caleb isn’t just a divorced man,...

I have read Kathryn R. Biel's work in the past, and her books have always been such fun to read. I was so intrigued by the premise of Once In a Lifetime – a former girl group getting together for a reunion concert. Um, yes...

Is there an expiration date on a marriage? Sounds like a ridiculous question, doesn't it? Adirondack by A. Dudley Johnson Jr. puts the marriage of his fictitious characters, Anna and Will, to the test to explore this strange question. Anna and Will have been childhood...

Where to begin reviewing a book as near perfect as All the Tomorrows by Nillu Nasser? Given this is literary fiction, which is character rather than plot driven, perhaps one should start there, with Jaya, the protagonist, and her husband, Akash, who love each other,...

Chant of a Million Women by Shirani Rajapakse is a collection of seventy-three free verse poems which touch on raw and sometimes brutal aspects of the female experience. These can be difficult to discuss and even more difficult to express, but she does it masterfully....

Stoicism 2.0: How Stoic Philosophy Can Improve Your Life in the 21st Century opens with an explanation of the origins of Stoic philosophy. They lie in Greece where Alexander the Great, together with his tutor, Aristotle, succeeded in their search for Diogenes, a man who...

Stories in Verses for the Child You Love is a collection of short tales for preschool children, written and illustrated by Mary Alice Sutherland. In this collection, Sutherland covers topics such as the seasons, the alphabet, animals and insects, and she does so in a...

A Hibernating Bear and a Holiday Hare is a collection of stories and pictures for preschool children, written and illustrated by Mary Alice Sutherland. Sutherland includes a number of natural history stories in this collection besides the title piece. She’s also got a story about...

Trip to the Arctic Frontier: The Adventures of Lorenzo the Bear is written and illustrated by Carmela Dutra and tells the story of Lorenzo and his friend, Lucy. They both enjoy playing in the snow and it is this time of year when Lorenzo usually...

Unshielded Past by Patti Morelli is a sequel to Shielded Past, a story that features interesting elements of mystery and thriller, strong and rock-solid characters, and endearing pathos that rubs off powerfully on the reader. The story revolves around a cast of characters, each burdened...

Are you looking for change? Are you trapped in a rut from which you want to escape? Are you unhappy with the current situations in your life right now? The Power of Certainty: A simple guide to living the life of your dreams by Leonard...

A Confabulated Compendium of Anecdotes by Melissa H North starts off with the story of a bizarre and intriguing murder that leads to Scotland Yard requesting the help of bio science professor Geneviève. The case takes a sudden twist when Geneviève learns the true identity...

El Camino De Santiago by Simon Green is a diary of his journey across northern Spain. For some people this experience is a religious journey, for others a trip perhaps of general interest. Simon begins on day one, and continues right up to the end,...

What happens when the one person who gave meaning to one’s life passes on? Aaliya Reiner seems to lose her grip on life after the death of her mother, and things don’t seem to get better with her sister, Maddalena, who’s estranged and happily enjoying...

The Marked Ones: Ghost Within #1 by Nickey T. Hawke is the story of two people on opposite sides, yet both of them face a task that tests them beyond their limits. The novel follows Kiera and Gideon, both of them competent and skilled people,...

Search for the Sunlight by Craig A Thomson is A Treewood Adventure. The treewoods are a part human, part tree race, a peaceful race, but now that the sunlight has gone and the fog has descended, they are gradually getting more and more depressed. The...

I chose to review this book as I was curious to learn more about the recent history of Rhodesia, later to become Zambia and Zimbabwe. I was not disappointed as in Bushcat: Minstrel of the Wild, the author, John Edmond, takes us through all the...