Alex Cross, a detective dedicated to his job, his wife, children and his Nana! But the things he cherishes most are threatened when a foreign radical religious group take their hatred of Americans out on innocent citizens. Then the U.S. President's children are abducted! ...

This is a delightful tale worthy of the original master. It is a story about Sherlock Holmes in the case of "The House of Silk". It is well-told, entertaining, and full of Arthur Conan Doyle’s flavor. The tale is done from John Watson’s point of...

Before John Corey began a danger-filled career in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, he was a New York City homicide detective. Nelson DeMille relates a short story about a bookseller’s corpse in the appropriately named Dead End Book Store. Almost immediately, Corey determines that the...

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,...

It is 1946 and Christina Tucker is ready for a new start in life. A nurse who has cared for injured WW11 soldiers, she moves to Longstock, Wisconsin, to work for Dr. Samuel Barlow, a general practitioner. Christina is soon smitten with Dr. Barlow's nephew,...

The story is read by Kevin T. Collins in a clear voice, yet it made me feel a bit tired listening to the monotonous rendition. I would have liked to have someone more exciting to do the job. This is a coming of age fantasy....

Espionage, murder, deception: many things that Jason Bourne has had to deal with all his adult life. His mission now is the hardest he has had: he has to try to save the United States' precious natural resources. In his mission to protect those resources...

Great blistering barnacles! Our hero, young reporter Tintin (with a nose for news) stumbles across a find among the odds and ends at the Old Street Market: a model of The Unicorn, a ship which belonged to Sir Francis Hannock, who lost his fortune...

“Say what you wanted about Molly’s extracurricular outfits; at least she had the guts to take a fashion risk. It was the thing that had drawn me to her last year, at the start of middle school. Marquette forced all incoming sixth graders to attend...

Henry loved baseball. In fact, he lived for baseball. He was a natural shortstop; the ball and his glove were like magnet to steel. Life as he knew it would cease to exist as he is discovered and recruited to a liberal arts university. Thriving...

When motherless boarding school student and New York native Nore Robbins travels Shadow Grove to meet her new stepmother and her two children (after losing his wife, novelist Chuck Robbins has remarried very quickly), she experiences culture shock. Not only is the south hot and...

In the small seaside town of Manduwoc, memories of better economic times looms over the heads of the shoe-string community. Luanne Devore is the tie that binds them together and that is not for a good reason...she has a habit of spreading horrible gossip. Her...

She waited for her beloved husband for four long years and then he was by her side again. Doc McCoy is a master criminal with nerves of steel. He will do whatever it takes to get what he wants, in this case taking down a...

James Patterson and Nail Mahon teamed up to pen "Toys". Could this be a look at humanity's future? Mankind did a lousy job in taking care of the earth so that they created super enhanced beings to clean up the mess. The Elite formed a...

"Adrenaline" by Jeff Abbott has great potential. The plot is a thriller. Sam Capra is a CIA agent; he and his wife Lucy are expecting a child and living in London. Sam is in the midst of delivering an intelligence report when Lucy calls begging...

Too often sex carries negative connotations even into marriage. Pastor Ed Young discusses God, sex and marriage. In Genesis we are told that God created everything and that includes sex. Pastor Ed Young stresses that God has blessed marriages with the physical act of sex....

"Angel" picks up where "Fang" left off. "Fang" has left the flock leaving Max distraught. The more time she spends with Dylan the more she feels drawn to him; after all he was created to be her mate. The mad scientists are determined to convince...

We all knew David Baldacci was more than capable of penning a thriller but recently he has stretched his wings by adding a new genre to his repertoire. I quickly fell in love with his new style when I read "One Summer". "The Christmas Train"...

John Feinstein, a long time sports reporter and best selling author, shares his experiences from his college internship to the present day. This book is a personal glimpse into the roller coaster ride his professional career and personal life have been through as he captures...