Alex and Leslie Twisden had it all except a child. They had tried everything they could think of except adoption. Leslie had had enough and so she wanted to stop trying. She wanted to adopt a child but Alex would not hear of it. When...

"The Guardian" by Nicholas Sparks is one of his best tales. Before Julie Barenson’s husband passed away, he gave her a Great Dane puppy named Singer and a promise to always watch over her. After four years Julie was ready to move on with...

"Brimstone" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is the 5th book in the 'Pendergast series'. From the first time I met him in Relic I was hooked on Pendergast. In this installment Jeremy Grove is found murdered in his attic. His body is burned to...

Portia is comfortable in her life as a college admissions recruiter at Princeton University. Her longtime love, Mark, their house, their friends...heck, their whole life together is predictable and wonderfully routine. Her life has not always been this way. In fact, it was a series...

“Who Could That Be at This Hour: All the Wrong Questions” by Lemony Snicket is the first book in a new 'Lemony Snicket series'. The book I am reviewing is an audio book. This tale is told from the point of view of thirteen year...

“The Right Hand” is the code name for Austin Clay, a special type of CIA agent. Clay is black ops (anything the CIA will not acknowledge). This time his assignment is to find and retrieve CIA agent Blake Nelson from Russia. The CIA is uncertain...

Author Liza Klaussmann, descendent of Herman Melville, has written the brilliant novel "Tigers in Red Weather", a story of family strife and secrets. Now the novel has been made into 9 unabridged CD's for readers' listening pleasure. And a pleasure it is, as the upper-class...

In "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer, twins Alex and Conner are transported to a delightful world of enchantment. They enter the world through a magical book given to them by their grandmother. It is a land where fairy tales are...

This is a review of the audio book "Rough Rider: Lords of Deliverance" by Larissa Ione. Narrator Erin Bennett’s voice was a pleasure to listen to and added much to the experience. In “Rough Rider: Lords of Deliverance” we once again meet Reseph, the Demon...

Peter Guralnick’s “Last Train to Memphis” covers the first twenty-four years of the life of Elvis Presley. Most biographies concerning Elvis are a bit hyperbole but not this one. The author’s style is understated allowing the true Elvis to emerge. The author lays aside the...

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...

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...

365 days worth of inspiration is what you will find in Joyce Meyer's "Trusting God Day By Day". The author never disappoints her reader and this book is a treasure indeed, a perfect way to start or end the day. Be lifted up in God's...

It has been said that a person's words are an insight into his or her mind. I believe it to be true! Joyce Meyers sets out to make her readers really think hard about the choice of verbal expression they choose and the ramifications of...

Fans of Jeffery Deaver will be thrilled with his latest offering “Triple Threat: 3 Original Short Stories.” Fans will be thrilled with the return of Kathryn Dance, a police officer with a special talent for reading body language, in 'Fast'. In this short story she...

Life was good for Jamie Matthews at age five. His family closely held his mom, his dad, his twin sisters Rose and Jasmine, and of course him. That wass until September 9th, when a series of terrorist bombs were set off and Rose happened to...

"The Boss of Hampton Beach" is the story of Dan Marlowe, the one-time owner of the ocean-front bar where he now works. The small, summer resort town is buzzing with the shooting deaths of a local charter boat owner and his crewman. What the townspeople...