The Writer With No Hands by Matthew Alford is a true account of an investigation into the death of Hollywood screenwriter, Gary Devore. Matthew Alford has managed to get hold of a file that had never been seen before, the report on the autopsy for...

I enjoyed reading The Grave of Lainey Grace by Aaron Galvin. It is good, lighthearted reading for fans of slice-of-life narration with a touch of fantasy. The main character, Briar Ann Wade, is 10 years old at the start, 12 at the finish. Briar Ann’s...

The Fabulously Fantastic Alfa Romeo: A Short Memoir by Sandra Staas is an interesting story. In it, Staas talks about her beloved car, an Alfa Romeo. She also tells about the adventures she experienced with it in different countries in the '80s. Before reading The...

Samantha Wolf is back and she and her friends are getting into more trouble in The Haunting of Eagle Creek Middle School by Tara Ellis. Now that the mystery at Covington Ranch has been solved and Cassie has been reunited with her sister, things have...

The Road to Kalbakar: Wyrms of Pasandir by Paul E. Horsman is a young adult fiction novel with fantasy, adventure, and magic. This book will appeal most to an audience made up of primarily young adults who enjoy stories of adventure, fantasy, and magic; though...

Annie Wood has dreams. She was an upper housemaid to a very prestigious family and she dreamed of earning her way into the position of lady’s maid. She has a talent with needle and thread and she’s often called upon to improve or alter designer...

The Secret in Mossy Swamp by Rita Monette is a children’s adventure story. Nikki lives with her family in a small houseboat and has to share a room with Jesse, her kid brother who takes great delight in torturing her. Nikki decides she needs her...

The Gold by Krista Wagner is a fantasy storybook for children revolving around Amanda, a fifth grade student. Amanda is a lonely child. She lost her mother when she was young and she lives with her father and sister. Her father is away at work...

The Legend of Ghost Dog Island (Nikki Landry Swamp Legends) is an adventure for children by Rita Monette. Ten-year-old Nikki is sad because her father, a fisherman, has to move their houseboat to another town along the bayou where the crabbing is better. She meets...

The Curse at Pirate Cove: Nikki Landry Swamp Legends is a children’s adventure by Rita Monette. Nikki Landry wants a new bike to replace her damaged one, but Papa can’t afford to buy a new bike for her eleventh birthday. After learning about the legendary...

The Watcher is a young boy, enslaved, as are his family and his friends, by fierce soldier dragons who make them work the fields and do their bidding. But the Watcher is not satisfied with his lot in life. He doesn’t like being a slave....

The Tegen Cave by Inge-Lise Goss is an amazing horror fiction that made me sweat and that is not easy, I can tell you. Sara Jones, the protagonist of the story, knows that her life will not be the same. She ran away from her...

The Second Listening Book: Loaded Question & Other Stories by James Webb is a collection of over ten short stories with an element of Bible principles and scriptures as the foundation. James Webb has taken his background and experience as a Baptist minister in the...

The Lost Burro/El Burrito Perdido by Mary Esparza-Vela is a delightful bilingual storybook for children. Raulito lives with his parents on top of a mountain in Mexico. The family has to travel down the mountainside every day for water. It was a difficult task for...

I guess when someone finds a fitness system that works for them, they are so delighted that they feel obligated to share it with the world. This is a good thing because we all want to be fit. The problem is that the desire to...

As noted in the author’s foreword: “Neighbors and best friends Paul and Felicia hoped they’d be friends forever. But as they change, so does their friendship. He shouldn’t have kissed her...She shouldn’t have liked it. Starting school changed everything.” As what they deemed the minority...

The Prison Guard’s Son by Trace Conger is volume 3 of the Mr. Finn series. This is the final chapter. Thirty years earlier, a horrific crime was committed against a four-year-old boy. Abduction and murder, while the perpetrators themselves were just nine years old. After...

Claire has a best friend. The very best friend of all times. But there is something about Drew that confuses her other friends and her family. Drew simply appears and disappears; avoiding confrontations with other people, declining family dinner invitations, and evading contact with other...

The River Exotic by Grant Oxley is a children’s adventure. It is the story of Thiago, a poor, orphaned boy who struggles to make a living from fishing. While fishing in new waters, he finds an ancient Inca ruin with an inscription about lost gold....

Ruby Masters awakes to just another day on the job of professional messenger. Nothing unusual about that. Her profession is one of financial security, but today it turns into what appears to be more: national security. Thank goodness her best friend is close and by...