Death of a Billionaire by Tucker May is a marvelous cozy crime mystery. It is June 8, 2028, in Silicon Valley. The world’s richest person, tech mogul Barron Aloysius Fisk, is shot dead in his office. Detectives Tanner and Reyes discover evidence pointing to Alan...

In Sean Quarmby's Room 23, John Quinlan became a member of the U.S. Secret Service, where he was assigned to the Counterfeit Currency unit. Quinlan’s objective was to dismantle a covert scheme designed to perfect the APEX counterfeit $100 bill that was circulating in the...

In the book In Jake's Shoes by Andrew C. Phillips, when Jake Gatlin is killed while serving overseas, his family gathers at their home in Oakton, North Carolina, as winter rain falls and Christmas approaches. During the hours following the funeral, his father, Marshall, slips...

I'm not a big memoir reader; I prefer the stuff that isn't so realistic and that I can get lost in. But, occasionally, I find an author who can create their memoir in such a way that hits home with me and sucks me into...

Bradley Wallace Murphy just turned thirteen, and life sucks. He doesn’t fit in at school, he is no good at sports, a bully torments him, he is a disappointment to his parents, and his only “friends” are fictional characters on a TV show called “Dark...

The premises of the book "Corporate Escape: The Rise of the New Entrepreneur" by Maite Barón begins with the tale of the eagle who, in order to live beyond forty years, has to go through a process of change. This implies flying to a mountain...

Sofie and Alex come from two different worlds. Alex is an agent who is working to bring a drug mafia down and avenge his friend. When he is in the game, he is in it with his whole self. There is nothing to distract him...

What’s In Your 24 by Dana Simone Stovall condenses lots of common sense into just 60 pages. A time management system at its core, it really is so much more. Stovall’s gimmick is to list the hours in a day (12 of them) and provide...

Good Morning, World! by the mysterious Mrs. D, is a classic children's book. The illustrations were rendered superbly, in brilliant and vivid colors, by Eladziem. This is not another “A-B-C” book, or “1-2-3” learner. In fact, what this book teaches best is reading! I find...

Troubled Water is the third in John DeDakis's United States-set crime thriller series featuring Lark Chadwick, a young and ballsy investigative newspaper journalist with a nose for a sharp headline, a clever angle, and the solving of murders. This book sees Lark leave her Wisconsin...

Birdbrain by Virginia Arthur is a sweeping semi-autobiographical chronicle (the author states in the foreword that many of the book’s events actually happened) of the life of a birder biologist/conservationist whose journey takes her to some of America’s most biologically diverse and unspoiled places. Protagonist...

Night Shadows by Theodore J. Cohen, PhD, is a murder mystery right out of NYPD case files, or so it seems. Detective-Investigator Louis Martelli and his partner, Sean O’Keeffe, found themselves with an unexpected murder on their hands when Deputy Coroner Michael Antonetti’s assistant discovered...

Runaway Clothes by Mrs. D joins this author’s growing list of good quality children’s books. The illustrations in this volume are superbly drawn by the very talented Chanoa, making this a delight to read, regardless of your age. Young Nika awakens one morning to discover...

A man awakes in a mausoleum, with no idea how he got there or who he is. As his memories are hazy, the murals on the walls seem to hold clues to his identity. When he finally has the chance to get out from the...

It’s all in there: literature, science, history, art, mythology, romance, mysticism; from Fibonacci to physics, A Confederacy of Joy by Juan-Paolo Perre has something for every taste. Reading Juan-Paolo Perre’s impeccably crafted poetry and prose is like meeting the world’s most brilliant conversationalist in a...

Losing Him, Gaining You: Divorce as Opportunity by Corbin Lewars is a book that is helpful to those who are going through the process of a divorce. No one wants to end a marriage, but this book comes in handy to those who are going...

Grief is a very powerful emotion. It can take over your entire life and turn it upside down in the blink of an eye. In Creative Grieving by Elizabeth Berrien, you will learn more about the process of grief from someone who has been there....

It’s time to rock in Gone For You by Jayne Frost. Cameron Knight lives his life by one rule: love ‘em, love ‘em good and after a good roll in the sack, leave ‘em smiling and sighing your name. As Cameron is a guitarist for...

Spinner is another great book by the author Michael J Bowler, who also penned the Children of the Knight series. Spinner tells the story of a teenage boy, Alex, who suffers from Spina Bifida and has to use a wheelchair, and his gang of special-ed(ucation)...

Kathryn Meyer Griffith’s Four Spooky Short Stories is surreal and its haunting theme will keep readers turning the pages. The collection opens with Ghost Brother; the tragedy of a man named Bobby, who’s manipulated by the ghost of his dead brother, Gerald. I sympathize with...