Blood Fund: A Novel by R.C. Westyn is just so good for a debut novel. A fine meld of drama, intrigue, and crime, set in the very place where money is kept; behind the portals of Wall Street. Combine a hedge fund, a cast of...

The Identity Thief: A Hollis Morgan Mystery is a sleuth mystery novel written by R. Franklin James. While this is not the first book in this series, the author provides enough background information for it to be read as a standalone novel. Hollis’s supervising partner,...

An American Cage: A Prison-break Psychological Thriller by Ted Galdi is a spellbinding, action-packed, and emotionally intense novel that follows three prisoners after they break out from a Texas maximum-security prison. Now out of prison, Danny Marsh, a twenty-something-year-old man, convicted for a crime he...

A friendly and curious little snail goes out on a trail one day in the storybook Choopick: A Tale of a Little Snail by Tal Shimizu. It goes to the golden bees and asks them whether they can take a break for a while to...

Connecting the Dots to the Caliphate: A Primer for the Thinking Person by Shanbreen is an excellent book on the current state of affairs regarding terrorism in the world and its links with Islamic extremist groups. Clearly a lot of research and thought has gone...

Melinda Gamble is a young, idealistic schoolmarm who takes a job in Idaho 3,000 miles away from her hometown, Boston. In Idaho, early on Melinda has an unpleasant encounter with outlaws who rob a bank where she is in the process of completing a...

Edith and the Mysterious Stranger takes place in the early 1900s when an independent woman was still a novelty. Linda Weaver Clarke skillfully incorporates her family heritage into this romantic work. A woman’s choices were limited after she married, so Edith was determined to find...

Jumping Over Shadows is a nonfiction historical memoir written by Annette Gendler. Annette hadn’t really wanted to go to her friend Michael’s birthday party; her father had died unexpectedly just three weeks before that. Michael was insistent, however, and he promised that being among some...

The Vestals Conspiracy: Prequel To The Nina Monte Mystery Thriller Series is an historical fiction mystery written by Tomasz Chrusciel. Professor Filippo Oliveri’s recent discovery was the high point and culmination of his life’s work. The site was remarkably well preserved, from the wall decorations...

In 1919, Boston City, Joshua Oates is a hard-drinking former police captain and WWI veteran who now works as a private investigator. His trouble starts when a woman named Beverly Bennett walks into his office and hires him for a case. Next thing he knows,...

Beyond Rock Bottom: A Collection of Poetry by Kara Petrovic is a compilation of the author's prose, chronicling some incredibly dark and difficult times in life. There is a cautionary clause as the book begins, a trigger warning for depictions that include suicide, mental illness,...

Suhasini Mukherjee's Luth: A Place Called Home brims with poems and words that cannon solidly into your gut. The poetry is in free-verse style and encapsulates perfectly some of the subject matters that she touches upon throughout her chapbook, those subjects being love, life, and...

If you enjoy a good murder mystery built on unexpected plot twists and a fascinating cast of characters, this one is for you. The Study of Silence: A Lady Evelyn Mystery is the third book in the series by Malia Zaidi. Set in England in...

Author Allyson R. Abbott’s book, How to Navigate the Path from Writing to Publishing, has a kindly voice that beckons much like a bygone relative that you will never get the chance to meet again; it has a sound that speaks of knowledge. The content...

How to Navigate the Social Media Maze by authors Allyson R. Abbott and Donna Wolz is fully loaded with everything a beginner writer, or a seasoned writer, could possibly need in regard to social media. The tone of the advice inside its pages is smart...

How to Navigate the Road to Building Reviews: A 'Go To' Handbook for All Authors by authors Allyson R. Abbott and Donna Wolz is an informative compilation and explanation of how to go about finding reviews, and what these particular businesses/websites/social media forums entail....

An abused woman must face her fears and accept the fact that she is married to a monster in the gut-twisting short story, Me Too, by Belinda Bennett. Casey has been a victim of her wealthy husband's maniacal temperament since she met him. Because she...

The Longest Midnight: A Zombie Novel is a post-apocalyptic horror novel written by J.J. Fowler. It had been twenty years since Captain Joshua Drake had entered the army at the tender age of sixteen. Now he looked far older than his age, and the battle...

This in-depth martial arts manual teaches the theoretical and practical basics of Krav Maga, the form of martial arts used by the IDF in Israel. Krav Maga is spreading in popularity. Edgar Fernandez, the author of Krav Maga Self Defense For Everybody, runs the Krav...

For fans of adventure, travel, and memoirs, Travels with Vamper: A Graybeard’s Journey by George Critchlow contains amazing surprises, great entertainment and a rare injection of humor in the narrative that will compel readers to keep on turning the pages. After four decades of teaching...