The British Olympic team and the Para Olympic team are to be housed (sequentially) at the Aldershot army base over the next forty days, and Sergeant Major Crane is in charge of their security. Also present are some invited officers from the Afghan army for...

If you could strike a deal that would make all your problems vanish overnight, wouldn't it? That is exactly what happens in the book “The Gift” by Jonathan Lynch. Michael, the main character, is a pimply-faced, thin, 17-year-old teenager struggling with the daily torment of...

Almigal thinks she is the luckiest girl in the world. Why? Because she has so many friends, and each friend is special because she or he is different. Some of Almigal’s friends are Willie, who wears glasses that make him look smarter, her Spanish friend...

"CottonTop and the Mysterious Shadows" by R. J. Ryan is a great children's story that introduces us to Cory and Katy. These two kids are happy campers when their parents let them go into the woods by themselves for the first time. When they walk...

Anti-Drug Matter by Deviled Tongue delves into the exciting world of the law enforcement officers who handle the drug world. It introduces us to twin brothers who are both detectives on a drug enforcement beat. Shamel takes on the NYPD narcotics unit while his brother...

Short and Simple: A Collection of Short Stories by R.L. Jones is a collection of stories with various themes such as love, angst and even vampire. The title says it all. Yet, there are some stories that I don’t find simple to understand. “Awakening: The...

Meet the New Boss by Drew Davis opens with the cold-blooded murder of Leo Gallaraga, former boss of all the crews in East Dallas, Texas. Tom Hill pulled the trigger. But no one could blame him. Hill did what he had to do: take out...

It was supposed to be a fun night out dancing with her friend. Ava did not expect to be abducted and taken aboard the Center Space station to be a ‘kitten’ – a sex slave. Voc, a deadly assassin, rescued her and together with Bob...

The Spark by John Kenny is set in the aftermath of a fire which claimed the life of one firefighter and left another, Donny, in critical condition. Slightly over a year later, Donny returns to work, doing the same thing as before, putting out fires...

Bizzy the Hardworking Bee Volume 8 (Honeybee Series) by Jeanette Vuuren is the eighth book in the Honeybee series. Like the previous volumes, the book is educational and it tells young readers about the chores of the worker bees for the whole week. The layout...

A Job for Joe by Joe Paris Lee takes a humorous look at Joe's working life. Joe has had no less than 56 jobs in 60 years, something of a record perhaps. A Job for Joe takes us into the roller-coaster ride of his attempts...

Imagine yourself struggling for your life and for the life of the one you love. Imagine being pulled away from your home, taken to a facility where you are abused by the very same people that were meant to serve and protect you. Imagine that...

Fayvel’s Notebook: From China’s Ganglands to the Warsaw Ghetto and Beyond, by Philippe Smolarski, centers around a slippery but fascinating character who started out as a member of the Warsaw Jewish criminal underworld and eventually became the leader of an international drug smuggling ring headquartered...

The Opening by J. Blanes is the first novel in a young adult science fiction series called The Universal Portals. I consider it exceptional in its genre. The science makes sense, the teenage characters are interesting and believable, and the writing and pace are good....

Bells on Her Toes by Diana J. Febry is a murder mystery with an equine slant. DCI Peter Hatherall and Detective Fiona Williams investigate a suspicious fire in a barn on the Elmsgrove Estate, and find a body in the barn. The Earl of Ditchburn...

Activate Your Passion, Create Your Career by Madison Hildebrand is a powerful memoir/self-help/how-to guide. Most people know Madison as the handsome and sweet Real Estate Broker on Bravo TV’s “Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles”, but what you may not know is included in the book....

Run Rachael Run by Patricia Paris is a 'read-worthy' book which is well written with a credible plot. It is a treat for romance lovers and mystery lovers alike. The protagonist, Rachael, is a spirited individual who is attracted to the handsome detective, Eugene Simms,...

Relapse by Jake Anderson begins with an admission that, like a good fisherman, he would have become a proud alcoholic. But before he could become addicted to alcohol, skate boarding became his close companion and his “first addiction.” A horrible accident separates him from skateboarding...

Screwed: Dancing with the Generals by Sergiu Viorel Urma is a historical memoir, an autobiography of Urma, a reporter for The Associated Press news agency in Communist Romania. Urma spent forty years as an Associated Press reporter in Romania, Eastern Europe, and in the US....

Jodie Broom: The Book of the Rose is book two in Julie Hodgson’s children’s and preteen fantasy/science fiction series, with illustrations by Alexandre Vieira. Jodie keeps on revisiting the past, trying to see if she can somehow manipulate time to avert the crash that put...