The Nameless Dead by Leta Serafim features protagonist and staunch law-abiding Chief Inspector Yiannis Patronas. On his native island of Chios, a young Syrian woman's slain body is discovered at an abandoned refugee camp. As Patronas investigates, he finds himself in the overcrowded camp of...

In Unnatural Selection by Paul C. Edge, DI Jim Kendall and DC Claire Gorwen are investigating some strange deaths that seem like suicides but do not make sense. The victims are all associated with scientific institutions that involve genetics or medical research. When Claire visits...

There are times in life when nothing seems to work, and people find themselves in a spiral of despair. So, how do we navigate the tumultuous moments in our lives and make sure mental health disorders such as trauma or PTSD don't overwhelm us? With...

Where the Crows Watch is the first book in the Black Harvest Trilogy by L.C. Williams. The Harris family has been the resident tenant farmers of Malumdon Farm since 1852. Henry Harris grew up on the farm with his siblings, learning from his mother how...

In Another Time by Jessie Winterspring is a feel-good time-travel romance spanning decades and exploring love across shifting timelines. In 2020, Leo is twenty-seven and still living with his grandparents. He has been in love for years with a girl he once saw in an...

Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote, "Home is the nicest word there is." That’s exactly what Brownie, a stray dog, hopes for in Brownie’s Adventures: Island Tales of a Dog from Trinidad by Manuela Giger. Every day, she wanders the beaches and sidewalks of Trinidad, hungry not...

The Nakamura Conjecture by Hitsumei Mitame defies classification even as it grips your imagination. What ties together anomalies like the disappearance of a farmer in colonial Virginia in 1709 with the massive species die-offs in our times? Konrad Crane is a small-town science journalist from...

Hungary: Months ago Count Mathias Duma and his English born wife were attacked by wolves. His wife was killed. Mathias was bitten and turned into a werewolf. England: Katherine’s favorite book in her uncle’s library was Destiny and Astrology. She had just curled up with the book...

The premise of this book is that the Witness Protection Program hides people in the past, "The Janus Project". Veteran John Callan witnessed something he wished he hadn’t. It cost him the lives of his wife and daughter. He wanted revenge on Morgan Ropp, instead...

One thing Blake knows about himself is that he is a Super Hero. Blake never thinks he is better than anyone else; he just knows he has choices to make each day, and he tries to make the right ones. One big choice Blake’s mom...

The Classroom CEO made me wonder if Deborah Prichard was going to discuss how administrators could better manipulate their employees. The subtitle, Empowering Teachers Through the Use of Business Leadership Principles, made me worry that a “bottom line" or "impossible accountability" would make teaching even...

Orion by A.S. Johnson is truly a lovely story of two friends who find out that they are really meant for each other in the most adorable and beautiful way. Commander Susan Davis is the pilot of the space shuttle Orion. Chance Walker is an...

True Miracles with Genealogy: Help from Beyond the Veil by Anne Bradshaw is a fascinating look at researching family trees. Bradshaw has compiled many stories of people who have been assisted in their research from those who have already passed on. One such researcher tells...

Stephanie Burkhart is a highly talented author, showing skills of a seasoned author. Her characters are unique, along with individual personalities, and with a plot line that is truly interesting, this story really comes to life before the reader's eyes. She grips the reader instantly,...

Parker Hill is a twenty-year-old college student who is on the cusp of knowing what he wants to do with his life. His father, who is a judge, wants Parker to follow the family into law, but Parker has other ideas; he thinks he might...

Guardians of the Crystal Skulls is the first book in a new series. Linda Arena offers readers a science fiction series that will keep readers coming back for more. The Earth is facing catastrophic changes from a shift in the Earth's axis. Earthquakes, tsunamis, and...

Charles Bourne, thinking he has terminal cancer and life has nothing left to offer, despite having Sarah and a baby on the way, teams up with several people and embarks on daring stunts that could potentially end in death - and does. Sarah tries to...

This Doesn’t Happen In The Movies by Renee Pawlish is a story about one wannabe private-eye named Reed Ferguson. With a love of the old movies and detective shows, his favorite is The Big Sleep with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, and he plans on...

In this collection of poems, David McDonald lays out the ugly truth of war and its negative effects on soldiers and on our planet. The poem, "A Poppy," was heartwarming in that it expressed the feelings of a flower who wanted to honor the fallen...

Total Blueprint for World Domination seeks to provide the reader with a boilerplate guide to analyze an individual’s goals in life and how to achieve them. These are presented in segments that deal with exploring your feelings, identifying your loves and passions, and what are...