In The Backyard Detectives: Operation Family Mystery by Christal Majestic, readers are introduced to siblings Rose and Jacob, who wake up in the night because they hear whispering downstairs. Out of curiosity, they quietly eavesdrop on their parents’ conversation, and to their dismay, they hear...

Bryan’s Bluff by C.D. Sharpe is a gripping mystery thriller that follows Alex Abrams, a fiercely resilient homicide detective, as she returns to her hometown of Summer Haven, Arkansas, to uncover the truth behind the suspicious death of her childhood friend, Shawn. What begins as...

Cooper’s Creek by C.D. Sharpe is the second installment in the Alex Abrams series. The novel opens with a high-stakes plane crash that sets the tone for the ensuing chaos. Alex Abrams, a former Air Force veteran turned homicide detective, is drawn into a web...

The Secret Cave and the Light of the World by Sheila Hara follows Hiro, Lani, Wazi, and their parents as they set out to explore a cave marked on an old map. Led by Papa, they carefully follow the path underground, encountering natural obstacles like...

Who Banged the Big Bang! Trans-Scientific Mysteries by Prabha Karan is a deeply reflective exploration of life’s most primal riddles. Karan takes a bold stride beyond conventional science and into the territory of the Infinite, posing not just philosophical puzzles, but also dissecting the mechanisms...

In Shadows of Deceit by Timothy R. Baldwin, private investigator Cassie Maddox's case started with a cheating husband, but soon turned into something more dangerous. Cassie had just begun her career as a private investigator, and her investigation was connected to financial crimes. Cassie has...

Counterpoint: SummerFest Series Book Two by Barbara Burt is an old-fashioned “whodunnit” with the added spice of a classical musical background. Allegra Brester has been in and around the Maine Summerfest Music Festival most of her life. Although an accomplished cellist in her own right,...

Those Alien Skies by Clayton Graham is a collection of three partially related science fiction novellas. These take readers on an extraordinary journey to Mars and beyond into a world of vastly superior beings and technology that can only be dreamed of in an author’s...

A Haunting at Hawthorn and Other Ghostly Tales by Gail Grant Park follows the Gallagher sisters, Nuala, Moira, and Deirdre, who run a supernatural detective agency in Ireland called Gallagher Investigations. This story centers around Hawthorn House, a large ancestral property located in Kildare....

Cold Justice is another Buck Taylor mystery from Chuck Morgan. Buck Taylor is back with another case to crack. A sniper attack at a Colorado ski resort leaves dead and injured behind, and it’s down to Buck and his team to find the killer before...

The Dead Don’t Pay (A James Wolf Murder Mystery) by James Arthur Donzella is a fast-moving detective murder mystery with smuggling thrown in for good measure, and a bit of romance on the side. From the start of the book, I found myself turning the...

Asleep Ever After by Carol E. Ayer is a captivating mystery set in StoryWorld, a children's literature theme park. The story follows Ashling Cleary, the park’s owner and manager, as she navigates the chaos that ensues after the murder of Hollywood star Katrina Irvine during...

Untied Lines by DL Mitchell is a thrilling murder mystery. When his career as a special agent comes to a sudden end, Mick Nassau is lost. An invitation from his best friend Jack to visit him in Key West seems like a great idea, until...

T. N. Traynor's The Mistletoe Heist is a cozy mystery novel that revolves around Eleanor Carstone, a woman who thinks she’s just going to enjoy a lovely Regency-themed Christmas weekend at Winterbourne Hall. Instead, she gets pulled into an unexpected mystery. When the priceless Mistletoe...

The Write Way to Die by Beth Prentice is the first book in the Murder by the Book Mystery series. Aubrey Jackson has received every writer’s dream: an invitation to participate in a writer’s retreat. And to add to the excitement, the host is none...

Foul Play in Franklin by Pamela McCord begins with Erin Bailey inheriting Alice Chapman’s house, money, and cat in Franklin, Tennessee. Upon moving in, Erin suffers a near-fatal fall and discovers her new cat, Peekaboo, can speak. Peekaboo reveals that Alice was murdered, not the...

Bunny and Fawn: The Midnight Creature Mystery is a children's adventure by Michael Lingo. This picture book follows Bunny and Fawn, two sisters who have been together for a very long time. After a devastating storm, Bunny and Fawn are forced to live near the...

Fortune's Final Frenzy by Tana L. H. Boerger follows Philip and Genevieve Warwick at Wilmingrove Hall, hosting Baron Friedrich von Bassewitz, his family, and other guests on a grouse shoot. During the shoot, Freddie’s ex-wife is discovered dead under suspicious circumstances, prompting a police investigation...

A Bloody Banquet by Gail Meath is a captivating novel about Preston Stone, an investigator who has been trying to get some information about Vivian Steele, a fashion designer, because he suspects her to be tied to a crime. The annual Hollywood Awards Banquet took...

Echoes From a Missing Generation by Christina Suzann Nelson is a “whodunit” with a difference. At the height of the Vietnam War, as America’s youth were being called up to serve their country, many questioned what America was doing, sacrificing their young men in a...