Jackpot is one of Susan Fleet’s Frank Renzi crime novels and, although it is the fourth in the series, it takes the form of a prequel to the previous books, covering Frank’s earlier years in Boston, Massachusetts. The book finds Frank at a critical point...

In Hills of Exile by McNonwuun, we meet Isaac Kline. He was a promising bio-medical student when he was offered the opportunity to join a research team. Isaac was horrified when he realized he had helped to create the poison that would be used to...

Future Prometheus II by J.M. Erickson is a collection of three novellas which continue the story of a future earth called Nemericana. Nemericana is a fast-paced twenty-second century world at war, full of compelling and richly textured human and non-human characters. In exploring the various...

As the Psalmist said, “I thirst for God; the living God,” mankind still seeks that soul-quenching water which was offered through Christ. The Well-Watered Life by Todd L. Shuler uses the images and symbols of water in the desert and, most specifically, the images which...

Author Cat Michaels and illustrator Irene A. Jahns do a wonderful job of presenting a children's story about a young girl Jenna who loses her blue plush stuffed rabbit named Fuzzy. They were always together and when Jenna had to go to school, or someplace...

Victim of Circumstance by Douglas Rappaport is an introspective book analyzing, among other things, the possibility of love. Conceived as a memoir, the author recollects defining moments in his life, from his relationship with his mother and her death, to his two failed marriages and...

The Bridge Club by H.M. Edwards is a fascinating look into generations of America, and a crime that can haunt families through decades. The Bridge Club meets on Saturdays. They share their lives over the cards, but one of the things they share is a...

Stinger Maguire is Mike Bove’s second Bruce DelReno mystery, following on from 2011’s Willowtree. In this instalment, retired postman and current golf coach, Bruce, finds the tortured and battered body of local boy made good - PGA golfer, Taryn ‘Stinger’ Maguire - gruesomely displayed in...

Mikey Wright is obsessed with baseball. And he comes by it honestly. His father loves Mickey Mantle with such a passion that when he is diagnosed with cancer, Mikey is convinced that an afternoon of playing catch with his hero will cure the disease and...

Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Project by Jack Mayer is the biography of Irena Sendler who was instrumental in saving the lives of 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto during World War II. Though her contribution was first suppressed by the Polish...

Maggie has lost her father, but is he really gone? That is the question in The Weeping Willow Sings by Billie Grable. With a history of mental illness and a rough experience in the Gulf War, John is never quite the same and his daughter,...

I just know young readers are going to love the story of The Lost Mermaid. This delightful book is written by Jan DiRuzzo and tells an entertaining tale of a mermaid named Lily. Lily got separated from her family, and is all alone in an...

Rocko, the Christmas Bat by James L. King III is the cute story of Rocko the bat, the Halloween decoration who gets left out when the other decorations are put away. This gives him the opportunity to be there for Thanksgiving and watch all the...

Sherlock Holmes: The Ultimate Satyr Collection by Pennie Mae Cartawick contains ten of the author’s Sherlock short stories. There are some very good stories in this collection. In each episode, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson are pitted against seemingly insurmountable odds as they unravel...

Sherlock Holmes: The Flight Collection by Pennie Mae Cartawick contains three short Sherlock Holmes stories by this author. Included are: The Case of the Missing Mayan Codices; Murders on the Voyage to India; and The Heist. All three are true to character, imaginative and entertaining....

Sherlock Holmes: The Mystery of the Faceless Bride by Pennie Mae Cartawick joins several other Sherlock Holmes mysteries written by this author. In The Mystery of the Faceless Bride, Holmes and Watson have just returned home from a night at the theater when a disheveled...

Twisted (Volume 1) by Brittany Hawes is the first part of the Twisted series which revolves around Lola Phillips, who from a young, smart and homeless kid transforms into a secret agent. Lola Phillips is a spoilt child. One day when Lola wakes up, she...

Around sixty-three million years ago, on the planet Mars, the balance between technology and nature has been achieved. That is until a catastrophic event occurs. The Gemini planetoids between Mars and Jupiter suddenly fall out of their orbits and are set for a collision course...

Blue Summer Moon: An Anthology of Short Stories, Plays, and Poetry by E. L. Henry is an exquisite collection that will stimulate readers with its whimsical, magical, and urban themes. The lyrical and musical quality of the poems, the urban and contemporary feel of the...

We all deal with pain and loss in our own way. Kelsie cuts. In Breaking Free by S.M. Koz, Kelsie is consumed with guilt and grief over losing her best friend in a car accident for which she feels responsible. She soon relies on her...