Gary Eagan was shocked when the sheriff arrested him for theft. The ventriloquist had been a popular entertainer at the Placid Hotel and Casino for many years. Eagan turned to his old friend John Michaels, magician and private investigator, for help. Eagan’s lawyer, Wayne McCarthy,...

"The Student’s Advantage" by Wyne Ince, part of the iUseMyBrain2 project, is more than inspirational. It is informative, encouraging and expertly presented. Part 1, Getting Started, is an honest discussion of the importance of education whilst also acknowledging that not everyone is cut out for...

"Bountiful Creek" by Steven B. Weissman is a beautiful love story. Martha Somerville is the main character and I loved her from page one through the tear-jerking last page. It is the spring of 1861 in Bountiful Creek, Virginia, and we find Martha living with...

What do a dog, a parrot and an opera have in common? When you read Scott Ferrell’s new children’s book “Sing! Sing!", you will find out! I had the joy of meeting Gaston the dog and his best friend Gregorie the bird in Jackie Ferrell's...

“Minotaur Revisited” by David Gelber is an enchanting trip through history, from the days of Greek Mythology to the present. A unique twist to the story lies in the fact that it is told from the eye-witness perspective of the famed Minotaur, whose death at...

The setting is Compton, California, in 1987 and Edith Hicks and her identical twin sister Edna are about to graduate from high school. Edith has full scholarships to several colleges lined up but Edna does not. Their mother and stepfather, Dave, care about the girls...

Rhonda Hero has written a poignant collection of poems in which she bares her soul and grows to a personal awakening. In "She Has Awaken" the reader will be taken from severe instances of childhood abuse to a gradual understanding that life can still be...

Kasey Montgomery has come home for her cousin Beth's funeral. Kasey and Beth were raised by their grandparents after their parents' deaths. After thinking long and hard about Beth, Kasey decides that her death was not suicide but murder and sets out to find out...

Private investigator Jake Brown has a new case. Although all he is provided is a worn photograph and a date, he is determined to do what he does best, find missing people. When he arrives in the city of Cognito he immediately feels a kinship...

Wes Karchut, MBA, and Darby Karchut, M.Ed. have written a tool that can be used by teenagers, parents and pretty much anybody who needs guidance in their financial decisions. This book takes the reader through a general teaching of how to handle, plan and make...

"Life Lessons from the Chocolate Factory: 10 Rich, Satisfying Nuggets to Nibble On" written by Christopher Holl is a book that will give you a new perspective on everyday life using lessons from the classic "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory." This book is divided...

"You = Love," written by Tricia Klinkhamer, illustrated by Dean Cercone and edited by Kara Keffer, is a children's concept book focusing on the concept that each person can show love to others. This book is filled with images and statements about love and about...

Ginny Dearing wants to be a teacher. She has the education but no job. Brett Silverfeather is the sheriff of Three Trees and finds Ginny's ad on the internet. He contacts her about a job at the local high school. Ginny is very interested, but...

"Hide! Hide!" is the third book in Scott Ferrell’s series of e-reader books for children. This time we follow Mr. Marceau’s favorite friends, Springer Spaniel Gaston and Gregorie the parrot in an interesting game of hide and seek. Only Gregorie takes this game on a...

Corrine lay in a hospital bed in ICU as her daughter Bobbie Jean sat vigilantly next to her. The once beautiful petite woman was almost unrecognizable. After she lost Ludy she changed. She loved her children dearly but life wasn’t worth continuing without her precious...

"Alexander's Lighthouse" is a story set in Alexandria during the Imperium of Domitian. The setting is historical, but it creates major events that did not happen, so it is not entirely a historical novel. The story is generally well-written and produced, and the writing flows...

Craig Ridgway leaves his well-educated home at the age of fifteen because he cannot imagine being in school another year. He moves from Philadelphia to Lancaster where he apprentices himself to the master-gunsmith Jakob Wetzel. When Jakob dies in January 1811, twenty-one year-old Craig loses...

In 1975, Darwin McClain finds an old Civil War era breastplate buried in the ground while he is readying the fields of his home in eastern Tennessee for planting. His wife Marty cleans it off and puts the breastplate in a drawer in their home...

Another catastrophic "annihilation of civilization" book. A comet collides with the sun, setting off tremendous stellar indigestion that wipes out most of the Earth, splits continents, causes huge mutations, and so on. A number of people are selected and saved in a deep underground facility,...

Fifteen year old Collie lives in Middletown and understands that to live in Middletown is better than living below in Ganty where people drink, fornicate, and do all sorts of unacceptable things. In Middletown, most residents are craftsmen and Collie's father is one of them,...