A brilliant read… Set in the 1960s Baltimore, this stunning mystery follows the story of Madeline Schwartz, a Jewish housewife who decides to divorce her husband of eighteen years after realizing her desire to achieve something in life other… Read More ›
Mystery
Honour the Dead by John Anthony Miller
Perceptive, perfectly paced… a brilliant whodunit! Miller’s insightful, well-plotted fifth murder mystery is set in Lake Como, a quiet, serene town in Italy. Psychiatrist Joseph Barnett, a WWI veteran, is struggling with PTSD when Penelope Jones, wife of Alexander… Read More ›
Permanent Position by Sid Stark
Riveting… total fun! Stark takes a quirky, humorous look at the gritty backstage of higher education in America in the third installment of Dr. Rowena Halley series. Rowena is in Charlotte, North Carolina for a semester long teaching position and… Read More ›
The Secrets by Jane Adams
An enjoyable police procedural… At the heart of this darkly themed police procedural lie bitterness, hatred; fear, trauma; and child abuse. Detective Inspector Mike Croft is working through a convicted pedophile Fletcher’s upcoming appeal. Fletcher previously claimed to have… Read More ›
Campus Confidential (A Doctor Rowena Halley Novel, #1) by Sid Stark
Brilliantly-written and highly entertaining, a must read… Campus Confidential introduces the gutsy Doctor Rowena Halley, a new PhD professor who gets a temporary teaching job at poverty wages in New Jersey. While the job doesn’t help her with her quickly… Read More ›
Lying Next to Me by Gregg Olsen
Intense, suspenseful, and an engrossing read… Adam and Sophie Warner are holidaying for the Memorial Day weekend to unwind and to fill the gaps seeping in their relationship. A stranger kidnaps Sophie on the first morning of their trip… Read More ›
Road Shrines (The Richard Carter Novels #8) by A.R. Simmons
Definitely one of the best whodunits… A. R. Simmons remarkably maintains suspense up to the last page in his eighth outing for Richard Carter, a cop in rural Ozark sheriff’s department. An unauthorized exhumation leads to the discovery of… Read More ›
All the Broken People by Amy Rivers
Interesting premise, brilliant descriptions, and relatable characters make All the Broken People an addictive read… Writer at a woman’s magazine Alice Bennett, the vulnerable protagonist of this moving story, is struggling to rebuild her marriage while trying to leave… Read More ›
Muff Stuff by Ann Royal Nicholas
Believable characters; witty dialogue; and a blend of books, baking, and pet antics make Muff Stuff a breezy read… Nicholas’s 3rd mystery, Muff Stuff, set in LA’s Southland, finds Sarah, a baking whiz and member of LA’s most dynamic… Read More ›
Tied to Deceit by Neena H. Brar
This book, more literary than traditional crime fiction, is intricated plotted, filled with dark motives, ordinary lives and richly textured characters… “The curtains were drawn and the splendour of the morning sun through the vast window had been illuminating an… Read More ›