The Devil’s Highway: A True Story by Luis Alberto Urrea is advertised as the story of 26 men who crossed the Mexican American border into the desert of Arizona to Devil’s Highway. Twenty six entered the desert, but only twelve came out alive. Urrea discussed...

To Be Sung Underwater was written by Tom McNeal. The plot centers on Judith, a married woman going through a midlife crisis. The text moves smoothly back and forth through time as the 40-something Judith thinks back on her childhood and teen years. The catalyst...

The Siege of Scarn is book one in the Trance Warriors series written by Robert C. Auty. This book has it all: thrills, adventure, action and entertainment. The lead character was Connor, an assassin who killed the wrong man. The evil Queen was furious; however,...

This series of books by James Patterson is geared toward 7th-10th graders. In previous books Whit and Wisty’s parents were taken captive. Whit and Wisty were prisoners of the One Who Is The One. They discovered they had magical powers. After escaping they take refuge...

Every family has a secret or two, but what if that secret could possibly destroy or humiliate the family? Tom's sister, Diane, is a rising actress who falls in love with a well-known star of an American Western Show. Eight-year-old Tom is enthralled with the star...

Martha Allen was a sharp tongued, stanch woman. Most women of the era were married long before they reached 23 years of age. Martha’s life was not an easy one. She worked on her cousin’s farm as a domestic. Thomas was an extremely tall Welshman...

This book is the 8th in the Bourne Series. I have not read the others, but I did see the first 3 movies. The book was about Jason Bourne, a spy formerly with an organization but now on his own, coming to terms...

In Ted Dekker’s latest thriller, FBI Special Agent Brad Raines is trying to capture a serial killer. The killer, aka, Bride Collector, aka Quentin Gould, glues his captives to the wall, drills holes in their heels and drains their blood. Of course this all happens...

This is the first book in a new series by David Baldacci. The characters in this promising new series are Beth Perry, chief of the District of Columbia's Metropolitan Police, and Beth's younger sister, Mace Perry, a former police officer. Macy was just released from...

The narrator, Susie Salmon was only fourteen years old when she was raped and murdered. No one suspected George Harvey the next door neighbor. Harvey was a serial rapist and murderer. Heaven was not what Susie expected. She watched her traumatized family as they tried...