Shipping heiress Miranda Merrick is determined to discover the truth behind the sabotage of her father’s ships and resist his attempts to coax her into a financially advantageous marriage. A visit to her uncle on board one of their cargo ships, the Elle Merrick, leads...

It’s hard getting into the spirit of Christmas when everything around haunts you with sad memories from Christmas past. Travis’s older brother, Brent, was only a young boy when he disappeared on a snowy Christmas. His parents died of grief shortly after and Brent, now...

Murder to Scale by Debra B. Schiff is a quirky murder mystery. Tom McCloud loves his model trains and he’s off to set up his part of the Christmas display. Instead, he stumbles over a body; friend and model train enthusiast Bill Murphy. With one...

Reclamation is the opening book in the Ceiba Pentandra Series by Sophie L. Osborne, a character-driven story with strong hints of military and mystery. The reader is introduced to Laurie-Marie Gallagher, a woman with very humble origins, strong-willed and determined to succeed. Through grit, the...

I Want You Gone by Miranda Rijks is a psychological thriller set in the Sussex countryside in England. Laura Swallow is a divorcee in her forties whose second date is interrupted by a phone call from her daughter, Mel, who has recently left home to...

In Illusion of Death by Brian Kavanagh, Belinda Lawrence is back in Australia with English friend Hazel Whitby, recovering from her broken engagement. When she bumps into old school friend Birdie, and is invited to a private screening of a film at the home of...

Years after a traumatic event, orphaned siblings must finally address the alarming changes which occurred that fateful night in the charming paranormal novel, A Medium's Christmas Gift (Becky Tibbs: A North Carolina Medium's Mystery Series Book 3) by Chariss K. Walker. Becky Tibbs is a...

Years ago I was captivated with detective stories, following Travis McGee, Lew Archer, and others as they meted out justice in their search for the truth. I loved the independent characters and the twisting, convoluted trails they followed. Saint George's Children by Dennis Ecklund falls...

A young woman disappears in 1944 without a trace and isn't heard from again until her ghost appears to a twenty-first century manager of a summer lodge in the captivating mystery novel, The Wildwood Ghost Mystery by Lanin D. Thómasma. Steffi is the manager of...

The blast from the shotgun decimated his face, leaving behind a gory mess of brains and blood. That’s how Luther Baggot, a bounty hunter assassin, slays his victims. Employed by Rudolf Palm, a highly placed sadistic police officer in Otto von Bismarck’s secret police, Baggot...