Texas and Mexico – so close geographically and so linked in history, culture and a shared love of the land and its environment. This is the world that Zoe Delambre takes us to in her novel Hot Agua. Sarita Salt, a recently divorced and wealthy...

A devastating scream and a mysterious murder bring to a climax Sarah’s trauma in Fatal Family Affair by Leila Kirkconnell. This is the beginning of detectives Martin and Doyle’s mission to find the murderer. What appears to be a straightforward homicide turns out to be...

A girl is abducted from the murder scene of a prominent barrister and held for ransom with a short time limit in the exciting murder mystery novel, An Unlikely Betrayal (A Jake Tanner Thriller) by Jack Probyn. All the years that Detective Jake Tanner has...

The Snow White Files by Sonya M. Black is the first book in The Twisted Files series. Brendan Hunter left his father's life of magic and politics, but it always seems to find him again. He finally has his life the way he wants it,...

From the Ashes: Ravenwood Mysteries Book 1 by Sabrina Flynn is a fantastic period mystery about a missing woman and a detective haunted by an unfortunate past. Isobel Kingston has disappeared, but even her kidnapping is a confusing mix of events. Upon returning to the...

Fang and Claw by Markie Madden is the first book in the Undead Unit series. Lieutenant Lacey Anderson is chosen to head up a new task force called the Undead Unit, which is dedicated to solving the cases that involve Immortals like her. She's not...

I love books with characters that are real, flawed and relatable, and a setting that is, of course, colorful. Roses, Wine & Murder: In the City of Steeples by Rose Young didn’t disappoint me. I must say that I found more than what I bargained...

During World War II the population of that part of Ireland that was to become a republic in 1949 was less than three million. So you wouldn’t expect there to be a lot happening that would interest the rest of the world. Not so; the...

Lara's Journal: A Sizzling, Psychological Suspense - Hidden Motives Book 2 by A. Gavazzoni can be fitted into two of my favorite genres i.e. romance and thriller. Picking up the story after Behind the Door, Simone is taking a much-needed vacation after she was kidnapped...

Critical Cover-Up by Margie Miklas tells the story of Allison Jamison who decides on a change of career and takes up a position as a critical care nurse. She anticipates her new role to be one that will be rewarding and enjoyable, but finds herself...