House of Harwood: A Novella by Olivia Batker Pritzker is a short but very powerful story. The Harwood family has gathered for its traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Granny Harwood is the matriarch and her son, John James, is at the head of the table. Sister Victoria...

Move over Marvel Agent Carter. Allow some room for the likes of Miss Alice White. An independent and intelligent woman, Alice is an interesting character who can come across as a strong or a weak female, depending on the situation in which she is involved....

Lady Justice on the Dark Side by Robert Thornhill is a somewhat bittersweet chapter in the life of Walt Williams, Thornhill’s senior citizen founder of the City Retiree Action Patrol, or C.R.A.P. After five action-filled years as a Kansas City police officer, Walt decides it’s...

Ribbons of Death is a mystery by Edita A. Petrick. A government contractor named Carter, puzzled by bizarre occurrences linked to the controversial book she wrote, approaches Stella Hunter, a shunned professor on myths and legends. Stella’s research about a myth known as Peacetaker has...

Killarney Traynor's debut novel Summer Shadows is a wonderful mystery story about three orphaned children and their Aunt Julia. After the children's parents are tragically killed in a car accident, Julia take custody of the children. She has no ongoing financial means to support the...

God Never Laughed by Dev Bhattacharyya is a book with an insightful and profound theme that blends diverse topics as the story progresses and keeps readers riveted. Though the story takes readers through a few countries, the main plot is set against the backdrop of...

The North Country Confessional is a mystery written by Craig C. Charles. Darby Weeks is going home again, to the North Country hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, that's been owned and run by his family for generations. While blessed with wealth from the coal...

Deadly Bonds (A Detective Jackson Mystery) is an engaging book by L.J. Sellers. Detective Wade Jackson’s life changes when he investigates the murder of Amanda Carter. Her three-year-old son, Benjie, traumatised after witnessing her death, bonds with the detective who becomes his temporary guardian. Solving...

Native New Zealander Katherine Hayton's second novel, Skeletal, is an endearing read and offers a different perspective on how teenage fiction may be written. Refreshingly lacking any aspect of romance, the female heroine, fourteen-year-old Daina Harrow, is a bright student at school whose negligent and...

I found it impossible to put down Devil’s Lake after reading the very first sentence. Aaron Paul Lazar has changed the traditional format of a mystery story in a very unique and enjoyable way. He starts the book with a happy ending and works backwards,...