In "Bangkok Rules" by Harlan Wolff, Carl Engel is an ex-pat Londoner who has been in Bangkok, Thailand, for over 30 years working as a private investigator surviving through the twists and turns of Thailand’s chaotic political history. Engel is an interesting character and I...

What is a girl to do when she finds her grandfather's dead body just hours before her favorite cousin's wedding? Well, that is just the predicament that Carlina Mantoni finds herself in just hours before her cousin Emma's wedding. The thing is, Emma is with...

"The Condor Song" was written by Darryl Nyznyk. It is a tale of survival of the condor bird, a member of an endangered species, as well as an attorney-at-law beaten by the trials of life. This intriguing story surrounds an environmentalist Buck Anderson who stumbled...

Markos Adams, a well-known Jazz musician, has just committed yet another suicide attempt and it is all over the news. A year later, he is back on stage while struggling to shape up, trying to straighten out his life. Through his ordeals to keep his...

Even though Darci Shelton's husband Wade is as healthy as a horse it has always been her greatest fear that she would wind up like her mother, a widow forced to work two jobs to support her nine year old son Paxton. This fear was...

Robert Grey, an ordinary building contractor, overheard a priceless information from a couple of petty criminals - about Wilson the accountant and Nietrop building - while dining at his favorite restaurant. His income was enough, but the building trade was going through its economic downturn,...

Willie Baker isn't a stranger to the streets because he has been living the life of a street person for years. The first time he met Ann, a bag lady, was in the sixties. Then, she shared a story about her former life, a story...

“Oblivia”, written by Debbie Boucher, takes the reader into the South American country of Bolivia. Bolivia’s political factions and the United States State Department appointees all have an agenda of their own and Peace Corp Volunteers find themselves in the middle of it all. The...

"Hazardous Material" by Kurt Kamm introduces us to a firefighter who is struggling with an addiction to pain killers and also an Outlaw motorcycle gang called the Vagos. He joins the Sheriffs Department in a search for a meth lab that is located somewhere in...

Jane Pate is a woman with a mission. Determined, strong and focused on what she does, she is a fiercely independent person whose choice of profession is as unusual as she is. Other than being a snake catcher, she also doubles up as a writer...