William Gensburger's mystery novel Angle of Death: A Mackenzie Michaels Mystery is a fast-paced crime story. Mackenzie Michaels, known as Maxie, and Kobe Jameson are detectives in the Corpus Christi Police Department. Devin Parker is a news reporter with the Corpus Christi Chronicle. Maxie, Kobe,...

Bitter Draughts by Yves Fey is the sequel to Floats the Dark Shadow. The author transports the reader to 1898 in Paris where Theodora Faraday and Detective Michel Devaux find themselves in the heart of murder, gang wars, and anti-Semitic riots caused by the Dreyfus...

Ensign Qing was a young naval officer on the treasure fleet of the Chinese Imperial, Admiral Zheng. He embarked with other officers on many voyages from Africa to the Middle East and beyond. Qing was smart and had a knack for investigating and solving mysteries,...

The Paper Route, by Jacqueline Cayer Nelson McDonald, is an engrossing mystery set in the 1960s that follows a clever little girl whose deeds transcend her years. Jackie is a natural-born observer whose curiosity leads her to notice details that adults would miss. Her inquisitiveness...

Dwayne Morrow is hired by Marla Dotson to find her stepmother, Charlene. Charlene had skimmed money from Elwood’s account and disappeared. Elwood had caught Charlene with another man, and he believed the man forced Charlene to skim money. Elwood asked the police to handle the...

Special District: Harbin: Drawing the Tiger’s Bones by Tim Stickel is a fascinating story about a turbulent time in China when the Russian presence felt smothering and the undertones of resistance ran strong. The year is 1929 and young Borya, part Russian and part Chinese,...

The Feathered Nest by Ellen Read is part of The Thornton Mysteries series. The Thornton family has planned an expedition to take them to Norfolk Island just in time for Alexandra's birthday. Their goal is to study and save the endangered species of birds on...

In C.A. Larmer's latest episode of the Sleuths of Last Resort detective series, intriguingly titled Good Girls Don't Drink Vodka, the gang's back together but it's not for the clinking of champagne. Tragedy strikes as Sir George Burlington is found dead in his home...

Coldwater Confession by James A. Ross is the second installment in the Coldwater mystery series. When thousands of shoulder-fired missiles ended up with the Mujahideen fighting the Soviets in Afghanistan in the 1980s, thousands of missiles vanished from the U.S. military bases. However, nobody is...

Fate has its way of bringing people together, or perhaps it’s destiny. Whichever it is, Lieutenant Jane Sparks of the San Francisco PD found it quite peculiar. Who wouldn’t, when you are informed about a shoot-out at the garage of your workplace and the casualty...