The Father: A Novel by Andrés Cruciani is the story of Savage, a man who kidnaps his own daughter to save her but ends up losing the dream of a life he’s always wanted. Told by a narrator who encounters the protagonist, Savage, in a...

Myron (a.k.a. Mike) Moskowitz is a completely ordinary guy, with a completely ordinary job, and a completely ordinary (if slightly severe) case of the flu. And that would have been a rather prosaic and tepid end to The Moskowitz Code by Joel Bresler. Fortunately for...

In The Black Knight’s Tune: Ruby’s Story, Ruby has the good fortune to be adopted by kindly white folks in New York, but as she grows up and becomes a journalist, her longing to know about her true heritage becomes overwhelming. When her white boss,...

The Crossroads of Logan Michaels by James Roberts follows the life of Logan and his family. Logan is a star, both at baseball and basketball, and thinks the world is at his fingertips. Nicknamed ‘Ice’ by his peers, with parents he adores and a brother...

Every so often a book comes along that you believe everyone should read. For me, The Emancipation of Evan Walls by Jeffrey Blount is that book, a story in which not only the protagonist, Evan Walls, is liberated from the demons of his youth, but...

About a month ago, I read Tribe of Daughters by Kate L. Mary and was totally blown away by the concept, theme, characters and plot based on a future world where women, not men, rule. I was keen to read more by this talented, award-winning...

Did you ever read or watch that 1949 classic, Death of a Salesman? In many respects, George Mancuso is a lot like Willy Loman…a good man with dreams of success and a reality that doesn’t even come close to his dreams. As a young man,...

The Last Frontier of the Fading West is a work of historical fiction penned by author Helen Picca. Written in the style of a literary memoir of the main character’s life, we begin the action during the Second World War, when a young woman, Jennifer,...

Tambula is the name of an African country created by author Susan Wüthrich. The story, based on real events, begins with a road trip down to Mozambique. Dek and his friend Benny, who drags along a reluctant Nigel, set off on holiday at the same...

The Road Ahead is a work of contemporary humorous fiction penned by author Willie Handler, and falls into the political satire vein of comedy. The story centers around the haphazard insurance broker Rick Tompkins, a relatively simple man who has no political training or any...