When I really enjoy a novel, as I did Gangster’s Court by Adam Van Susteren, I always like to read what the author shares about himself and his writing in the closing notes. What I sensed from Van Susteren’s comments was his humility and desire...

Element of Danger is a work of mystery and suspense fiction that was penned by author Heather Slawecki. Written as the second volume in the Element trilogy, the work continues where book one, Element of Secrecy, left off. We find our heroine Jenny O’Rourke still...

Questions of Perspective by Daniel Maunz is the story of a man as he goes on a journey of self-discovery and finds out everything he was missing in his life. Dave Randall is a lawyer who isn’t really happy with the direction his career is...

A tainted box of chocolates poisons the recipient and disrupts a Valentine's Day party in the engaging mystery novel, Love on the Rocks (Cobble Cove Mystery #4) by Debbie De Louise. Gilly and Sheriff Ramsay are returning from their honeymoon in Hawaii. The Cobble Cove...

Following the tenth wedding anniversary of her aunt and uncle, Detective Katie Scott awakens to learn her aunt has been brutally murdered and her uncle, the Pine Valley Sheriff, is the only suspect. Because of her relationship with her uncle, Katie, the head of Pine...

"The InBetween can be a bit monotonous, but in my profession, death has some significant vocational advantages.” Painter Mann is a dead P.I. giving his services to souls in the InBetween, finding and exposing their killer to the public so they can move on. Temps－the...

Terminal by Michaelbrent Collings is a psychological thriller with a bit of horror thrown in for good measure. A small bus terminal. A handful of passengers who just want to go home. When the fog begins to roll in, their phones stop working. All they...

Alien Redemption by Gloria Oliver is a science fiction novel about mankind’s discovery of an alien race. The story follows Claudia, a doctor who has been disgraced within her profession. In her efforts to escape her past, she ends up working on a merchant spaceship...

With Dark Understandings is a work of fiction in the political thriller and mystery subgenres and was penned by author Fazle Chowdhury. In this vast and interweaving tapestry of murder, deceit, power, and politics, we find out the true scandalous nature of the political game...

Particularly fun is when a mystery/thriller hooks you from the start. A little action, a little wonder, a great big question, “What?”, and a bigger question, “Why?”, and you’re off to the races. Element of Secrecy by Heather Slawecki begins just this way. A little...