Richard E. Roach begins his tale with a blast. The description of the oilrig explosion should give readers an inkling of what to expect in Scattered Leaves. His imagery is vivid. At times, it is too vivid. The description of June’s body was almost too...

Smoky Barrett returns in the third installment of this series. The FBI Director assigns Smoky to investigate the stabbing death of a woman on board an airplane. The deeper Smoky gets into the investigation, the stranger and stranger the case. Lisa Reid was the daughter...

I admit I have read rumors on the internet and rushed to email the comments or link to acquaintances, only to later find out it was a hoax. By then it was too late; I had unknowingly assisted in a smear campaign. I had contacted...

Someone is killing celebrities.  A talk show host is murdered. The murder precisely cut out her tongue, split it, and displayed in an origami vase.  A politician is murdered and nailed to a wall with the Korean stuffed between her splayed legs. It is difficult balancing...

Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson opens with gripping details of a ritual sacrifice. You can almost smell the fear of Rylee as she lies paralyzed but able to see, hear, and feel her terrifying ordeal. Four girls were missing from All Saints College, Baton Rouge,...

One of the first things I noticed about Flight To St Antony was the Dramatis Personae and Acronyms and Definitions. Both are invaluable to this book. There are a great many characters in this book and the official jargon can be daunting to someone not...

Mary Burton’s book I’m Watching You was good, but it is not close to being as good as Dead Ringer. She has developed the characters into tangible personalities. The characters are lovable, with the exception of 3 creeps. Kendall Shaw is a pain-in-the-butt reporter that you...

Jason Elam and Steve Yohn have combined football and action to produce a that book readers will not be able to forget. Riley Covington was a former Special Ops. After his stint in Afghanistan, he was offered a chance to return to his dream, pro...

Dloyd Hedrick’s Misplaced Image is a tale of fiction that could well be reality. World leaders band together to create a one-world government known as the World Union. There were no more nations; now there were SECTIONS. One man was elected by SECTION members to...

A large corporation planned to develop a resort complex on the tiny island of Tamaqua, off the coast of Florida. The resort would attract a lot of tourist and make someone a lot of money. The residents were offered an opportunity to sell their property;...