A curmudgeon beats a full-house in Ma’s rules of Cajun poker, though Major Brad Stout, a US Army expert in radiation defense and eBay detective, isn’t certain why in The eBay Guardian by Charles A. Salter. Equally enigmatic as Ma’s rules of Cajun poker is...

The Madness Analog by Carl Proujan is an ambitious and thought-provoking thriller. It is part speculative fiction, and part good old-fashioned police detective novel with a huge dose of international espionage thrown in. It is a vast undertaking with scenes in Madrid, Paris, New York,...

The Unification Symphony by Philip Rhyu is a remarkable story about the stranglehold the Kim dynasty has had on North Korea since the division of the country in the 1950s. We meet Jung Ho and his wife Young Ae, both of whom are young musical...

The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva is an espionage thriller that revolves around Gabriel Allon, a former Israeli intelligence agent, who is now working in the Vatican, restoring a priceless masterpiece. The butterfly effect in full bloom, one small but tragic event leads to the...

The September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States fortified Joe Legion's determination to fight in order to protect his family from a yet unknown enemy. Illegal trafficking of drugs, weapons, and nuclear materials seem to have a strong link to the 9/11 attacks. Joe...

This tale begins in 1936, in Southern Cameroon, West Africa. A monkey ran through the jungle carrying her precious baby. She was fleeing from a tribe of male chimpanzee hunters. Eventually she climbed a tree, holding on tightly with one hand as she clutched the...

Nate Idle left medical school to become a journalist for neuroscience. He has done well in his field, becoming a go-to journalist after writing a series of articles about a capitalist with ties to the military who is developing how to store secrets inside the...

In 2014 the murders of a Wall Street economist and a Navy SEAL along with the attempted murder of a local doctor all in Manhattan only miles and minutes apart at first appear unrelated. However, two NYPD homicide detectives soon discover a connection. They in...

In "The Devil's Garden" by Brady Christianson, the reader finds retired Recon Marine Brandon Colson comfortably entrenched in suburbia in Southwest Florida. When a home evasion occurs putting Colson, his wife and three young daughters at death's door, Colson springs into action, using his substantial...

Susan Williams receives a call from her friend Mari. Mari says she needs to see Susan because she thinks someone is trying to kill her. Susan asks her friend Casey Shenk to go with her. Also at the deli that morning is police officer Paul...