In "Murder and Mayhem", Michael Thomas Barry presents us with 52 crimes that shocked early California in the 100 year from 1849. Taken from newspaper articles and filled with great photos from the period, the book allows us to revisit many famous and hideous crimes...

"One Year in Wonderland" by Christopher Combe is the story of his family’s year as expats in Dubai from 2006 to 2007. The author seizes the chance to work abroad in the construction industry when it comes his way so that he can experience another...

Pressia Belze lives with her grandfather in the back room of a barbershop which was reduced to rubble in the aftermath of the Detonation, the bombing apocalypse that destroyed everything in the world. Now there is just destruction and dust where once families lived happily...

It is quite obvious that author Sam Sackett has made an in-depth study of the many varied tales and ballads of the famed legendary outlaw, Robin Hood of Sherwood Forest, for he has created a first-rate fictional version of of Robin Hood that is really...

"The Perfect Death", a highly well-written police procedural mystery, features Jacksonville, Florida, police detective John Stallings who investigates the disappearance of a teenage girl. For Stallings, separated from his wife and missing his two remaining children, this case reminds him of when his own daughter,...

What a beautiful story of soul-searchng love and commitment! In Cincy Woodsmall's latest story "The Scent of Cherry Blossoms", Annie Martin, an Old Order Mennonite woman, and Aden Zook, an Old Order Amish man, reunite when Annie is sent to live with her grandfather in...

"Rosi's Castle" will capture the curiosity of the YA reader when an orphaned young teen is catapulted into the world of the bizarre and paranormal as she is sent away to live with an uncle in a small New England town. She settles in an...

"Eliot Ness and The Untouchables", Second Edition by Kenneth Tucker, is a story depicting not only the life of Elliot Ness but that of AL Capone as well as Frank Nitti. The first half of the book deals with Elliot’s life from his young age...

Jake the puppy and his two siblings are half golden retriever and half black labrador from the neighborhood, they think. Jake, the biggest of the puppies is the last of them to find a home, and sadly, he is adopted by Joe who is cruel...

Krystoff, the main character, is locked in battle with other organized vampires against well-established vampires. It illustrates a classic power struggle where the bourgeoisie rebel against aristocratic power through rebellion. The story’s protagonist trysts with a half breed vampire who at first resists the hero...

"Zippy and the Stripes of Courage," written by Candida Sullivan and illustrated by Jack Foster, is an excellent story for helping children to accept themselves even if they are different from their peers. Zippy is the only zebra in his family and the only zebra...

The lessons in "What Every Man Wishes His Father Had Told Him" are found in Ephesians 4:13: "This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up...

Judith A. Harrah's children's book, "Jesus, I Believe," is an invaluable treasure for every family with young children! Harrah writes in rhyme the basic principles of faith in God and believing that the Bible is true. The belief that God was born to a virgin,...

"Troy’s Miracles" by Terry Lee Rambo is a book that many will find hard to believe and others will find heart lifting. In this small book of the author's memoirs she tells how, as the oldest of five children, she grew up in Kentucky with...

When readers hear the name David Baldacci they think of intrigue and thrillers. Baldacci’s "One Summer" will leave readers with mixed emotions. Die hard Baldacci fans that cannot deal with change will be disappointed. However, my reaction was one of great excitement. Baldacci offers readers...

Endangered Eagle: A Karl von Ernst Mystery is a compelling work of historical fiction by writer Richard Carl Roth, set during a well-documented period in history. Berlin, 1936. Hitler and the Nazis have already instituted a reign of terror throughout Germany, but with Berlin about...

"Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine" by Eric Weiner relays the true adventures of a well-read, well–traveled foreign journalist on a personal mission to find his God. Weiner mixes wit with wisdom and the sacred with the profane on an expedition through Sufism,...

Brenna Spector is a missing persons investigator gifted with the ability to recall every detail of her own past. She has a "tape recorder mind" and has been written about in a book by her psychiatrist. Brenna uses this ability to psyche out clients and...

What an adorable book! Poor little Henrietta Hexagon thinks she doesn’t fit in with the other shapes of the world. Adopted by the Triangle family and living on Groveland Circle, Henrietta feels different. Her mom tried to convince her that she was special and that...

Many fiction and non-fiction books have been written about the Holocaust and the horrific treatment of six million Jews by the Nazis. Set basically in the year 1937, "Long Night Coming" is an excellent addition to Holocaust stories and a much needed one at that,...