Rabbits is a game played in the real world by real people. Though young, K is an old school gamer who is sucked into the game deeper and deeper as the book continues. Could coincidences really be hints of the game play or are they caused by real science? CouldContinue Reading
Ace of Spades is set in a private prep school that is rocked by the text revelations of Aces. Aces is going after the school’s most popular girl, Chiamaka, who has her entire life planned meticulously, and musician, Devon. It’s best to know nothing about the plot going in. IContinue Reading
Heather and her mother haven’t talked much lately. When Heather learns that her mum has killed herself, she returns to her mother’s house to discover why. Heather’s mum has been corresponding with an imprisoned serial killer for decades—even before he was arrested. What was their relationship? Do the current copycatContinue Reading
“It is September 1942 and, in the blacked-out streets of London, the game is once more afoot.”—from A Study of Crimson Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce’s World War II version of Holmes and Watson return in an all new mystery. A scientist goes missing at a remote Scottish castle whileContinue Reading
Author’s Guest Post I’m Eloise Brightly and thank you for having me. I love staying at bed and breakfast lodgings. Have you ever stayed in one? They are supposed to be quaint, welcoming, beautiful, and a trail of other adjectives that make you want to stay there. But sometimes quaintContinue Reading
Beth’s husband, Tom, has been arrested for murder. It’s been eight years since his ex-girlfriend, Katie, went missing. Now, with the media branding Beth as The Serial Killer’s Wife, her life, small business and reputation have all been ruined. What will become of Beth and her young daughter, Poppy, ifContinue Reading
The demihuman dwarf, Sirgrus, has a problem. Someone has killed his human private eye partner in the new noir novel, Sirgrus Blackmane Demihuman Gumshoe and the Dark-Elf. The Dark-Elf is the nightclub where the murder happened. Luckily, they allow demihumans, so Sirgrus decides to investigate his partner’s death. The plotContinue Reading
Seven strangers find themselves alone on Earth. The Apocalypse Seven must figure out what happened to everyone else. In addition, they need to decide how to proceed from here. I love the idea of this book much better than the execution itself. In the beginning, I enjoyed hunting for cluesContinue Reading
Bristol and her bomb-sniffing dog, Toby, must stop an environmental terrorist from blowing up several Minneapolis dams in Rising Danger. She must also grapple with working with her ex-boyfriend, Rem. Memories of her own losses during Hurricane Katrina complicate her hunt for the killer. Hunting for the bombs and survivorsContinue Reading
Delta Dawn is The Photographer. She specializes in children’s birthday parties. Rich children. One day, she works for the Straubs. She envies their lifestyle. So, she begins integrating herself into their life. First, by last-minute babysitting of their only child, Natalie. Then, by photoshopping herself into intimate pictures with FritzContinue Reading
“I was shot in the back at close range by a 32-caliber handgun yet did not die, at least not permanently. I did not see who shot me. I did not know why I was shot.”—from What Doesn’t Kill Us This is the story of how the friends of McKenzieContinue Reading
The Decagon House Murders is an homage to Agatha Christie’s great mystery, And Then There Were None. Written in the 1980s, it triggered a resurgence in traditional mysteries in Japan. So, does it still work for modern readers? The answer is yes and no. The pacing is excruciatingly slow. Admittedly,Continue Reading
Author’s Guest Post I’m a Twin – But You Probably Wouldn’t Realize it! by Sarah Blair (and Debra H. Goldstein) My mother, Maybelle, as she prefers to be called, sometimes jokes that rather than giving birth to two babies a few minutes apart, she had a litter. That’s because myContinue Reading
Election day’s almost here, and the island’s new pool is on the line. JJ should be all in with the campaign, but when a prominent Island businessman drops dead at her feet in the Have-A-Bite Bakery, someone has a mystery to solve. JJ’s fiancé—police chief Ron Karlson—is out of town.Continue Reading
Author Guest Post SUMMER FUN AND FESTIVALS IN WISCONSIN BEYOND A REASONABLE DONUT starts during a special festival on Friday the thirteenth—the Faker’s Dozen Carnival. There will be rides, games, buskers, fair foods, and a tent dedicated to tempting good and bad luck. Emily Westhill, one of the proprietors ofContinue Reading
Influenced is another murderous frenemy thriller. But there is a great twist, the reader doesn’t know which friend is evil and which one is good! The book begins with a bang of a flashforward chapter! “A sharp blow splintered the back of her head. Pain shot through her skull. […]Continue Reading