Da Vinci Code + World War Z + Jurassic Park divided by the Bible = Maze Master. The LucentB virus is 100% deadly and is moving outward from France. Anna enlists the help of Christian professor, Martin, to find “Marham-i-Isa, the legendary healing ointment created by Jesus to heal theContinue Reading
Plaster Sinners is another fun Flaxborough romp! Detective Sergeant Love is coshed on the head while inspecting a plaster cottage bas-relief. Later, the item is sold for an astonishingly high 370 pounds. Suspecting something shady, Inspector Purbright investigates. This is the eleventh book in the series of twelve. The charactersContinue Reading
Life is Hell after the Death of a Clone in this intriguing sci-fi mystery. In the near future, Leila is a clone working on an asteroid mining metals no longer found on Earth. Lily, Leila’s sister clone is murdered. Leila vows to solve the crime using investigative techniques learned fromContinue Reading
“The world never ran out of monsters.” Earl Marcus is back fighting them In the Valley of the Devil. In the rural Georgia mountain countryside, a new preacher has arrived. Jeb Walsh is running for the Senate, pushing his book and preaching his version of hate and intolerence at hisContinue Reading
Amy and Richard stumble upon another body in the second novel in the Blue Ridge Library series, Shelved Under Murder. Amy is the head librarian and Sunny is her assistant at the perpetually underfunded Blue Ridge library. Sunny convinces a local artist to donate three paintings to the library. WhileContinue Reading
A compelling psychological thriller peers into Her Pretty Face and sees a bubbling cauldron of duplicity. Frances’ son Marcus has ADHD and oppositional defiance disorder making him difficult to control. Recently accepted to an elite middle school, an offensive act makes both him and his mother pariahs. Kate’s son CharlesContinue Reading
“Killing a man had not altered my appearance in the least.” states Richard Dane, part-time killer and full-time father in Cold in July. Richard kills an intruder in his home in self-defense. When the victim’s father, Russel, comes for revenge, a strange friendship develops. It appears the police might haveContinue Reading
After calling a clandestine number, Jordan uses the Exit Strategy to begin again. Soon Jordan regrets his “death” but is told if he contacts his wife, they will kill her. After undergoing facial reconstruction, Jordan is reborn. When he accidentally contacts his wife, he must fight to save his familyContinue Reading
In the Last Time I Lied, a girl wakes up in a cabin at a summer camp for girls. It is the silence that awakens her at least an hour before dawn. Her three roommates are gone leaving behind their belongings. As the girl searches the camp frantically, she envisionsContinue Reading
Flaxborough is crying Blue Murder in the 10th mystery in the excellent British small town police procedural. A writer for a London tabloid is sent to find a porno supposedly filmed with the town’s citizens. Mayor Hockley challenges the writer to a duel. Several mysterious deaths are investigated by theContinue Reading
In 1946 London, the Bodies in a Bookshop pile up while a would-be Sherlock Holmes tries to find the killer. Allan Leslie is a bookseller. When he is found murdered in a locked room with another victim, thriller reader and amateur detective Professor Stubbs and his assistant Max Boyle areContinue Reading
Keep It Quiet is a witty British golden age mystery chock full of curmudgeons complaining about minor issues while members are being killed in their club’s easy chairs. The chef at a London’s men’s club may have accidentally poisoned a member to death. The club’s secretary, Ford, wants to KeepContinue Reading
Liar Liar is an engrossing study of a woman willing to do anything, regardless of the impact on her family, to achieve her dreams. Didi Storm wants riches and fame. When her acting career is derailed with a teen pregnancy, she becomes a celebrity impersonator in Vegas. Realizing she’ll neverContinue Reading
Who doesn’t love a locked room mystery? Only six people were in the locked meditation room: Aslan, owner of The Plantation Spa and murder victim Julia, part-time secretary and confessed killer Saskia, vacationing secretary Paul, vacationing pharmacist Ann, Paul’s wife Ben, rich vacationer Detective Inspector Poole investigates but doubts Julia’sContinue Reading
Find You in the Dark is a great concept bogged down with poor plotting and characterization. Martin Reese has a secret. He likes to determine where serial killers bury their victims, dig them up, photograph them, rebury the bodies and then leave anonymous snarky messages for the police telling theContinue Reading
Bring Me Back is a good twisty thriller! Twelve years ago, Finn stops in a French picnic area to use the rest room. His girlfriend, Layla, stays in the car. When Finn returns Layla is gone. Fast forward to the present and Finn is engaged to Ellen, Layla’s sister. WhenContinue Reading