Have You Seen Me?
“‘What are you doing here?’ he demands. ‘It’s my first day back.’ ‘What are you talking about?’ He steps closer, his eyes burrowing into me. ‘You haven’t worked here in years.’” So begins the new thriller, Have You Seen Me?, by Kate White. Ally Linden is thirty-four. And that’s allContinue Reading
The Split
The Split is a superb twisty thriller with multiple layers of mystery waiting to be unfolded. Felicity is working on South Georgia Island near Antarctica studying glaciers. She is also hiding from someone in her past. Felicity was hoping no one could find her in such a remote location. SheContinue Reading
Logging Off
“There just aren’t enough hours in the day!” Andy is a self-employed freelance graphic designer with intestinal issues. With a fixation on social media, gaming, and streaming, there is zero hope of his Logging Off anytime soon. Until he gets cancer… No. according to his real doctor—not the cancer-pronouncing Dr.Continue Reading
Seas the Day Review, Guest Post and Giveaway
My Review In the first book in a new cozy mystery series, Seas the Day, “Chili Bolz is missing.” His mother, Estelle, tells Shell Island caterer, River, to look for Chili because the police aren’t making much of an effort to find her grown son. It’s bad enough that EstelleContinue Reading
Eat, and Love Yourself
Mindy is thick, fluffy, or chubby depending on your culture. But she is definitely not feeling the motto Eat, and Love Yourself. However, when she finds a chocolate bar labeled like that, she hopefully tries it with eye-opening results. Eating disorders and bad self-esteem are serious and this book handlesContinue Reading
Shorefall
Shorefall is the sequel to Foundryside, which I loved. Now, the gang is back and off righting wrongs while personally profiting, of course. If you haven’t read Foundryside, please take a few days to read that book first. It will greatly increase your delight in this book if you knowContinue Reading
Sigh, Gone
Coming to American after the fall of Saigon, two-year-old Phuc Tran didn’t know the difficult path still ahead of him. For being the only Vietnamese, heck the only Asian, family in small town America, he was bound to stand out. Sigh, Gone is his tale of how he found hisContinue Reading
Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner
Who knew that there were so many tasty dishes featuring the humble chicken? It truly means Winner! Winner! Chicken Dinner can be a 10-minute Tostada or an exotic Chicken Laarb. The flavor profiles come from all over the world. Sheet Pan Shawarma to Harissa Chicken to Filopino-style Chicken Adobo areContinue Reading
Women with Silver Wings
World War began with a bomb. When Pearl Harbor was hit by Japanese bombs from above, it forced the United States to join both the German and the Japanese fronts. It also inspired American men, and women, to do their patriotic duty by serving in the military. Over a thousandContinue Reading
Deadly Anniversaries
It’s the Mystery Writers of America’s seventy-fifth anniversary! To celebrate they are throwing a party and we’re all invited. Luckily, we readers get the present—an anthology of nineteen short stories by the best mystery writers around. All the stories have an anniversary theme. In fact, they are all Deadly Anniversaries.Continue Reading
In Her Shadow
From the first page, In Her Shadow grabs you by the throat and won’t you go. “‘Help.’ My voice is hoarse. Fading fast. Someone help me. But no one’s coming. No one knows I’m down here.” And then the first trickle of smoke appears, the house where Colleen is trappedContinue Reading
Tidelands
“These are the Tidelands: half tide, half land, good for nothing.” On Sealsea Island, England, in 1648, Alinor is only twenty-seven. Her husband has either run off with their small fishing boat—or died at sea. She has two children: thirteen-year-old Alys and twelve-year-old Rob. Alinor also has the “sight” likeContinue Reading
Little Secrets
From the author of Jar of Hearts comes another twisty domestic suspense novel writ large, Little Secrets. “The FBI estimates that there are currently over thirty thousand active missing person cases for children.” Marin is shopping with her four-year-old son, Sebastian, in Seattle’s touristy Pike’s Place Market. Her husband, Derek,Continue Reading
18 Caliber Spotlight and Giveaway
18 Caliber Spotlight and Giveaway 18 CALIBER, Maizie Albright Star Detective Mystery Cozy Mystery 6th in Series Past Perfect Press (April 14, 2020) Print Length: 395 pages Digital ASIN: B085HGGBW2 LUCKY IN LOVE AND LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. UNTIL NOW. Maizie’s mixing with international stars, spies, and her mother’sContinue Reading
If I Had Your Face
“I would live your life so much better than you If I Had Your Face.” In a culture that only values females for their youth and beauty, is it any wonder that plastic surgery has become an almost-mandatory South Korean ritual for teen girls? The story is told from theContinue Reading
When It’s Time for Leaving Book Blast and Giveaway
About When It’s Time For Leaving When It’s Time for Leaving Traditional Mystery 1st in Series Encircle Publications, LLC (October 1, 2019) Paperback: 274 pages ISBN-10: 1948338920 ISBN-13: 978-1948338929 Digital ASIN: B07TYQ8PDL When his girlfriend dumps him and a dealer nearly rams him off a bridge, Al DeSantis quits theContinue Reading