A poor house painter finds a stash of money, quits his job, and boards an elevated train. When he accidentally trips and falls, the voices within his head become unbearable and he lashes out. How these actions impact everyone in the train car is the subject of A Matter ofContinue Reading
Jordan is a controversial satellite radio talk show host when she sees this on her monitor: “Line 5 —Bernie (wants to play a game)”. Soon it is clear that the game is real, dangerous and it truly is A Caller’s Game. You see, Bernie has a hidden and complex agendaContinue Reading
In Black Coral, Detective Sloan McPherson is a diver with the newly created Underwater Investigative Unit within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. While pulling a car accident victim from a canal, Sloan finds a thirty-year-old crime scene. Four long-missing teenagers are the victim of a serial killer who hasn’tContinue Reading
My Review: Perhaps it was my years as an Internal Auditor but it was obvious at first acquaintance which character at the bank was the bad guy. Be suspicious, very suspicious, of bank employees living beyond their means by way of unverified lottery winnings. However, I only suspected he wasContinue Reading
Character Interview Interview with Fish Out of Water’s Deputy Sheriff Trent Walker How long have you been a Deputy Sheriff? I became a sheriff right after I graduated from Arkansas State University. So I reckon it’s been nearly six years now. Time sure flies, don’t it? What do you think ofContinue Reading
My Review Cassie and Lacy are orphaned sisters who have a special talent. They are bibliomancers, able to tell the future through books. They are also the owners of Books by Bequest, a bookstore within their lighthouse home on the Oregon coast. One day, nineteen-year-old Cassie has had enough. SheContinue Reading
All Four Authors’ Guest Post How our pets have adjusted to our working from home. Heather: Pre-COVID, I did some of my day gig at home. I’m an IT manager, so we do some night and weekend work remotely. The pandemic shifted everything. I now report to the office oneContinue Reading
The Haunting of H.G. Wells follows Wells into WWI trenches where he is looking for morale building stories for the folks back in England. What he finds are ghosts of the war dead that follow him back into his life. And what a life that is. Good ol’ HG hadContinue Reading
My Review In Cake Popped Off!, Emory has a cupcake catering company that specializes in cupcakes flavored like cocktails. She is also a companion to octogenarian Tillie. When Tillie has a costumed Halloween party, Emory provides Fireball cupcakes and “poisoned apple” cake pops. Emory’s twin sister Carrie provides the cateredContinue Reading
Accidental CIA agent Charles Jenkins is back in Russia in The Last Agent, the second book in his spy thriller series. Charles is exonerated from charges of espionage in a US federal court. In the last book, his former company, CJ Security, had unknowingly worked for a CIA shell company.Continue Reading
In The Day I Disappeared, five-year-old Amy’s older brother was supposed to be watching her. Instead he was outside fishing. However, when he came home later, Amy was missing. When later she was found drowned, her brother blamed himself. Holly was kidnapped as a child of five. She was returnedContinue Reading
Village spinster Miss Penelope Blow travels to London to see Inspector Littlejohn of Scotland Yard. Before the Inspector returns, Penelope’s nephew Harold forces her to return home. By the time Littlejohn visits, the town is playing a Dead March for Penelope Blow at her funeral. Despite Penelope’s death being ruledContinue Reading
Six Word Wonder is a book for people with little time to read and/or short attention spans. Only one person ahead of you in the grocery store line? You still have time to read one or two of these concise little stories. I have to admit I was skeptical. HowContinue Reading
Techie Marty is pulled back into sleuthing when his surfer brah Brody is accused of murder in Hit and Mist, the fourth in this zany cozy mystery series. You just gotta love a mystery that (a) kills off a kickboxing instructor, and (b) does it by the end of theContinue Reading
Author Guest Post Why cupcakes Fireworks, A Firecracker & Foul Play while being a standalone story is also book 5 in the Death by Cupcake series. The series is set in Callie’s Cakes a cupcake bakery where Anna the baker extraordinaire, Kristie the coffee-obsessed barista, and Callie the nerdy ownerContinue Reading
“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