Family Tree Problem Solver
Family Tree Problem Solver is exactly that. If you registered on any of the genealogy sites, this book can help you make better use of their tools and perhaps save you some frustration. Beginning with five steps to solving genealogical problems, the book takes the amateur genealogist through the entireContinue Reading
Trouble on the Books
Trouble on the Books is the first in a new cozy mystery series, A Castle Bookshop Mystery. Shelby takes leave from her job to help her Aunt Edie with opening her new bookstore after Edie’s knee replacement surgery. The bookstore is in a real-life castle on Blye Island in upstateContinue Reading
Wild LA
Who knew there is so much nature around urban Los Angeles? It really is Wild LA. This guidebook contains something for every Los Angeleno (or visitor). There is a page of pictures, descriptions, and interesting facts for 101 species including birds, mammals, insects, reptiles, snails, mold, and plants. All areContinue Reading
Someday is Not a Day in the Week
It is important to remember that promising to follow a dream “someday” never works because Someday is Not a Day in the Week. This book gives ten life hacks that can help you align your ultimate goals with your current reality. Are the life hacks new ideas that you haveContinue Reading
Rolling Stones in Comics!
I love comics and the Rolling Stones (sorry Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) so I had to read the Rolling Stones in Comics! It tells the Rolling Stones story from its humble beginnings as a R&B cover band through its last tour. It details the issues between the band members,Continue Reading
Run Away
Simon is trying to find his heroin-addicted daughter, Paige. When he finds her, she is high and busking for change in Central Park. When he tries to talk to her, she runs away. Her boyfriend Aaron steps in to prevent Simon from catching her leading Simon to punch him inContinue Reading
A Beautiful Corpse
The victim, a 24-year-old law student and part-time bartender, is A Beautiful Corpse in the second entry in the Harper McClain series. Harper is a newspaper crime reporter working the night shift. She is covering a murder in the tourist area of Savannah when she thinks the victim looks familiar.Continue Reading
A Short History of Europe
A Short History of Europe begins with Neanderthals and concludes with the 2016 vote by the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. In between are births, deaths, court intrigue and full-blown battles. Whether you are planning to go on Jeopardy or just want to impress academics with your cocktailContinue Reading
Perfect Alibi
A college athlete is convicted of rape based on his DNA. However, he has the Perfect Alibi when a second victim is also linked to his DNA while he is in prison. With a new attorney, he is set for a new trial and let out on bail. Robin LockwoodContinue Reading
Between the Lies
A romantic suspense tale wrapped in a psychological thriller, Between the Lies takes the domestic thriller in a new direction. Chloe awakens after being in a coma for over a month. She had a severe head injury after surviving a car accident. Amnesia prevents her from remembering the accident andContinue Reading
And Then You Were Gone
And Then You Were Gone is an innovative psychological thriller that includes an inside look at mental illness. Emily is a child psychologist. Paolo is an epidemiologist. They decide to take a weekend vacation on a rental boat. Paolo is an experienced boat captain and swimmer. Emily cannot swim. SheContinue Reading
Death by Dog Show
Death by Dog Show is a cozy mystery set in a dog show that, unfortunately, disappointed this reader. Perri Morgan sells leather pet products and attends the Big E Dog Show with her friend Babette, who has a dog in the show, to further her business. The first night, PerriContinue Reading
All the Wrong Places
Four women look for love in All the Wrong Places and one ends up trapped by a serial killer. Paige is having a bad few months. First, she loses her high-profile advertising job. Then she catches her cousin Heather, who has always copied her life choices, in bed with herContinue Reading
String City
String City is where the universe’s different strings come together. Oh, mythological creatures like Zeus, monsters like cyclops and golems, and all manner of strangeness live there too. A world full of infinite possibilities makes some strange bedfellows. An unnamed private investigator is asked by the Titans to look intoContinue Reading
Something Read, Something Dead
Lighthouse? Check. Library? Check. Library cat? Check. Wedding? Check. Amateur sleuth? Check. Murder? Of course, check. There is a little bit of everything cozy in Something Read, Something Dead. Lucy is the assistant librarian at the Lighthouse Library in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. She is helping her cousinContinue Reading
A Dangerous Collaboration
A Dangerous Collaboration between Veronica and Stoker’s brother, the Viscount, result in a much more gothic entry in the series. Veronica Speedwell is not your typical Victorian woman. She doesn’t believe in marriage but does believe in male companionship. Veronica has a career as a lepidopterist, or butterfly researcher. SheContinue Reading