The Shadows
Twenty-five years ago, a boy is killed, another disappeared, and yet another is found guilty of murder. In the present, a teenager is killed in the same manner. Is it a copycat? Or has the boy who disappeared years ago returned from The Shadows? I hate to base a ratingContinue Reading
Death Rattle
In Death Rattle, Finn and Mona are a team in their marriage—but not at work. Finn is a border control agent patroling the Pacific Ocean off Orange County, California. Mona is an attorney at a non-profit that provides free legal services to illegal aliens caught crossing the Mexican border. However,Continue Reading
Make Russia Great Again
Make Russia Great Again is a fictional memoir from one in a long line of Secretaries of State in the Trump administration, Herb. Herb is the perfect fly on the wall describing all the crazy antics that probably are real future headlines on the scroll bar at CNN. I lovedContinue Reading
Survival Instincts
In an attempt to bridge the looming gap between her daughter, twelve-year-old Thea, and herself, Anne rents a remote cabin for a girl’s weekend in the woods. She also brings along her own mother, Mimi. Can their combined Survival Instincts save them from this horror movie opening scene? Thea’s goalContinue Reading
The Safe Place
Emily is an out-of-work actress when she gets fired from her temp office job. Her bank account is overdrawn. The rent is past due. Her family and friends are done with her constant begging for money and shelter. Where can she turn? How can she find The Safe Place, whereContinue Reading
Cut to the Bone
“A large axe was placed in the girl’s right hand. Along the white granite bench, the words ‘as above, so below’ were painted in blood. Nine baboon figurines encircled the girl like an audience observing her in death.”— from the great new police procedural thriller, Cut to the Bone. Nearby,Continue Reading
Road Seven Review and Giveaway
My Review of ROAD SEVEN by Keith Rosson “It was a help wanted ad from a monster hunter.” Who doesn’t sometimes dream of dropping their real life on its head and scooting off to parts unknown? Brian, the perpetual and soon-to-be ex-Ph.D. candidate who lives with vicious headaches and writer’sContinue Reading
Watching You Without Me
In the new psychological thriller, Watching You Without Me, Karen returns home to Nova Scotia to close down her deceased mother’s house. But her original plans to put her “250-pound mentally handicapped” older sister, Kelli, in a group home are upended when she meets the charismatic caregiver, Trevor. The pacingContinue Reading
Of Mutts and Men
I guarantee that I have the best sense of smell of any private detective. I am also the fastest PI on Earth. My name is Chet. I’m a dog and, incidentally, the first-person narrator Of Mutts and Men. My partner is Bernie. He and I solve crimes for a living.Continue Reading
Craigslist Confessional
Craigslist Confessional has been an ad, a blog, even a newspaper column, and now it’s a book. Every story answers the question, “Tell me about yourself.” What secret would you tell if you could speak with complete anonymity and without stigma? The forty stories here tell tales of love, regret,Continue Reading
Dash Away All Spotlight
About Dash Away All Dash Away All (A Merry & Bright Handcrafted Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Publisher: Henery Press (July 7, 2020) Hardcover: 264 pages ISBN-10: 1635116023 ISBN-13: 978-1635116021 Paperback: 264 pages ISBN-10: 163511599X ISBN-13: 978-1635115994 Digital ASIN: B086TYK58V It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…MerryContinue Reading
Let Them Eat Tweets
Let Them Eat Tweets is an intentionally political divisive book. I am only concerned because the non-rich Republican voter who needs to read the facts within the book will skip it based on the title or quickly judge it as fake news. Essentially, the book is preaching to its own,Continue Reading
The Lion’s Den
Summer and you are best friends in high school in The Lion’s Den. Summer takes you to your high school French teacher’s apartment where his friend tries to sexually assault you. You’re sixteen. Ten years later, Summer is now the trophy mistress of a mega-rich old man, John. She invitesContinue Reading
Vampire State Building
“They’ve turned the Empire State Building into a—no…it can’t be…a giant pantry? And we’re the meals.” —from the epic graphic novel, Vampire State Building. During a remodeling, a mysterious hidden room with a locked iron door is found behind the walls of the Empire State Building. After opening the room,Continue Reading
Vangie Vale and the Larcenous Lava Cake Guest Post
Author’s Guest Post Hi, Diane! And thank you so much for having me on your blog. My name is Becca and I am the author of the Matchbaker Mysteries series of cozy mysteries. Yes, MatchBaker is spelled right—even though no one thinks it is. J Even Amazon wants toContinue Reading
I Killed Zoe Spanos
“We were twirling and laughing and it was fun until I started to feel sick. I think I let go of her hands. She fell backward [from the third floor balcony] onto the lawn. It was an accident, but…I Killed Zoe Spanos.”—statement to the Hampton’s police by seventeen-year-old Anna. Martina,Continue Reading