“Accusation”

Trust no one except Raquel Rematti. “Accusation” by Paul Batista is ripped from the headlines and filled with true-to-life sensationalism and perceived notions of social issues. This account is from a different point of view, and while it might take a while to settle into this alternate account, as the drama evolves, every side becomes […]

“Racing the Light”

Don’t swim with sharks Elvis Cole is a detective, something like a cop, but better dressed. He is the owner of Elvis Cole Detective Agency; if he can’t find it, it can’t be found. Some days are great; others are bad all the way around. “Racing the Light” unfolds in Cole’s first person narrative, with […]

“Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun”

Finley finds hilarity and danger at a citizen’s police academy. “Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun” is the third book in this hilarious series by Elle Cosimano. Findlay is a busy single mom who wrangles children, buries dead bodies, and runs from mob bosses. New readers get a hint of past characters and relationships as Findlay’s […]

“The House Guest”

It is not the money that is bad; it is how people use it.“ “The House Guest” introduces characters by dangling the past, reviewing the present, and hinting at things to come. Everything Alyssa thought would make her life wonderful and happy, well, it didn’t. Her life was like that of a lobster — living […]

“The Prisoner”

Who are these people and is any single one of them telling the truth? “The Prisoner” unfolds in the first-person present tense narrative of Amelie Lamont. It is immediate, chilling, and uncertain. Amelie is a victim, but much, much more than that. Her life is filled with guilt as dark as the hood that covers […]

“Red Queen”

Solving complex crimes requires a special investigative team Characters in “Red Queen” by Juan Gómez-Jurado, arrive on the page with complicated and “unclean” pasts. They feel they live in a world full of the incompetent, the egotistical, and the just plain stupid; readers immediately want to know everything about them. Antonia Scott is unbearable, secretive, […]

“A Winter Grave”

A discovery in frozen Scotland changes everything. Author Peter May has a knack for taking society’s current situations and extrapolating them to the future. In 2005, May could not find a publisher for his book “Lockdown,” set in the midst of a devastating global pandemic, but it became a best seller in 2020 as readers […]

“Murder Book”

Career criminals show up in out-of-the-way locations “Murder Book” is a gripping mystery with compelling characters, lots of action, and surprising plot twists. U.S. Attorney Ellen Leicester notices that certain “career” criminals have been committing crimes in unexpected out-of-the-way rural Indiana; she suspects that this unusual “activity” might just be the start of some new […]

“Outside”

There is no accounting for what people will do. “Outside” by Ragnar Jónasson sends readers into the cold, the isolation, and the danger of Iceland where even the brightest days might prove hazardous for those who do not show respect for conditions so close to the Arctic Circle. The drama begins on a mind-numbingly cold […]

“Holy Chow”

A dog, a guy arrested — he has to be innocent, but can Andy prove it? “Holy Chow” finds Andy Carpenter and the gang returning for another daring, dangerous, and delightful adventure with crime and dogs. Regular readers of the “Andy Carpenter” series have followed the characters as they have changed and grown, but new […]