Can you escape the wrath of the Spirits? One of Sandy Jacobs’ ten year old students and his family are accused of witchcraft. Blamed for the mysterious deaths of two San Anselmo Pueblo children, they’re terrorized by “Boogeymen” Kachina, fierce-looking impersonators of the spirits. Sandy rushes to their aid, but her actions inflame the perpetrators and arouse the opposition of Native born faculty member, Ben Rush. Sandy and Ben clash over the issue while struggling against the attraction … [Read more...] about The Spirit Keepers by J. S. Winn
They Must Die by Jo Rahe
Determined that justice will be done, a killer begins a rampage of death when his path crosses accidentally with the women he blames for the death of his sister twelve years earlier How could Verity Casper have known that when she tried to help a new girl stand up for herself against school bullies, she had signed her own death warrant and that of her four friends? Cassie Metcalf is the last on the killers list and she is determined to find out what is happening before she too is … [Read more...] about They Must Die by Jo Rahe
Keiretsu by Richard Brawer
An explosive political thriller ripped from the headlines Toshio Nagoya, the ultra-nationalist CEO of Japan’s largest Keiretsu plots to build nuclear weapons to protect his country from a menacing China. Using his cousin, John Nagoya, a lawyer and second generation Japanese-American, they build a large political action committee to thwart the expected United Sates’ cease-and-desist demands. That’s the catalyst that draws three families, Toshio’s, John’s and Senator Morrison’s, … [Read more...] about Keiretsu by Richard Brawer
The Bar Murder Mystery by James Massaro
A 25 page short story: It’s early December. Cold and snowy. Midweek. Closing in on 2 AM. The city streets and the avenues are fairly empty. William and Catherine and their associates and some of their friends are in a bar that’s about to close. All types of conversations are being thrown around. Freedom Of Speech. Gun Control. Four Hundred Years. The Glass Ceiling. A conversation about a guy who killed the guy who killed his wife because he didn’t like the sentence the guy had gotten. … [Read more...] about The Bar Murder Mystery by James Massaro
Spy Island by Sophie Schiller
Spy Island is a spy thriller set on a Caribbean island during WWI. If you can imagine "Summer of My German Soldier" on a tropical island replete with German spies, Old World Danish characters, colorful West Indian characters, blazing luger pistols, a mad Voodoo Queen, and a brave and resourceful heroine, then you get the picture. In 1916, Abigail Maduro is a down-on-her-luck orphan who plunges into the dangerous world of German spies when she rescues Erich Seibold, a deserter from a German … [Read more...] about Spy Island by Sophie Schiller
The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones
In “The Wolf’s Moon” (ISBN 146636016X), author Patrick Jones creates a spellbinding tale of an ancient animal that haunts the foothill towns of Missouri’s Ozark Mountains. An unknown group of scientists has genetically engineered a Dire Wolf into the present day. Allegedly extinct, the ferocious beast preys upon the innocent people of Maple Hills. To hunt and kill the beast, the town folk will have to rely on the tracking feats of Mark Lansdowne. He is a reluctant hero, still mourning the … [Read more...] about The Wolf’s Moon by Patrick Jones
Blueblood by Matthew Iden @crimerighter
Four unrelated murders. Nothing special in Washington DC. Not even good enough to make the evening news. But then a concerned police lieutenant approaches retired homicide detective Marty Singer with a simple fact that changes everything. They were all cops. In a race to stop the killings, Marty tackles the case from the outside, chasing the killer from deadly Southeast DC to the heart of the Virginia gangland, on a mission to stop the spilling of yet more Blueblood. Blueblood is the … [Read more...] about Blueblood by Matthew Iden @crimerighter
A Question of Privilege (The Judge Ment Series Volume 1) by Ken Klopper
A BRUTAL MURDER. A VICIOUS KILLER. AN EXPERIENCED JUDGE. A MORAL DILEMMA. Judges are there to judge or so they say. They listen to the evidence, evaluate it, apply the law and logical reasoning, and deliver a judgment or verdict. But Judges are also human beings with personalities, personal lives, and weaknesses. Enter the world of Judge William L Ment, a dashing, witty and controversial judge with an eye and nose for beautiful women. Ment has all the skills and knowledge of a brilliant … [Read more...] about A Question of Privilege (The Judge Ment Series Volume 1) by Ken Klopper
FAMILY FALLACIES, A Kate Huntington Mystery, #3 by Kassandra Lamb
Psychotherapist Kate Huntington is having a rough autumn. Someone’s been sending anonymous and vaguely threatening notes to the counseling center where she works, and now she’s being sued for malpractice, for supposedly planting false memories in a client’s head. There is one bright spot. She’s falling in love. Now if she could just get the ghost of her dead husband out of her head. As the budding romance is heating up, the note sender ups the ante and is threatening to “destroy” Kate’s … [Read more...] about FAMILY FALLACIES, A Kate Huntington Mystery, #3 by Kassandra Lamb
A Question of Revenge (The Judge Ment Series Volume 2) by Ken Klopper
THE SECOND BOOK IN THE JUDGE MENT SERIES. A BREAKDOWN OF TRUST/ A LIE/A MURDER/AN ACT OF REVENGE The dashing, often witty, and controversial judge with an eye and nose for beautiful women is back. Still plagued by the murder in his courtroom, William Ment begins to have a strange recurring dream. When a trial involving the murder of a young British tourist on her honeymoon goes sour, a witness reveals facts that puts Ment on the trail of another serial killer. The trail leads him right back … [Read more...] about A Question of Revenge (The Judge Ment Series Volume 2) by Ken Klopper
The Promise of Strangers by Daniel D Govain
Oscar Alberto Kicklighter imagines the highlight of his day will be collecting his new car, but a chance encounter with a cafe owner leads him on a journey he neither anticipated nor desired. Prompted by three photographs he had barely noticed in his apartment, Oscar sets off on an adventure to the other side of the world. But a growing belief that he is being followed by a suited, shadowy figure soon begins to dominate his thoughts and arouse his fears. Why is he being followed? Who is this … [Read more...] about The Promise of Strangers by Daniel D Govain
Low Jinks on the High Seas by Charles Locks
After weeks of self-exile on Tortola, day-sail skipper Captain Brian returns to St. Judas, home to pirates, fairy dust, and little boys who never grow up. Girded for the final showdown with his wife, Billie, and the man intent upon busting up his marriage, he finds a disgruntled heir, Spanish gangsters, and a dead tourist, whose murder the police in two countries are trying to pin on him. Trying to pin him down is a Lufthansa flight attendant, as aggressive as his adversaries. Betrayed by … [Read more...] about Low Jinks on the High Seas by Charles Locks
