In the comic mystery "Exile on Slain Street," undercover detective Clancy Parker must find the killer on the set of a reality TV dating show before she gets eliminated—permanently.Clancy thought she’d been hired to protect the show’s star, grunge-rock guitar god Patrick Price, from a stalker, but she quickly realizes she’s dealing with a clever murderer whose arsenal includes booby-trapped stripper poles and sabotaged stretch Hummers. As members of the cast and production team are killed one by … [Read more...] about Exile on Slain Street: A Clancy Parker Mystery by P.J. Morse
Atomic Renaissance: American Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s by Jeffrey Marks
America in the 1950s was a place of Eisenhower, the Korean Conflict, McCarthy, and Sputnik. Women found themselves trapped into a mold of Donna Reed and June Cleaver, marginalized by the hyper-masculinity of the age. Mystery fiction had become a male bastion as well, promoting hardboiled private eye novels and spy fiction. It would be another three decades before groups to promote equality between the sexes in mystery fiction appeared. Yet during that post-World War II era, seven women … [Read more...] about Atomic Renaissance: American Women Mystery Writers of the 1940s and 1950s by Jeffrey Marks
Christmas in Wine Country by Addison Westlake
"Christmas in Wine Country" by Addison Westlake is a romantic comedy set in Northern California's wine country. It's Lila’s big debut as an event planner and the company holiday party is going to be her chance to shine. At a Tuscan-style vineyard near the Northern California coast in the perfect little black dress she's sure to impress commitment-phobe Phillip. What could go wrong? 72 hours later with no job and no boyfriend, Lila finds herself with all kinds of answers to that … [Read more...] about Christmas in Wine Country by Addison Westlake
Hiding From Seagulls by John Wallis
Tommy started believing in impossible things the day he caught a bus along with a man curiously dressed as a live size teddy bear. What followed was the most bizarre journey of his life. Join Tommy and his reluctant school friends on an adventure as they meet, elephant men, talking owls, the Man of Christmas, and many more. All whilst being chased by a Duchess who knows their deepest personnel secrets. Targeted Age Group: Age 8 and up What Advice Would You Give Aspiring … [Read more...] about Hiding From Seagulls by John Wallis
After the Cure by Deirdre Gould @scullerytales
Eight years ago the December Plague swept through the human population of earth. The Infected were driven mad by the disease, becoming violent and cannibalistic, killing even those closest to them without hesitation. Six years ago, the tiny surviving community of Immune humans found a cure, and the Infected began to wake up and realize what they'd done. And what had been done to them. Over time, society began to rebuild itself. Now it is ready to judge those responsible for the Plague. … [Read more...] about After the Cure by Deirdre Gould @scullerytales
My Boyfriend Merlin by Priya Ardis
He was a little older than he was letting on. By a few eons... 17 year-old Boston high-schooler Arriane, aka Ryan, DuLac just found out the guy she's been crushing on, hot biker Matt, is a little older than he was letting on. In fact, he is really Merlin--the Merlin, King Arthur's Merlin, the greatest wizard who ever lived. Frozen in a cave for over fifteen hundred years, he's woken for a purpose. But Ryan's not impressed. Tired of being a relationship loser, she'd rather kick his legendary … [Read more...] about My Boyfriend Merlin by Priya Ardis
The Alliance by Scott Klug
The Alliance is a fast-paced thriller certain to entertain students of comparative religion, horror films, archaeology and adventure. Think The Da Vinci Code meets “Indiana Jones.” What ends with a dramatic confrontation on a snow covered peak in the Himalayas, begins for Father Pete Farrell, with a horrifying phone call. The Archbishop of St Petersburg is found hung upside down in the world-renowned Hermitage museum with his throat slit in what appears to be a ritual murder. Missing are … [Read more...] about The Alliance by Scott Klug
Thin Ice
Women are dying… and Danny Harper’s life is in pieces. "When the feeling comes it is like a flood… a faint prickling in his palms and then it is everywhere: swelling up, consuming his thoughts, sweeping through his body. It is fire and ice: a storm of calmness, a torrent of silence. It is the rapture and it has come to sweep him away..." THIN ICE: Everything is going perfectly for young journalist Danny Harper: a new flat, a career on the up and the girl he loves about to marry him. … [Read more...] about Thin Ice
The Army of Light by Stephen Fender @StephenAFender
It started with an attack on a research station near the frontier region, the furthest portion of the Outer Sphere of Unified space. Then, one by one, subsequent border systems began to fall victim to the unknown attackers. Months went by before anyone in the Unified Collaboration of Systems realized what was happening. By then, it was too late. The Kafaran had arrived. The fighting between the two factions raged on for nearly five years. Hundreds of thousands perished, and millions of … [Read more...] about The Army of Light by Stephen Fender @StephenAFender
Preparing for Primetime: How to craft a news story – Guidance for Beginners and Citizen Journalists by A Ravi Shankar
Worldwide Citizen Journalists are capturing news events on video, every minute. Most of them are at the right place at the right moment, but there is more to proper story telling than just being there. Follow along as I teach you how to craft, package and market what you see for primetime. TV Journalism students and professionals beginning their careers in this field will also gain immensely from this book. So get a head start in your Television and Video Journalism career with 'Preparing for … [Read more...] about Preparing for Primetime: How to craft a news story – Guidance for Beginners and Citizen Journalists by A Ravi Shankar
The Dragonfly Door – a modern day time-travel thriller by Margaret A. Millmore @MMillmore
Most people would envy Frank Mann for living off a trust fund in beautiful San Francisco. But Frank was directionless and spiraling downward – lonely, drinking heavily, getting into brawls. He was sitting at a bar when above the gleaming bottles he first glimpsed the thing that would change his life forever. “It was the largest dragonfly I’d ever seen. Its wings were silver and its body a luminescent blue-green, almost metallic. I swear it was looking right at me.” But it wasn’t looking at … [Read more...] about The Dragonfly Door – a modern day time-travel thriller by Margaret A. Millmore @MMillmore
The Fig Wasp and the Fig Tree by Bill Lupton
A children’s illustrated rhyming story about the fantastic mutual relationship between two species, the fig wasp and the fig tree, and how they are entirely dependent on each other - obligate mutialism The book includes two additional rhyming stories for a bit of fun; A Bunch of idioms - the story of a cat being sprayed by a smelly skunk and other animals helping to clean the cat. Explained in rhyming idioms. Why insects are small - a rhyming story about a bagworm … [Read more...] about The Fig Wasp and the Fig Tree by Bill Lupton
