Well In Time by Suzan Still - In a story that ranges from ancient Egypt to medieval Europe and the present day, we follow Calypso Searcy is a writer with an ability to see the future through her dreams. That power comes to her through a golden locket. She and her lover Javier must defend... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Cyclops Conspiracy
The Cyclops Conspiracy by David Perry - (2012) Jason Rodgers has harbored a devastating secret. A secret that nearly ended his career and cost him the love of his life. After the death of her father, his mentor, Christine's father, Jason returns to confront his own mistakes, questions about the older man's death and a conspiracy that... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Down Solo
Down Solo - A Novel of Suspense by Earl Javorsky (2014) - Charlie Minor is a small-time detective with a list of less than reputable characters filling his life, a borderline crazy wife and a daughter with whom he doesn't spend nearly enough time. But when he wakes up dead, his life gets really complicated.... Continue Reading →
Book Review – War of the Worlds
War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells (1897) - Earth astronomers are surprised by a series of violent explosions on the surface of Mars. All too soon they will discover the cause of the disturbance as spaceships slam into the quiet English country side near London. The Martians have landed and their intent is to... Continue Reading →
Book Review – What Follows
What Follows - Edited by April Steenburgh and C. Lennox (2014) - How would an Immortal deal with the End Times? The world will inevitably come stumbling into apocalypse, and They will be there to witness it. Dryads, demi-gods, deities of every pantheon- is it possible for the Eternal to handle an ending with grace? Should it come... Continue Reading →
From My Shelves – To The Vanishing Point
To The Vanishing Point by Alan Dean Foster (1988) - The Sonderberg family doesn't know it yet, but this isn't going to be any ordinary road trip. A quiet drive down Interstate 40 becomes a trip into an alternate reality when they pick up an unassuming hitchhiker. It turns out the family has just given a... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Cooking on a Dollar Store Budget
Cooking on a Dollar Store Budget - Rekaya Gibson - When she was unemployed Rekaya Gibson needed recipes that met two criteria. First, they needed to be inexpensive because her budget was tight. Second, she wasn't ready to give up on taste in her meals. Working with ingredients that she could find at local dollar... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Devil's Quota
The Devil's Quota by Tom Avitabile (2014, Story Plant) - Murder isn't simple when it kills an NYPD detective's partner and drags him into a conspiracy involving the economic 1%. Detective DiMaggio follows the trail through the offices of a sexual behavior specialist and onto the international stage. On the other side of the world... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Skyjack – The Hunt for D.B. Cooper
Skyjack-The Hunt for D.B. Cooper by Geoffrey Gray (2012) - There are few crimes in American history that have grabbed the imagination the way the hijacking of an airplane by a man known only as "Dan Cooper". Through a mistake "Dan Cooper" became "D.B. Cooper" and that is how history remembers him. Cooper hijacked Northwest... Continue Reading →
Book Review – The Garden of the Stone
The Garden of the Stone - Victoria Strauss (2010) - Years ago the world had been divided between those with the power of the Mind, the Gifted, and those who worked in the physical world, the Ungifted, whose world was known as that of the Hand. The Gifted kept control of the rest through the... Continue Reading →