In the Vanishing Hour by Sarah Beth Martin is an interesting book that skips back and forth between the 1950s and its revealing conclusion in the 1970s. The story is set in Norumbega, Massachusetts, near the Charles River. The narrative tells of two drownings. Mac,...

Blood on the Bayou by Douglas J. Wood is a thriller of note. New Orleans’ French Quarter is plagued by a serial killer. The Bayou Slasher slits the victim’s throat, carves 3 X’s on the forehead, puts a wooden cross in their hand, and normally...

Little Town Blues by David Gonthier, Jr. is set in Fryebury Falls where everyone seems to be haunted. Moira Davis catches glimpses of the twin sister she was unable to save. Jack Cleary and his son J.J. are possessed by an ominously malicious manifestation they...

Timothy by Rosemary O Sheppard covers the first four decades of Timothy's life. From the day he was born in London to a single mother during the Second World War, he knew himself to be special, very special, and with God as his father the...

Victoria followed her husband Nick to Angie’s house as she suspected Nick and Angie of having an affair. At Angie’s house, Victoria got out of her car, stumbled on a rock, and lost her balance. She scraped her arm when she fell. Victoria saw Nick...

The Secret Behind Sycamore Hills by Luis Ammerman is the story of gentle Ophelia who struggles to keep house for the miserly Lord Fortney. When his handsome nephew Charles Witherford comes to visit, Ophelia cannot help falling in love. Lord Fortney opposes the match, but...

The serial killer thriller What Happens In... by Steffanie Moyers introduces readers to Knox, a stripper who dances at the most exclusive strip club in Vegas, The Strip. A high-end club hidden in The Cosmopolitan, the club can only be accessed by people with the...

A Broken Clock Never Boils by C.J. Weiss is a psychological thriller that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat. Claire Rossi became obsessed with curing schizophrenic patients after her mother was misdiagnosed and later died because of that. Becoming a psychiatrist...

When news of their deadbeat dad is delivered by their dying mother who had left them to their own devices for years, Charly and her brother Jacob have an unexpected change in their financial circumstances. In The Excursion by T.O. Paine, Charly is handed the...

As a reviewer, it’s always such a pleasure to discover a writer whose style is fast-paced and doesn’t bog the reader down in details, whose storyline is fresh and different, and whose characters are unique and capture the imagination. For me, Deborah Levison is that...