Deviant Agendas: A Victoria Rodessa Legal Thriller by Katherine Smith Dedrick is Volume 1 of the V-Files. Victoria Rodessa has graduated from law school and has gone to join Acker, Smith & McGowen, one of the top international law firms that pushes female lawyers to...

Growing up, I was taught to never discuss politics or religion with those outside the family. I did not listen to this advice and am so glad that Katherine W. Schweit obviously didn’t either. More directly, the politics she discusses is gun ownership. In How...

Stop the Killing: How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis by Katherine Schweit addresses the thorny issue of guns and gun violence. The author has had a noteworthy career, from being in the media to obtaining a law degree and serving as a special agent...

Katherine Christensen has taken a myth and expanded it into a beautiful work of art. A Rib From Eve is a look into the past. The setting is Briton 620 AD. The land was savage, and the women were strong and resourceful. It was a...

The Body In The Basement is the latest book by Katherine Page in her Faith Fairchild “The Body In The … Series”. This being the first book I have read in the series, I found the main character to be instead of Faith a woman...

Faith Fairchild is a caterer but like a modern day Miss Marple, she has a knack for solving mysteries. Husband Tom is a pastor who himself is troubled by a large amount of money missing from the a church fund. An elderly friend tells her...

"The First Apostle" by Katherine Pym is gripping historical fiction. Set in Paris, it relates the story of journalist and pamphleteer Camille Desmoulins during the period of the French Revolution. He was an active and outspoken revolutionary, a close friend of Robespierre and other influential...

"Nework" by Katherine Kammer is a nifty little workbook of ideas to help find balance in the working part of one's life. The author tells the reader that career goals are obtainable but that, with many of us, the goal is actually a step-by-step process...

Have You Seen Me by Katherine Scott Nelson is about two close friends, weird kids Chris and Vyv, who spend a lot of time together. The story recounts the upheavals and incidents that happen in each one's life and how they are correlated to each...

Native New Zealander Katherine Hayton's second novel, Skeletal, is an endearing read and offers a different perspective on how teenage fiction may be written. Refreshingly lacking any aspect of romance, the female heroine, fourteen-year-old Daina Harrow, is a bright student at school whose negligent and...

Emma is having one of those days. She wakes up to a sick puppy who has managed to explode all over her apartment, so she calls in a cleaning team and the vet, which really shoots her budget in the foot. Once she arrives at...

Breathe, and Release is a contemporary thriller written by Katherine Hayton. Elisabet had no memories of the accident that left her lying in a hospital bed in the Intensive Care Unit. From what little she was able to make out from the hospital staff, she...

Poisoned Apple by Katherine McIntyre sucks you into the troubled mind of Neve. Neve isn't your typical teenager - she has lost her mother, her father has gone off to be with someone else, and Neve is left with her wicked stepmother. Neve lives a...

Emily is a very bright, cheerful and creative little girl. She loves to write stories and draw pictures. There are a lot of other things she loves too, like bright colors, the seashore, the moon and the stars. She also likes a very special mirror...

The Infinity Bloom by Katherine Espano is the story of Anna Purnell. She lives in a crazy world that is being destroyed and turned upside down by a plant. The change starts with children, or maybe not. But people are changing all over the world...

Hospital Hill is an historical mystery novel written by Katherine Anderson. Northampton State Hospital was Valerie Martin’s first place of employment. Working in an asylum had not been the Smith graduate’s plan for a career. Valerie had planned on using her degree in Education and...

I was very impressed with the level of information presented in Home Remedies Express: Know How to Cure the Most Common Health Issues Using Natural Home Remedies. The book begins by discussing why the contents will be useful, such as when a pharmacy is closed...

Maritimers do love their folk art. From small carved figurines and quirky touristy trinkets, to paintings and much more, it’s not surprising that these creative people love to do things big as well. They are a proud people, these Maritimers, proud of the culture and...

There are a lot of traditions associated with the celebration of Christmas. Santa Claus, Christmas trees; you name it, there’s a history behind the legend. But the most exciting part of Christmas really isn’t the gifts. It’s the food. It lasts much longer than the...

A-C-T Like A Kid And T-H-I-N-K Like A Parent by Katherine Shears and CS Whitehurst is packed full of advice for children on how to get on with and how to please their parents. It covers a wide range of topics pertinent to many children...