Synopsis: Everyone knew about Stewartville's dark history. The mining war that led to the prisons. The prisons that brought the corruption. The drugs and the crime. It was no secret that something was wrong with the place. What we didn't know was why. Then Denny and I found that tunnel in his basement. And what... Continue Reading →
Review: Trigger Point
Synopsis: When the CIA recruited him... ...they said he would need to make sacrifices for his country. Did he understand they meant he'd give up everything? Growing up in the Midwest, Nicholas, a farm boy, knew how to work hard and understood the importance of friends and family. It's 1985 and his old coach just... Continue Reading →
Review: The Lake Templeton Murders
Synopsis: An edge-of-your seat murder mystery set in a forgotten, ocean-facing town on Vancouver Island!A body washes up on the shores of Lake Templeton, a small town on the coast of Vancouver Island. Sharon Reese, the victim, was a dedicated government employee. Everyone liked her, but no one knew much about her. Was she hiding... Continue Reading →
Review: One Tough Cowboy
Synopsis: First in a brand-new series from #1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh and Veronica Chadwick about one man’s pursuit of justice—and unbridled desire. LAW AND ORDER. For as long as Samantha can remember, Hunter—a man as strong as steel, with a heart of gold—has been her hero. It came as no surprise... Continue Reading →
Review: Nyxia
Synopsis: Emmett Atwater isn’t just leaving Detroit; he’s leaving Earth. Why the Babel Corporation recruited him is a mystery, but the number of zeroes on their contract has him boarding their lightship and hoping to return to Earth with enough money to take care of his family. Forever. Before long, Emmett discovers that... Continue Reading →
Review: New
Synopsis: Found in a dying jungle, six strange babies ae spirited off to the United States where a fantastic discovery is made. Like us, they are hominids. They don't share our DNA but they're highly intelligent. So they're animals--less than slaves, but as smart as us. They are incredibly valuable... Continue Reading →
Review: In the Name of the Family by Sarah Dunate
Synopsis: `It is better to be feared than loved' - Niccolo Machiavelli In the bear pit of renaissance politics, a young Florentine diplomat finds himself first hand observer on the history's most notorious family - the Borgias. In the Name of the Family - as Blood... Continue Reading →
Review: The Cabin Sessions
Synopsis: The Cabin Sessions is a confronting, hard-hitting, dark psychological thriller told with acid wit. Themes of abuse are explored through minds distorted by fear and corrupted by hatred and delusion; this is a tale in which redemption is gained in unexpected ways. It's Christmas Eve when hapless musician Adam Banks stands on the bridge... Continue Reading →
Review: A Blazing Gilded Age
Synopsis: A Blazing Gilded Age is the epic story of a volatile nation burning with ambition, yet bleeding with injustice. It was a time of profound change; boldly transforming from an agrarian backwater into an industrial powerhouse. Center stage in this turbulent saga, are the Wozniaks; a poor coal mining family struggling to achieve the... Continue Reading →
Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Synopsis: Mikael Blomkvist, a once-respected financial journalist, watches his professional life rapidly crumble around him. Prospects appear bleak until an unexpected (and unsettling) offer to resurrect his name is extended by an old-school titan of Swedish industry. The catch—and there's always a catch—is that Blomkvist must first spend a year researching a mysterious disappearance that... Continue Reading →
Review: Jellybeaners
Synopsis: Jellybeaners is a contemporary novel set in the heart of Appalachia, revealing the money ties, political corruption, wasted lives, and overall cash-churning nature of the prescription pill culture from perspectives spanning both sides of the law. Rating: 4-stars Review: Jellybeaners by Gene Scott is a great contemporary read. This novel alerts readers to the... Continue Reading →
Review: Justice Delayed
Synopsis: It's been eighteen years since TV crime reporter Andi Hollister's sister was murdered. The confessed killer is behind bars, and the execution date is looming. But when a letter surfaces stating that the condemned killer didn't actually do it, Detective Will Kincaide of the Memphis Cold Case Unit will stop at nothing to help... Continue Reading →
Review: Abduction (How Liberalism Steals Our Children’s Hearts and Minds)
Synopsis: Abduction issues an Amber Alert for the souls and minds of America’s youth. The book exposes how the liberal Left seeks to brainwash our children. It places a spotlight on the corruption that permeates the entertainment, educational, and judicial systems of our nation. Parents, teachers, and policymakers need to know what is happening right... Continue Reading →
Review: The Candidate by Lis Wiehl
Synopsis: How far will a candidate go to become president? Erica Sparks—America’s top-rated cable news host—is about to find out. Mike Ortiz is a dynamic war hero favored to win the White House. Standing by his side is his glamorous and adoring wife, Celeste. But something about this seemingly perfect couple troubles Erica. Is Celeste... Continue Reading →
Review: Hail to the Chief
Synopsis: Hail to the Chief -- a political thrill ride as current as today's headlines. President-elect Maggie Mathews--the first woman voted into the nation's highest office--is felled by a ruptured brain aneurysm just 10 days before her inauguration. While she lies in a coma, her vice president-elect attempts to conceal his past, and... Continue Reading →
Review: Midnight in Berlin
Synopsis: Berlin in the spring of 1939. Hitler is preparing for war. Colonel Noel Macrae, a British diplomat, plans the ultimate sacrifice to stop him. The West’s appeasement policies have failed. There is only one alternative: assassination. The Gestapo, aware of Macrae’s hostility, seeks to compromise him in their infamous brothel. There Macrae meets... Continue Reading →
Review: Darwin Sin
Synopsis: A killer virus, a race against time... With the Hayes virus sweeping across America, killing anyone it touches, maverick scientist Derek Lane knows he must find a cure...and fast. But with no obvious connections between victims and fears that the virus could be a weapon of terror, time is running out. Amidst this... Continue Reading →
Review: The Dove’s Necklace
Synopsis: The stunning novel that explores the secret life of Mecca by the first woman to win the international prize for Arabic fiction. When the body of a young woman is discovered in the Lane of Many Heads, an alley in modern-day Mecca, no one will claim it as they are all ashamed of... Continue Reading →
Review: The Letter Writer
Synopsis: The first thing Woodrow Cain sees when he steps off the train in New York City on February 9, 1942, is smoke from an ocean liner in flames in the harbor. It’s the Normandie, and word on the street is that it was burned by German saboteurs. “Ten lousy minutes in New York... Continue Reading →
Review: The 8th Circle
Synopsis: A year ago, Danny Ryan lost his wife and son in a car accident. He's still reeling from the tragedy when Michael Cohen, his friend and fellow journalist, drives into the pond in front of his house with a bullet through his gut. With Michael's death ruled a murder, Danny must work to... Continue Reading →
Review: White Nights, Black Paradise
Synopsis: In 1978, Peoples Temple, a multiracial church once at the forefront of progressive San Francisco politics, self-destructed in a Guyana jungle settlement named after its leader, the Reverend Jim Jones. Fatally bonded by fear of racist annihilation, the community s greatest symbol of crisis was the White Night; a rehearsal of revolutionary mass suicide... Continue Reading →