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Review – Kid Comet and the Sixth Grade Shadow by Christopher Bodmann

  Synopsis Superpowers don’t always solve your super problems. The hardest part about being a superhero isn’t the punches, the powers, or even the secret identity. It’s getting back up when everything tells you to stay down. Josh Jacobs, Jr. wasn’t looking for trouble—he’s had enough of that already. New town, new school, and after […]

Excerpt – Red Shadows at Saugatuck by Randy Overbeck

  Synopsis Darrell Henshaw hoped he was past it all. After all, no ghosts had visited him for years. Instead, he learns his five-year-old-son, Leo, has inherited his “gift.” Now, they both can see ghosts. Upon his parents’ insistence, Darrell drives his young family 800 miles to celebrate his aunt Gertrude’s 80th birthday. But, once […]

Review – The Carpool Detectives by Chuck Hogan

  Synopsis The incredible true story of a group of moms who, united by a search for new purpose, attempt to solve a fifteen-year-old double murder. A lot of us like to think we could solve a mystery. Can these four moms actually do it? In 2020, Marissa, Jeannie, Samira, and Nicole find themselves at […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – The Spirit of Vanderlaan by Susan Harris Howell

    The Spirit of Vanderlaan (The Samantha Hayes Series) Paranormal Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting: This story is set on the fictitious campus of Vanderlaan University, in the Midwest or Midsouth region of the United States Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wild Rose Press Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 2, 2024 Synopsis When […]

Review & Giveaway – Puzzles and Premieres by Elizabeth Pantley

    Puzzles and Premieres: Magical Mystery Book Club Paranormal Cozy Mystery 10th in Series Setting – In a ski town at a film festival Better Beginnings, Inc. (July 15, 2025) Number of Pages: 290 Synopsis When this club selects a book, magic happens! This book club does more than read their books – they […]

Review – A Poetic Puzzle by Joanne McLaughlin

  Synopsis Internationally acclaimed poet Mary Irene Jones has vanished—calls and texts unacknowledged, bank accounts emptied, car abandoned. But before she disappeared, she mailed never-published manuscripts to a lesser-known namesake poet, M. Irene “Mimi” Jones. Are the manuscripts clues only Mimi can decipher? And what about the handsome Philadelphia cop assigned to the case? He […]

Review – Death of an Ex by Delia C. Pitts

  Synopsis Delia Pitts expertly writes about family, race, class, and grief in her mysteries. Vandy Myrick captured readers’ and critics’ hearts in Trouble in Queenstown. She returns in Death of an Ex, where Vandy tries to piece together what brought her ex-husband’s life to an end. Queenstown, New Jersey, feels big when you need help and […]

Review – No Lie Lasts Forever by Mark Stevens

  Synopsis Zodiac with a terrifying twist, in a taut thriller from author Mark Stevens about a reformed serial killer and the disgraced journalist he coaxes into finding the imposter trading on his name. When a reporter dies in a shockingly familiar way, the media rushes to announce the return of the PDQ Killer. The city […]

Excerpt – Deadly Odds 8.0 by Allen Wyler

      Medical innovation has always carried risks, but Deadly Odds 8.0 takes that anxiety and transforms it into a pulse-pounding race against time. I’m always drawn to thrillers that turn science into suspense, and this one delivers. After a sudden death outside a Seattle church, panic spreads when the CEO of a major […]

Review – The Case of the Croaked Coach by Susie Black

  Synopsis There wasn’t an honest bone in Buzz Bixby’s body. The Encino High School’s head football coach was an equal-opportunity scoundrel. Bixby cheated and lied his way to the top and screwed anyone and everyone in his wake. So, the question wasn’t who wanted the bastard dead. The question was, who didn’t? Student reporter […]