Synopsis September 1960. In the Spandauer forest Detectives Max Becker and Bastian Döhl, from the Berlin Kriminalpolizei, find a naked, tortured man tied to a tree. A cryptic message hangs from his neck. When another body appears, Max is sure it won’t be the last. The press dub the killer, Der Waldscharfrichter (The Forest Executioner) and graphic tattoos on […]
Synopsis If Goldilocks had known about the six simple machines (these are taught in every basic earth science class) she would have had a much better time at the Three Bears’ house. In this version, Goldilocks does know how to use these simple machines and she leaves the Three Bears’ house better than she […]
Dead in Dublin (The Dublin Driver Mysteries) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Publisher: Kensington (December 31, 2019) Mass Market Paperback: 304 pages Synopsis In Dublin’s fair city, where the girls are so pretty, murder occurs at the feet of sweet Molly Malone . . . Ferrying tourists around Dublin for the Leprechaun Limo […]
Book Title: Revenge by George Lockie Category: Adult Fiction, 178 pages Genre: Thriller Publisher: Austin Macauley Release date: December 2018 Synopsis Rory Glassen is selected to join an elite SAS cell. They are sent to Libya to seek retribution for the near-death torture of two of their SAS troopers, at the hands […]
There were quite a few books I enjoyed in 2019, in fact, I gave 5 paws to over 100 books…yikes! I didn’t realize I read that many that I enjoyed so much. These are some of the books that really stuck with me in 2019 (and not necessarily published in 2019 but when […]
Bound for Murder: A Blue Ridge Library Mystery Cozy Mystery 4th in Series Publisher: Crooked Lane Books (January 7, 2020) Hardcover: 304 pages Synopsis Blue Ridge library director Amy Webber learns it wasn’t all peace and love among the “flower children” when a corpse is unearthed on the grounds of a 1960s commune. […]
The most delicious planet-friendly, vegan recipes from leading plant-based chefs and innovators From Nil Zacharias, the cofounder of multiple online platforms focused on the plant-based food space, and Forks Over Knives author Gene Stone, Eat for the Planet Cookbook is a delicious, informative guide to eating vegan—featuring 75 recipes from some of the world’s greatest plant-based chefs, […]
A highly opinionated, vibrantly illustrated wine guide from one of the country’s most celebrated—and unorthodox—sommeliers and winemakers In this entertaining, informative, and thoroughly unconventional wine guide, award-winning sommelier, winemaker, and wine educator André Mack presents readers with the 99 bottles that have most impacted his life. Instead of just pairing wines with foods, Mack […]
A Mysterious Mix Up (An Allie Cobb Mystery) Cozy Mystery 3rd in Series Publisher: Lyrical Press (January 7, 2020) Paperback: 190 pages Synopsis Murder hits the stacks when literary agent Allie Cobb investigates a fatality in the local library . . . Allie Cobb returns home from a book conference armed with hugs […]
Silenced in Sequins (A Resale Boutique Mystery) Cozy Mystery 2nd in Series Publisher: Lyrical Press (January 7, 2020) Print Length 256 Pages Synopsis Former Manhattan fashion buyer Kelly Quinn is turning her grandmother’s outdated consignment shop into her quaint hometown’s hot spot for upscale style—until her second-hand couture makes the scene of an […]