Author: StoreyBook Reviews

Review – Runners by Phil Oakley

  RUNNERS BOOK TWO IN THE OAKLEY SERIES By Phil Oakley   Historical Fiction / Depression Era / Family Saga Publisher: Stoney Creek Publishing Pages: 206 Publication Date: March 31, 2025   Synopsis From the author of Little Hatchet, this gripping historical saga continues—a powerful story of resilience, family, and the price of ambition. Perfect […]

Excerpt & Giveaway – Murder on the Steel Pier by Rosie Genova

    Murder on the Steel Pier: A Tess Mancini Time Travel Mystery Historical Mystery 1st in Series Setting -1955 Atlantic City Publisher ‏ : ‎ Two Roses Books (March 31, 2025) Print length ‏ : ‎ 321 pages Synopsis Greetings from the Nifty Fifties… The morning after a blowout birthday celebration in Atlantic City, […]

Review & Giveaway – The Scientist and the Serial Killer by Lise Olsen

  THE SCIENTIST AND THE SERIAL KILLER: THE SEARCH FOR HOUSTON’S LOST BOYS By Lise Olsen   True Crime / History Publisher: Random House Pages: 464 Publication Date: April 1, 2025     Synopsis The Scientist and the Serial Killer is the gripping, upside-down detective story of a Texas forensic anthropologist named Sharon Derrick who, […]

New Release – Seren by Peter Gooch

  Synopsis It’s 1978, and the art scene in the Midwest is booming. Successful Detroit gallery owner Fairchild Moss secretly yearns to return to his first love, painting. When he comes into possession of a mysterious masterpiece, his life takes an unexpected turn. Perplexed by the imprint of a nipple in the thick paint, Moss […]

Excerpt – 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 […]

Excerpt – I Don’t Believe in Astrology by Debra Silverman

  Synopsis An accessible guide to the life-changing benefits of astrology by renowned psychotherapist and astrologer, Debra Silverman. In a chaotic, confusing, and divisive world, Debra Silverman introduces astrology as the medicine for accepting our human nature–its idiosyncrasies and dilemmas. Through an application of both therapy and astrology, this breakthrough guide equips readers with tools […]

Excerpt – Karma Never Sleeps by R. John Dingle

    Synopsis In a small town, the truth can’t always set you free… When a second woman from a group of friends known as “the posse” is murdered in the woods near the New England enclave of Kendalton, FBI agent and profiler Gus Wheeler and his partner are called in to determine if this […]

Spotlight – Cupid on the Loose by John J. Jacobson

  Synopsis From the author of All the Cowboys Ain’t Gone and California Fever comes a romantic comedy about the exuberant intoxication of amore and its often hilarious antics. Aspiring author Billy Spiers tends to fall passionately in love, but soon, finding something missing, fall quickly out again. His grandmother, who raised him, thinks he […]

Guest Post & Giveaway – One Sharp Stitch by Allie Pleiter

    One Sharp Stitch (A Nimble Needle Mystery) Cozy Mystery 1st in Series Setting – North Carolina Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kensington Cozies (March 25, 2025) Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 256 pages When thirty-something Shelby Phillips returns to her quiet hometown just outside of Asheville, North Carolina, she reluctantly takes over her mother’s Nimble […]

Excerpt & Guest Post – Raising the Dead by Jayne Lisbeth

    Synopsis Emeline Upswatch, a naive 20-year-old bride, is grief-stricken after the deaths of both of her beloved parents. Now, Emeline believes she has made a grave error in moving with her husband, Randy, from her California Delta childhood home to unknown Charles Town, Virginia. She questions her marriage and herself. Marooned in grief […]