Category: suspense

Called Home – Gloria Schumann

Gloria Schumann is originally from Detroit but attended college in TN where she met her husband, Paul.  They moved to Minnesota before ending up in Austin where they still reside.  I learned from her site that she was never much of a reader growing up (oh the horror!) but quickly delved into reading whenver she could once she found […]

The Sixes – Kate White (giveaway)

Kate White is best known as the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and several bestselling career bibles including Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead…but Gutsy Girls Do and 9 Secrets of Women who Get Everything They Want. Then in 2002 she decided to try her hand at mystery novels and scored a hit with If Looks […]

Trapped on Mystery Island – John Howard Reid (Giveaway)

John Howard Reid is a prize winning author and writing contests judge.  He has also worked as a publisher, editor, critic and bookseller.  As a fiction writer, Reid first achieved fame in England and Australia for a series of detective novels, all featuring a Miami police sergeant named Merryll Manning, who made his debut in […]

A Case of Intent – Review & Giveaway

P.S. Barta has been telling engaging stories since childhood, when she often entertained friends and younger relatives with tales of mystery and intrigue. She then enhanced her skills through participation in live theatre, where she was nominated for a local acting award. Her professional life started with positions in visual arts, but soon included writing […]

Giveaway of Hush by Kate White

Kate White is best known as the editor-in-chief of Cosmopolitan magazine and several bestselling career bibles including Why Good Girls Don’t Get Ahead…but Gutsy Girls Do and 9 Secrets of Women who Get Everything They Want. Then in 2002 she decided to try her hand at mystery novels and scored a hit with If Looks […]

Explosion in Paris

Author – Linda Masemore Pirrung iUniverse 978-1440140747, April 2009 Right always wins out over wrong in the end 4 out of 5 stars Linda Masemore Pirrung is the author of several romantic suspense novels including “Cracked Hearts” and “I Will Wait for You”. “Explosion in Paris” is the newest romantic suspense novel from this author. […]

The Black Cloister

Author – Melanie Dobson Publisher – Kregel Publications May 2008 Sometimes life is about more than what you can see 4 out of 5 stars ‘The Black Cloister’ is Melanie Dobson’s third novel with her fourth due out in 2009. She is married and lives in Oregon with her family. This novel is about one […]

The Spy Who Came for Christmas

Author – David MorrellPublisher – Vanguard Press, The Perseus Books GroupNovember 2008 And a child shall lead them5 out of 5 stars David Morrell is an award winning author for his novel First Blood in which the character Rambo was created. He has written other best selling novels such as Extreme Denial, Brotherhood of the […]