Like a favorite recipe with all the right ingredients in proper quantities, Hidden Pictures has mystery, romance, realism, and horror all combined in perfect proportion and mixed with strategic purpose. Edgar Award winning author Jason Rekulak, has created with his sophomore novel another intriguing page turner that is hard to put down. Jason Rekulak Narrator Mallory…
Avery Chambers, ex-therapist gone rogue, uses her own ten step program for her clients. “Golden” wife Marissa wants Avery to help keep her marriage alive as she tells her “Golden” husband Robert about an affair. When these three characters come together the mystery and suspense begin in The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, a riveting novel of deception…
Do you live to read novels but find it difficult to finish non-fiction books even when the topic is interesting? Give historical fiction a try. Learn about the past while doing something you love. The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain places the reader in North Carolina after the passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act and before…
The mention of Mafia often brings to people’s minds memories of The Godfather or The Sopranos. In fact, Naomi Krupitsky the author of The Family: a Novel claims both of these sources, plus Origins of the Sicilian Mafia: the Market for Lemons were inspirations for her writing. This reader picked up Krupitsky’s novel because of the storyline involving the…
Peppered with flavorful tidbits of Celtic mythology, paragraphs from traditional Selkie tales published from 1849 – 1903 which help set the mood, The Hidden by Melanie Golding is a psychological thriller that starts out intensely with an abandoned child and a bloody body in a bathtub. The chapters are short and switch perspectives, timeframes and characters. They keep the…
It is the mystery of the magic that makes The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova such a unique, intriguing fantasy. This mixture of fairytale creatures, protective bonding with flora and fauna, spirits, and wishes-come-true draws readers in, entertains, and keeps them wanting more. The story ironically starts with the expected death of the protagonist, Orquídea, who…
It’s October, the perfect time for everything supernatural, and also Hispanic Heritage month. What better choice could there be for a book blog than a paranormal novel with vampires in Mexico City? Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s book, Certain Dark Things has just been released in paperback format. This reader enjoyed the audio book @libro.fm. If you relished Moreno- Garcia’s Mexican Gothic, you…
Attention all trekkies! Do you remember the episode “Mirror, Mirror” with the darkside Kirk and Spock (aggressive, mistrustful and opportunistic) from a parallel universe? Trivia time: that parallel universe is used in 8 episodes of various Star Trek series. It seems that the concept of a multiverse has appeal to many sci-fi fans, including this one. In…
If you love a novel that throws you a good curve ball, The Cover Wife by Dan Fesperman is an espionage thriller with a few red herrings and an interesting cast of characters. The CIA and the FBI are keeping secrets from their own agents, and each other. CIA agent Claire Saylor is a strong female protagonist…
Warning - Not for the Faint of Heart - This book contains some grisly stuff, including a monster that kills things and hangs them from trees by their entrails. Are you still interested? Near the Bone by Christina Henry is a riveting, suspenseful, creepy horror novel with an underdog protagonist. Christina Henry Twenty-something Mattie…
