Eloquent descriptions of the landscape convey a sense of awe and suspense. Trekking 125 miles of the infamous Death Valley, Lee Bergthold and his traveling companion, Jerry, maneuvered the dry desert to conquer the direct path from the... Read More
“I was in Ambercromby’s army at Ticonderoga,” quips Thomas Dordrecht, hero of Jonathan Carriel’s historical mystery. “I can stomach a corpse.” That is fortunate for the young apprentice because corpses abound in 1762 New... Read More
In his debut novel, Martin Skogsbeck combines medical science with romantic obsession and melodrama to create an engaging and educational story. French neurologist Redan “Red” Palleago narrates this book as an overt plea to find his... Read More
Usher’s Harbour introduces a post-apocalyptic, twenty-third century world in which human beings reside safely inside meticulously controlled domed cities, protected from the disease and climate disasters that have ravaged the earth and... Read More
Teacher and award-winning playwright Brenda Faye Collie introduces feisty high-school junior Loresha in Almost A Senior, the first volume of a planned trilogy. As the newly elected student-body president at fictional Major Horris High... Read More
A theater, the 2010 Olympics, and an old plantation in Louisiana are just a few of the settings for Elizabeth Elwood’s riveting mysteries in "The Agatha Principle and Other Mystery Stories". A collection of eight stories, the book is... Read More
In "The Nameless", Liza Burgess crafts a heart-wrenching story of the ease of betrayal and the near impossibility of redemption. The prologue shows a woman entering an airport with her baby. Readers watch in horror as she sets herself... Read More
Iconic and soaring, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco holds a dark distinction as the world’s top site for suicide. Since it opened in 1937, there have been more than fifteen hundred reported deaths, and John Bateson believes... Read More