Review of THE GIRLS WITH NO NAMES by Serena Burdick
For 13 years, sisters Luella and Effie Tildon have never left each other’s side. When the unthinkable separates them, can they each survive without the other, and can their mother…
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Luxury, Lessons, and Lies in GOOD GIRLS LIE by J.T. Ellison
Daughters of the rich and powerful attend The Goode School, an elite boarding school nestled within the hills of Marchburg, Virginia. The girls come from entitlement and wealth, except for…
Review of Deep State by Chris Hauty
An Even Deeper State On the surface, new White House intern Hayley Chill is “Walmart white trash desperately trying to claw her way out of Oxy-Appalachia.” An Army vet, her…
Murder He Wrote – How Jon Land Made Me a “Cozy” Convert
Who knew I was a “cozy” fan? I didn’t. According to Land, who took over penning the books after the series’ previous author, Donald Bain, died in 2017, “Cozies have…
The Joke’s on Hitler in Novel THE VENTRILOQUISTS by E. R. Ramzipoor
Is there anything more intriguing than learning about a little known but magnificent piece of history? In E.R. Ramzipoor’s epic debut novel based on a true story, The Ventriloquists (Park…
DNA Reconstructed in New Domestic Thriller – MOTHER KNOWS BEST by Kira Peikoff
“Frankenbaby.” That’s what the press called her—the girl with DNA from two mothers instead of one. Abby was a miracle, her DNA stitched together, genetically modified to prevent transmission of…
Clutter, Crime, and Calculating Coincidence in Hallie Ephron’s CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR
“Emily felt as if her life, like a disordered closet, had been suddenly emptied out, assumptions upended. What to toss? What to keep? As if she had choices.” Emily Harlow…
A Damaged Druggie, a Dominatrix, and Diverse Manhattan in “The Tower of Songs”
Who doesn’t love an irreverent badass who admits he’s a screw-up? Duck Darley is the most damaged anti-hero you’d never want to meet in a dark corner of New York…