Margaret Truman’s Murder on the Metro by Jon Land

Counterterrorism, Conspiracies, and the Capitol With the horrendous event that transpired at the Capitol on January 6, this thriller about terrorist attacks in Washington, DC, and across America is even…

Review of Viral Apocalypse Novel SURVIVOR SONG by Paul Tremblay

An Ode to the Act of “Going On” A super-strain of rabies has attacked Massachusetts. It is a viral apocalypse, in which the bite of infected animals and humans incubates…

Review of Novel – THE PRESIDENT’S DOSSIER by James A. Scott

Putin, Power and U.S. Plutocracy in “The President’s Dossier” The green of cash replaces American red, white and blue in The President’s Dossier (Oceanview Publishing). Author James A. Scott takes readers into a clandestine…

Review of DARK AUGUST by Katie Tallo

Loneliness, Lies, and a Dog Named Levi In her debut novel DARK AUGUST, author and screenwriter Katie Tallo delves into the life of August “Gus” Monet, a young woman who’d…

Review of THE SILENCE by Susan Allott

The historical guilt of a nation ravages the lives of two Australian families. Silence isn’t always golden. It can also be “a cult of forgetfulness practiced on a national scale.” The…

Review of SISTER DEAR by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Envy and obsession explode in author Hannah Mary McKinnon’s newest thriller, SISTER DEAR. Eleanor Hardwicke is a loner, and she deserves it. Her mother has reminded her since childhood that…

AN UNEQUAL DEFENSE by Chad Zunker

#TXReads: Chad Zunker Hails the Homeless in “An Unequal Defense” Share Chad Zunker’s latest novel is akin to John Grisham’s “The Street Lawyer” as the Austin author wraps a thought-provoking…

Review of The Imperfects by Amy Meyerson

Diamonds, Dysfunction, and Family Legacy The fragmented Miller family is far from perfect — they’ve never been able to get their act together. But when the family matriarch dies and…