Sisters, Secrets, and Ties That Bind in LAST DAY by Luanne Rice

Two sisters, part of a pact of “blood-sister” best friends—the Compass Rose. One of them is murdered. In LAST DAY, prolific author Luanne Rice explores how secrets can lurk just…

Review of WITHIN PLAIN SIGHT and Interview With Bruce Robert Coffin

A staged body missing its head sends Detective Sergeant John Byron of the Portland, Maine, police department on a chase for the killer. In WITHIN PLAIN SIGHT, author Bruce Robert…

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…

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…

An Action Figure As Strong as Steel

Meet Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong The only thing that can top a bigger-than-life hero is a bigger-than-life heroine. And we have her in Caitlin Strong. Strong As Steel by Jon…