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El Camino Drive by Edward Izzi

El Camino Drive by Edward Izzi

Author Edward Izzi has penned an emotionally gripping thrill in El Camino Drive, a psychological tale of stolen revenge and dead ends.

Decades after his father was murdered, Detective John Valentino has reached the end of his proverbial rope – battling depression and self-loathing, living the shell of a life, and unable to escape the demons of his past. When the violent and vengeful escape route he chooses is hijacked by someone else, he becomes the prime suspect in a string of murders, but also discovers a new reason to live.

Izzi explores ideas of grief and abandonment, substance […]

2020-08-12T04:48:38+02:00August 11th, 2020|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Between Justice and Time by Victor P. Unda

Between Justice and Time by Victor P. Unda

Author Victor P. Unda masterfully blends genres in the tumultuous, Nazi-hunting thriller in Between Justice and Time. What begins as a young man’s childhood reflections on family and the uncertainty of growing up in the 1930s becomes a spiraling drama of survival and purpose in a war-torn world.

From a childhood in California and Chicago to young adulthood in Spain, readers watch the narrator grow up in awe of his father, the legendary Rick, and the mystique around his secretive work grows as the narrative shifts. Focusing more on Rick’s work, the novel bounces from Paris and Spain to […]

Review: Boardroom M by Gretchen Kirkpatrick

Boardroom M by Gretchen Kirkpatrick

A slow-burning thriller peppered with bursts of violence and brilliant turns of phrase, Boardroom M is the whip-smart opening salvo of author Gretchen Kirkpatrick’s Agents and Assets series.

Misha is a CIA operative whose foundations are shaken after an attempt on her life, sending her spiraling into the heart of a conspiracy to bring down the CIA that criss-crosses the world. Relying on a handful of temporary allies and other tradecraft experts, as well as the tangled histories that accompany them, she must juggle multiple mysteries to keep herself alive, and save the ones she loves. Rich with plot twists […]

First Justice (Vigilante Justice Book 1) by John Etzil

First Justice by John Etzil Author John Etzil gives a riveting peek into Jack Lamburt’s vigilante origins in First Justice. Long before becoming a secretive small-town sheriff, Lamburt must wrestle with his grief and constant hunger for revenge, channeling his anger into a high-risk mission on foreign soil, while rekindling his connection with a stunning and deadly assassin, Frankie.

What begins as giving Frankie a ride to Cuba soon devolves into an all-out black ops mission, and it seems that neither of these two deadly ex-lovers were given the whole story. Combining fast-paced storytelling and Lamburt’s rugged charm, this novel is clever, heartfelt, sexy, […]

2020-06-10T09:49:02+02:00June 9th, 2020|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: No. 7: They’re Calling by Nandita Banerjee

No. 7: They're Calling by Nandita Banerjee

Author Nandita Banerjee unfurls a brilliant web of supernatural mystery and deep cultural detail in No. 7: They’re Calling. The relationship of a seemingly ideal couple begins to crumble when ghosts from the past come calling, and human nature is run through the gamut in this entertaining thriller.

Priya and Ravi seem to have the perfect life as immigrants living in Texas – comfort, stability, wealth, good friends, children off in college, and an unquenched love for one another, even after decades of marriage. However, when a traumatic piece of Priya’s past returns to her life, so too do […]

Review: The Freedom Building by Martin Kendall

The Freedom Building by Martin Kendall

Author Martin Kendall delves into a tangled and untrustworthy mind in the unsettling psychological thriller The Freedom Building. A plot that keeps you guessing overlays a much deeper exploration of memory, repression, and identity in this mind-bending read.

John Gowan is an ambitious British architect with big dreams, but little chance of winning the contract for the new building to replace one attacked by terrorists. After visiting the future site and doing a bit of dreaming, he gets in a car accident, only to wake up the next day to find that more than three years have passed.

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Review: Garden of Locusts by J.T. Ruby

Garden of Locusts by J.T. Ruby

A vicious murderer, two twin boys, and a determined sheriff swirl at the center of Garden of Locusts, a gripping new novel from author J.T. Ruby. In the pressure cooker of small-town Alabama in the 1970s, this family drama is a sweeping Southern epic that embraces everything from young love and parental loss to fraternal conflict and institutionalized racism.

Ben and Owen Hood are twin brothers trying to find their own ways in the world, deeply connected but also vastly different. Simon Singleton is a detective now sheriff from across the pond whose nose for serial killers and penchant for […]

2020-04-14T10:25:15+02:00April 13th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: The Seavers Conspiracy by Travis Pearson

The Seavers Conspiracy by Travis Pearson

A surprisingly spry auditor faces down the corruption and violence of a disintegrating town in The Seavers Conspiracy by author Travis Pearson. Steeped in modern-day, close-to-home themes and stacked with a vivid cast of characters, this is a swirling mystery that moves quick and twists often.

When Becka calls her Uncle Randall for help in her small town of Seavers, she doesn’t know that she is placing him directly in the crosshairs of a vicious and powerful cabal controlling the city government. Randall isn’t just an old man with a good heart – he is also an entertaining protagonist that […]

2020-04-09T09:19:13+02:00March 11th, 2020|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |
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