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Dr. Lowe Prescribes Laughs and Life Lessons in “The Backseat Shrink”

The perfect job, the perfect family, the perfect life. As a renowned psychiatrist with a brand-new book deal, Dr. Carlton Lowe is living the high life among the wealthy elite of Chicago. Upper-crust clients and talk show interviews are his bread and butter; he has no time for the seedy…

Paige VigliaroloOctober 14, 2020

Fiction Romance

“Stilettos For Me, Please!” and a Side of “Pride and Prejudice”

You don’t have to read Pride and Prejudice before you pick up E.V. Hewitt’s debut novel Stilettos For Me, Please! (Barnes & Noble Press) but you might enjoy her sense of humor that much more as you carouse around London with Kate Seeley and her friends. Reminiscent of Carrie Bradshaw…

Sherri DaleyMay 17, 2021

Fiction Young Adult

“Shine Until Tomorrow” Tells of a Girl’s Transformative Journey Through the Summer of Love

What do you get when you combine The Wizard of Oz with Back to the Future? You get a delightfully nostalgic romp in Shine Until Tomorrow (Rare Bird Books) by Carla Malden. Through the eyes of Tamara Caldwell, a.k.a. Mari, and the lens of her vintage Leica camera, we behold…

Valerie Taylor, author of the "Venus Bixby Mystery" seriesMay 13, 2021

Fiction Listicles

From Royal Corgis to Fictional Felines: Celebrating Pets

I’ve always adored stories that included pets in them, even better when the pet has a voice. Just this past week, my own novel The Queen’s Faithful Companion was published. Getting to share the wonderful story that is Queen Elizabeth’s relationship with her corgi Susan was one of the greatest…

Eliza KnightJune 17, 2024

Match Making for Beginners by Maddie Dawson

Miscellany Romance

A Writer’s Journey Through Wart Wishes and Matchmaking Marvels

My grandmother wasn’t like other people’s grandmothers. Not only did she live in a house perched on stilts over a lake in northern Florida — where she calmly contended with alligators, water moccasins, and violent thunderstorms daily — but she also knew how to wish warts away. Yep. Warts. She…

Maddie DawsonJune 11, 2024

Recommended

A Gripping Tale of Survival and Sacrifice

The Wild Road Home by Melissa Payne is a stunning tale of love and endurance, of a young woman and an older man helping each other to craft hope and meaning out of what seems to be little more than shattered dreams. A Staged Death for Love Sixty-seven-year-old Mack Anders…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJune 18, 2024

Miscellany Thrillers

Cover Reveal for Lindy Ryan’s “Another Fine Mess”, a Mystery of Humor, Heart and Horror

From Lindy Ryan, "one of the “most electrifying voices in the horror genre” (Gwendolyn Kiste), comes Another Fine Mess, the sequel to Bless Your Heart, coming from Minotaur Books on April 15, 2025. Another Fine Mess brings the Evans women back around in this unputdownable, crackling, rollicking mystery of humor,…

BookTribJune 7, 2024

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Paradise Turns into a Nightmare for Kao Kāne in “Treachery Times Two”

In his latest Koa Kāne mystery, the fourth book in the series, Treachery Times Two (Oceanview Publishing), author Robert McCaw takes his hero on a riveting action-packed thrill ride in this multifaceted police procedural. The novel starts off with a bang as Hawaii experiences some seismic activity due to an…

Monique SnymanJanuary 4, 2022

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

A Man Adrift Struggles to Survive in a Military Thriller Reminiscent of Tom Clancy

In my reviews I’ve often made reference to Tom Clancy, the father of military thrillers whose name has become a pop-culture shortcut for discussions about high-tech weaponry, espionage heroes and sinister plots to take down nations. Despite his death in 2013, his legacy lives on, with over 100 million copies…

Wyatt SemenukAugust 31, 2023

Fiction

Regret, Redemption and a Glimpse of the Devastating AIDS Epidemic in “Lazarus Rising”

In Lazarus Rising (Delphinium Books), 92-year-old prize-winning author and playwright Joseph Caldwell paints a grim but gripping portrait of a young woman dying of AIDS in the 90s amid the vivid backdrop of Manhattan. When artist Dempsey Coates returns to her loft in Tribeca from a gallery opening, she meets…

K.L. RomoDecember 1, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Genetic Modification Threatens Human Race in Sci-Fi Thriller Set in Future Chicago

Who can stop reading a book that in its first chapters describes a brave new world 600 years from now that only hints at an event known as “the Arrival”? Hunter by Robert M. Leonard opens with Thomas Hunter, some kind of non-human, standing on a ledge five miles above…

Joanna PoncavageDecember 14, 2021

Fiction

Max Mobley’s Wild Take on the Perils of Love

Author discovery is a beautiful thing. What makes it so exciting – and rewarding – is when you come across one of the species that you classify as a literary soul mate. You connect with their style, characters, plot, humor and message. You relate to the world they create and…

Jim AlkonJuly 17, 2019

From Delhi to Edison: A Bollywood Dream

Edison by Pallavi Sharma Dixit is a gem of a novel and a paean to Edison, New Jersey’s Little India. Dixit’s debut novel is crowded with people and noise, music, movie stars, and mobsters. We follow an unlikely hero named Prem, the youngest in a family of great wealth in…

Sherri DaleyJune 4, 2024

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Love, Murder and Mobs in This New Pandemic-Centric Romantic Thriller

Time and place are key elements of any novel and something with which all writers struggle. Get them right, and readers will readily accept your story’s invented reality. But get the time and place wrong, and your story can crash and burn before it even gets started. And, just when…

Mark E GreeneSeptember 8, 2022

Fiction

A Journey of Survival During WWII in “Driven By Conscience” by Rachel Goss

Rachel Goss has done a fine and thoughtful job of braiding fiction with history in her debut novel, Driven by Conscience (Tarkus Imaging). The cast of characters demonstrate patriotism during a time when governments are making decisions with cataclysmic repercussions. It is World War II. Uwe Johannes, a young German…

Sherri DaleyJuly 24, 2020

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The Catchiest, Jazziest Murder Mystery You Ever Will Read

Very touchy people, those struggling jazz musicians: just looking to get gigs, ply their craft and gain a little respect for their art and creativity. Very sensitive indeed. But so much so that you have to commit murder? Author Durden Kell would have you believe that in her jazz crime…

Jim AlkonFebruary 3, 2022

Dr. Lowe Prescribes Laughs and Life Lessons in “The Backseat Shrink”

“Stilettos For Me, Please!” and a Side of “Pride and Prejudice”

“Shine Until Tomorrow” Tells of a Girl’s Transformative Journey Through the Summer of Love

From Royal Corgis to Fictional Felines: Celebrating Pets

A Writer’s Journey Through Wart Wishes and Matchmaking Marvels

A Gripping Tale of Survival and Sacrifice

Cover Reveal for Lindy Ryan’s “Another Fine Mess”, a Mystery of Humor, Heart and Horror

Paradise Turns into a Nightmare for Kao Kāne in “Treachery Times Two”

A Man Adrift Struggles to Survive in a Military Thriller Reminiscent of Tom Clancy

Regret, Redemption and a Glimpse of the Devastating AIDS Epidemic in “Lazarus Rising”

Genetic Modification Threatens Human Race in Sci-Fi Thriller Set in Future Chicago

Max Mobley’s Wild Take on the Perils of Love

Love, Murder and Mobs in This New Pandemic-Centric Romantic Thriller

A Journey of Survival During WWII in “Driven By Conscience” by Rachel Goss

The Catchiest, Jazziest Murder Mystery You Ever Will Read

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