Literature & Fiction

Political Alliances Formed and Broken in Thrilling New Sci-Fi Series

Brianna MacMahon’s On the Precipice, the first book in the New Caelus series, is a unique sci-fi character study that readers won’t want to miss. Raelynn Mabry, a recent graduate with a bright future among the elite governing class, is taken on as the intern to one of the planet’s…

Katie BloomerFebruary 20, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Two Writers, and a Clydesdale, Connect in the Heart of Appalachian Mountains

Lucas Alves’s debut novel Signatures shines with depth of feeling, gorgeous writing and an allure of timelessness. Boiled down to its essence, this is the story of an old writer and a young writer — both wrestling their demons as they enter each other’s lives — and a magical eighteen-hands-high…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 13, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Journey to Help Veterans Find Their Path and Heal Their Souls

A middle-aged man unfulfilled with his desk job at a veteran support agency gets the chance of a lifetime to make a real impact in the lives of struggling veterans in the novel De Facto Pathfinder by author and retired Army officer CW3 Cesare Giannetti (Back to Serve: Return of…

Peggy KurkowskiOctober 2, 2023

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Finding Love While Living with Anxiety

What first drew me into Bet on It (St. Martin's Griffin) by Jodie Slaughter was the cute cover and the book description’s mention of Piggly Wiggly and the fictional town of Greenbelt, South Carolina. Rarely do you see a contemporary romantic comedy set in that state, and it was exciting…

Y. M. NelsonJuly 12, 2022

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Evil Stalks the Colonial Australian Countryside in Historical Crime Thriller

Criminals rule the rough harbor of 1875 Sydney, New South Wales, and the cobblestone streets are bloody. But the blood of a murdered flower girl, her throat savagely cut, is only one of the reasons police Inspector Cormag Macleod drinks too much. An ex-Londoner, he’s haunted by visions of his…

Joanna PoncavageJanuary 17, 2022

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“Oldogs,” New Tricks in Kip Cassino’s Political Thriller

They are old. They have been in the military, many on dangerous or clandestine missions. They have useful skills that could be of value to an organization like the CIA. They are bored, lonely, and looking to get back in the game. The CIA, writes author Kip Cassino, gets 15,000…

Jim AlkonMay 11, 2021

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Tears of Dark Water

Daniel and Vanessa Parker are an American success story. He is a Washington, DC, power broker, and she is a physician with a thriving practice. But behind the gilded façade, their marriage is a shambles, and their teenage son, Quentin, is self-destructing. In desperation, Daniel dusts off a long-delayed dream…

BookTribNovember 20, 2015

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A Roman Soldier Takes on Black Magic in “The Vampire Affair”

Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. Gaul as a whole is divided into three parts. It’s the first sentence of Julius Caesar’s Commentariii De Bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic War), his story of Rome’s conquest of a vast area of Europe stretching from today’s Switzerland to Great Britain. …

Joanna PoncavageJune 3, 2022

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A Fractured Family Searches for a Safe Haven at Local Wrestling Club in “Forever Free”

“He was a good-looking young man, early 20s, with the face every woman wanted to kiss and every man wanted to punch.” Jurrell A. Pabrezis’ novel Forever Free opens with this description of the main character’s younger brother. Grayson and Donovan Alexander grew up in a tough neighborhood outside of…

Michael FerryOctober 26, 2021

Fiction

Intimate and Compelling, “Family Illness” Depicts Struggle in the Face of OCD

If Evan Wechman wanted to educate the public on obsessive-compulsive disorder, he could have presented the facts about the mental health disorder whose cases number 200,000 in the U.S. He could have explained that OCD occurs when people get caught in a cycle of extreme obsessions and compulsions, which cause…

Jim AlkonJuly 29, 2021

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Russians Seek Revenge on Defectors in Terrific Debut Thriller

“I felt my body heat increase as he recounted the tale of the Sempworth, aka Karchenko, case. Lots of loose threads, but all the same color.” Those memorable words come from Decktora Raines, the hero of The Poison Factory, as she seeks to weave enough of those threads together to…

Dennis HetzelJanuary 10, 2022

Fiction

A Little Women Christmas Beautifully Illustrates the Season’s Good Will

I recently took a copy of A Little Women Christmas (Simon & Schuster, 2014) to read with my Reading Buddy, Heidi. Author Heather Vogel Frederick took the story of Mr. March’s surprise homecoming from Louisa Mae Alcott’s classic, Little Women, and adapted it for 4-7 year olds. Who better to…

Ann NordlandDecember 8, 2014

Fiction

Susan Mallery on how friendship starts

Finding our one true, romantic love is important, but it’s not the only cornerstone relationship of a happy life. We have just as deep a need for friends. The craving for connection is fundamental and universal, and so we search for our tribe. The infinite variations of friendship fascinate me.…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 25, 2015

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Therapist Turns Analysis Inward As Jolting News Leads to Tragedy

For a man whose profession is based on listening to other people and helping them navigate through life’s biggest emotional issues, this was the kind of jolt that forced Dr. Paul Mason to turn his examination inward – and in a big way. TRAGEDY STRIKES In John R. Wallis’s suspense-filled…

Cristina LenociNovember 18, 2022

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Saul Kenneth Falconer On How He Crafted A Thriller With His Favorite Character at the Core

“A somber, readable tale of frontier psychodrama. Falconer draws this provincial world well, although the book’s most memorable creation is Macleod himself, a hard man with a soft heart and a jaded worldview,” assesses Kirkus Independent Reviews. The Falconer in question is Mr. Saul Kenneth Falconer, author of the new…

Judy MorenoJanuary 31, 2022

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Mike Shaw Reveals What Inspired “The Musician” Within Him

“True, endearing, joyful, and at times disheartening, The Musician is an unvarnished look at what most musicians encounter when they choose to follow their dreams,” says Huffington Post’s Ralph Miriello. Becoming an accomplished musician and receiving recognition for it eventually proves the driving force in Tom Cliffe’s life. He will…

Judy MorenoOctober 4, 2021

Political Alliances Formed and Broken in Thrilling New Sci-Fi Series

Two Writers, and a Clydesdale, Connect in the Heart of Appalachian Mountains

Journey to Help Veterans Find Their Path and Heal Their Souls

Evil Stalks the Colonial Australian Countryside in Historical Crime Thriller

“Oldogs,” New Tricks in Kip Cassino’s Political Thriller

Tears of Dark Water

A Roman Soldier Takes on Black Magic in “The Vampire Affair”

A Fractured Family Searches for a Safe Haven at Local Wrestling Club in “Forever Free”

Intimate and Compelling, “Family Illness” Depicts Struggle in the Face of OCD

Russians Seek Revenge on Defectors in Terrific Debut Thriller

A Little Women Christmas Beautifully Illustrates the Season’s Good Will

Susan Mallery on how friendship starts

Saul Kenneth Falconer On How He Crafted A Thriller With His Favorite Character at the Core

Mike Shaw Reveals What Inspired “The Musician” Within Him

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