Final Exam by Lou Pugliese Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Small Town ISBN: 9798990072633 Print Length: 208 pages Amazon Reviewed by Peter Hassebroek A rural college town is shaken to the core in this thriller of brutal crimes and human complexity. Widower Don Weston, a Civil War buff and ex-cop from Philadelphia, has found […]
It was nearly midnight in the little village on the north shore of Loch Ness, but the sun still hung stubbornly in the sky. The loch’s placid surface was a blue-grey mirror. Seagulls cawed noisily overhead, interrupting the otherwise silent night. I checked into my tiny roadside cottage, decorated in kitschy Loch Ness Monster décor, […]
In “Missing in Flight,” Audrey J. Cole masterfully crafts a pulse-pounding thriller that taps into every parent’s deepest fear – losing a child. But Cole takes this premise to new heights, quite literally, by setting the disappearance aboard a commercial flight from Anchorage to New York. The result is a claustrophobic, tension-filled narrative that keeps […]
In this bold and unprecedented anthology, Want, actor and activist Gillian Anderson steps into the role of curator, gathering anonymous letters from women worldwide about their deepest sexual fantasies. Following in the footsteps of Nancy Friday’s revolutionary 1973 work My Secret Garden, Anderson presents a contemporary snapshot of women’s inner lives, revealing both how much […]
The Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young on November 12, 2024 Genres: Fiction / Magical Realism, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, Fiction / Women Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover Buy on Amazon Goodreads “All that time, she remembered me, she was just waiting for me to remember her.” In the small mountain town of Jasper, […]
The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy was first published in 1886, it tells the story of a high-court judge in 19th-century Russia and his sufferings and death from a terminal illness. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. The Death of Ivan Ilyich […]
Reunion By the Lake by James Gilbert Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798891324114 Print Length: 220 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Elizabeth Reiser A family is forced to face their longstanding issues in this emotionally fraught novel. Family tensions boil over when three sons return to their parents’ lake house at their father’s […]
In my informal, lifelong study of horse girls, which is widely accepted to be a gender neutral term within the community, I have found that we horse girls are usually born, not made. I wrote Presley and the Impossible Dream for all the horse girls who, like me, weren’t born into horsey families and had […]
In her third novel, “We Could Be Rats,” Emily R. Austin ventures deeper into the themes of mental health and family dynamics that she previously explored in “Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead” and “Interesting Facts About Space.” This time, she examines the complex relationship between two sisters navigating their way through a […]
Annabel Campbell’s The Outcast Mage is an enthralling debut in The Shattered Lands series, weaving a tale of power, exile, and self-discovery. With its rich world-building and intriguing character dynamics, the novel captures the essence of high fantasy infused with political intrigue and a touch of romance. However, despite its strengths, the book struggles with […]