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The Power, The Miracle and The Dream by Don De Lene

5 out of 5 starsHindered or helped by our mindsHannah Lane is seven years old and lives in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.  She has terrible asthma and has learned to think of herself as not much good...

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The Rosebush Murders by Ruth Shidlo

4 out of 5 stars The Thorny World Of HumanityDanielle Hall is found dead in the peaceful grounds of an inner city park in Jerusalem.  She had been shot in the back of the head.  Investigation soon...

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Unexpected Tales From The Ends Of The Earth

5 out of 5 starsA Quality Of LifeWe all want certainty because it gives us security, but as the philosopher Alan W. Watts has pointed out, both Buddhists and Taoist have concluded that life is...

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Making The Grade by Peter Pollak - Mini Review

4 out of 5 starsTough Police And Serious CriminalsEver wondered what it is like to be a rooky police detective?  What if you were the first woman detective on staff?  What if your first case was a no...

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Clover Doves by Courtney Filignezi

4.5 out of 5 starsStruggling towards the lightEmma Fiorello is sixteen and deeply in love with Eric Florentino, a bright and caring, but wayward youth.  They have a very special connection which Emma...

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The Serpent's Bite by Warren Adler - Mini Review

5 out of 5 starsThe Sting of the Natural World What could be nicer than a family get together in the wilderness?  Let’s get back to nature and relax.  The idea of the benefits of a family get-together...

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Think From The Heart, Love From The Mind by Gian Kumar - Mini Review

4 out of 5 starsAwareness And A Clear View Of LifeOn Monday morning, as you wolf down breakfast, drop the kids at school and fight the traffic to work, have you ever thought, “I wish I could be happy!”...

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Delighting In Your Company by Blair McDowell

5 out of 5 starsPast suffering and future bliss?Amalie Ansett is a busy working professional who part owns an advertising agency in Los Angeles. California.  She has just suffered a painful break-up of...

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The Hidden Realms of Firestone by Linda M. David

Book Review by Susan McMichael4 out of 5 starsVolcanic Lava Logs and an awesome holiday...A mysterious figure is looking at a featureless wall.... then Agathea Fulstropp arrives with the bang of the...

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Everybody’s Gay! [Come With Us To Be Free] by German Alcala – Mini Book Review

4 out of 5 starsTorch-song for those young enough to sufferA group of teenagers pass through the doors of a gay club, past the bouncer and into the spectacular and dreadful company of a drag queen....

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Sleeping With The Beast by Dale Ryan - Mini Book Review

by Raymond Mathiesen 4 out of 5 starsOur Pets And Who We Are...When Dale Ryan was a child people had the idea the life should be very ordered and hierarchical.  Everything had its place and a dogs...

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Stress Pandemic: The Lifestyle Solution by Paul Huljich – Mini Book Review

By Raymond Mathiesen5 out of 5 starsHow should we live, and who says?Everybody wants to be happy and successful, but what do these words really mean?  There is no shortage of people to tell you: your...

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’48 by James Herbert – Mini Book Review

By Raymond Mathiesen5 out of 5 starsBlack Shirts and Anarchy…What if, in 1948 in the final phase of World War 2, a biological weapon was released?  After all such `wonder weapons' were really in...

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The Children Shall Be Blameless by W. Jack Savage

By Raymond Mathiesen 4.5 stars out of 5Do the right thing…Richard Smith had a life before he lived at St. James Orphanage, St. Paul, Minnesota, but that was too long ago to remember.  Even his first...

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Change Your Perspective by J. Poet

By Susan Mc Michael4 out of 5 stars Different perspectives, interesting times and reliance …As a long time singer of Church music, both hymns and songs, and as a poet, I was looking forward to this...

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The Only Way Out by Don De Lene

By Raymond Mathiesen4.5 stars out of 5Problems, problems, problems…  Solutions?Hannah Lane, the seven year old girl we remember from The Power, The Miracle and The Dream, is now 22 years old and a...

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American Crow by Jack Lacey

By Susan McMichael5 out of 5 starsMove over Rebus, here comes Blake…Detective fiction is a little like drinking wine: there is a lot around and everyone has their favorite.  When something new comes on...

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Hypocrites In His Midst: A Story About Flawed Human Beings by Donnell Wilson

By Raymond Mathiesen4.5 out of 5 starsThe long road from street gangs to success…Wilton Latso is seventy two years old and a grandfather.  In the middle of a heated argument with his adult daughter...

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A 3rd Time To Die by George A. Bernstein

By Susan McMichael4 out of 5 startsWhat is it about you stranger?This is a love story with a mystery at the heart of it, a paranormal mystery.  Why can Ashley Easton speak French so well?  Why can she...

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Crimson Footprints by Shewanda Pugh

Reviewed by Raymond Mathiesen5 out of 5 starsThe balancing act of life…Deena Hammond is a 24 year old architect living and working in her home town of Miami, Florida.  In some ways Deena is very...

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