Act of Betrayal: Matt Dunn Sometimes an intelligence officer has to break the law, think out of the box in order to get the job done. Will a Delta Force colonel named Haden to kill or assassinate a terrorist financier named Raeder in Berlin asked Cochrane. The players were told just enough information but … Continue reading
The Sanctuary on Cayman Brac: KEY TO THE TRUTH: CHRISTOPH FISCHER His hands roam over your entire body trying to find where you need to release the tension; the illnesses and anything that makes you feel weak, sick or unsure of your present condition. Sometimes he tries to just make you feel calm and raise … Continue reading
Creating a new vision for a city is the premise behind this latest installment of the Cris de Niro series as author Gerard de Marigny once again enters the world of high finance, criminal justice and a man named Tonio who enters the room during a presentation and disrupts what Kevin Matthews wants to impart … Continue reading
The Thursday Night Club and other stories of Christmas Spirit A gift of kindness, an act of kindness that is selfless and from the heart is so rare today in world filled with glitter, glam and so many who want everything and often give nothing in return. Jesse Cabral and his three friends Izzy, Ava … Continue reading
The Weaver’s Light: Mara Fields Believing that falcon-faced sorcerers that have destroyed a city and turned it into rubble are controlling the world, Callan Vellus after losing his family takes to the bottle for comfort. A talented weaver whose hands can create masterpieces soon injured his hands and hopes to find his way back … Continue reading
Death by Drowning: Gary W. Evans Within this small town there is a serial killer that is hiding in plain sight. Someone so crafty, lethal and deadly you won’t even see this person coming. The lives of many young people are being taken one every year since the first death of a young man … Continue reading
SPOTLIGHT: ANDREW JOYCE: BEDTIME STORIES FOR GROWN-UPS Welcome Andrew Joyce to Just Reviews: this spotlight will be followed in the next few days with my review for these outstanding stories. Fran Lewis Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups is a jumble of genres—seven hundred pages of fiction and nonfiction … some stories included against the author’s better … Continue reading
Beneath the Depths: Bruce Coffin Losing an important case can be devastating to an attorney especially when it affects your position within a law firm. Portland attorney Paul Ramsey heads off to his local bar to sooth his sorrows in liquor when trying to face the loss of a multi-million dollar civil trial. Someone else … Continue reading
Three Days and a Life” Pierre LeMaitre This story is unique in that the killer is revealed at the start of the novel and must at the young age of 12 has to deal with killing his neighbor’s son age five. How do you focus on the rest of your life when you have hidden … Continue reading
Book Blast: P. L. Carlson In 1979, statistician and mother Maggie Ryan and her husband, actor Nick O’Connor, come home from work one autumn day to find a troubled, angry runaway teenager on their doorstep. The girl is wanted for questioning about the stabbing death of a bridge-playing friend of her grandmother. As Maggie and … Continue reading