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The Body Falls: Andrea Carter
The Body Falls A raging, violent storm takes hold of a community without mercy. Irish solicitor, Benedicta O’Keefe has returned to her home in time to help her boyfriend, Tom Molly to handle an incident, turned murder investigation. The core of the mystery is founded on an odd murder that is compounded by a raging … Continue reading
Confluence
Confluence Where you lose your own identity and you come in search of who you really are. Each member of a family is an individual and should be able to develop a separateness of their own. Each person needs n Ed’s to evolve on their own. Within this novel, you will meet Liam, his mother … Continue reading
Dead in the Alley
Dead in the Alley Going out for a smoke Derrick Anderson would face an adversary that he never expected. Dead in the alley of his high-end restaurant little did his wife, Bay know that the last time she would hear his voice was before the dinner crowd guests were to arrive. The menu was set, … Continue reading
Immoral Origins: Lee Matthew Goldberg
Immoral origins A prologue that sets the dangerous stage for the events to come. Meet Jake who gets swept into a dark world of deception and has to make moral and ethical decisions in order to help his brother survive and gets trapped by the lure of the Desire Card. Jake never realizes that as … Continue reading
Moonlight Gets Schooled
Moonlight Gets Schooled Unorthodox, outrageous and dangerous and yet lovable, Dick Moonlight has a rare ability to crack a case but not through ordinary means. Imagine his surprise when a knock on his door wakes him from a dream that gave him more than a smile, a man comes in and wants his services to … Continue reading
Captive: Iris Johansen
Trust, control, priorities and personal goals of each character are the struggles, highlights and intricate situations within this novel. Jane MacQuire is sequestered at MacDuff Run to concentrate on her art and she is concerned about Seth Caleb her other have who works for M16 and takes on dangerous cases. The story centers around her … Continue reading
In the Middle
In the Middle Life is unpredictable and families often drift apart. Parents at one time in life might require constant care and children have to step up but at what cost to their family, jobs, and each other? The voice that is the loudest is that of Carrie the middle child who will tell the … Continue reading
The Devil Took Her
Saved Photos The Devil took her Fear, uncertainty and gruesome tales that will give you nightmares,chills and staying in a lighted room or maybe hiding under the covers. Make sure you keep the lights on after reading this book and realizing that author Michael Botur writes graphically, odd, bizarre and unexpected tales that will take … Continue reading
Brutish Necessity
Lives are precious and when someone is convicted of a murder they need and should be afforded the best defense hoping that there might have been a misjudge of character. But, when racism, prejudice and a wrong assumption come into play, plus a prosecutor who rolled over the defense, and a young 19-year-old young man … Continue reading
Lives are precious and when someone is convicted of a murder they need and should be afforded the best defense hoping that there might have been a misjudge of character. But, when racism, prejudice and a wrong assumption come into play, plus a prosecutor who rolled over the defense, and a young 19-year-old young man named Oswald Augustus Grey was sent to his death but was he guilty?Accused of killing Thomas Arthur Bates during a robbery at his newspapers shop. Grey felt on the number 8 bus. Picked up four days after this incident in relation to claiming he stole a gun and was pit on an identity line up where Cecilia Gibbs said he was the man she saw at the Throughout this account of events that led to the execution of Grey, the author presents a startling history about the bulk is Britain’s post war hangings conducted by Albert Pierrepoint who continued the occupation of his father and uncle Henry and Thomas. Thomas presided in 261 occasions and Henry 75 and Albert 169. Oswald Grey the subject of this book his ultimate moments entrusted to Henry Allen who acted has an assistant to Pierrepoint on several occasions and with Grey’s demise he stated officiated in some capacity in 80 executions. Continues with how some were instructed to keep prisoner’s calm. There was Hanratty convicted of murder of Michael Gregston and for the attempted murder and rape of Valerie Storie. He expands on where and when plus how long it took to complete the process of his arrest to execution. He adds the length and times of trials of others and adds that Grey’s lasted a mere five days. Nobody took up his cause and he was a Jamaican baker and reading further we learn that his world was loose and dysfunctional.
Other trials were longer and received more attention from the public. Pages 13-14 explains more. The author tried sketch something of a backdrop against which Grey’s time in Birmingham was played out. Piecing together the details of his life was quite demanding and frustrating. At the time there were many seeking jobs, and most did … Continue reading
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