Mystery / Thriller

The Knife Is Her Only Comfort

November 30, 2011
The Knife Is Her Only Comfort

A young and successful, but emotionally troubled artist in search of self-acceptance is at the heart of the new novel by Tiffany Lovering called “Alone.” Buy the book Willow is 23 years old, and has been cutting herself almost half her life, because sometimes a knife provides the only comfort Willow knows. Tiffany says that “Alone” was a “labor of love” book, and although not autobiographical, it was nevertheless a very personal story. Listen...

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‘American Psycho’ Meets ‘Sex & the City’

November 21, 2011
‘American Psycho’ Meets ‘Sex & the City’

After years of sexual abuse, then the loss of his mother, then the loss of his faith and finally the loss of his one true love, David Howard finally cracks. Buy the book In S.C. Cunningham‘s intense thriller “The Penance List” David has turned from a mama’s boy to a psychotic killer, and is terrorizing London. Yet’s a character who elicits from readers mixed feelings – empathy for a killer. Understanding. Fear. Mostly fear,...

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A Kidnapping? Or Something Far Worse?

November 11, 2011
A Kidnapping? Or Something Far Worse?

Mallory Petersen is a private investigator in Des Moines, Iowa, whose caseload usually runs to the routine, even the mildly offbeat. But when a young mom named Cheryl McGee comes to her with a heartbreaking story, Mallory is drawn into a nightmare of a case, in Stephen Brayton‘s mystery “Beta.” Cheryl’s 8-year-old daughter Cindy has disappeared, the apparent victim of a kidnapping. But there is no ransom demand, no word at all about what...

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The Treasure Hunt That Will Change Her Life

October 11, 2011
The Treasure Hunt That Will Change Her Life

Birdie Kaminsky steals things for a living. And now Birdie is on her way to the little town of Liberty, Ohio where her plan is, she figures, to steal a treasure that’s been hidden since the Civil War. How does she know about it? Because Birdie has a deliciously-cryptic clue passed down in her family for generations. And that’s just the first clue she uncovers, in her quest for riches and the good life...

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Then a Stunning, Leggy Blonde Walks In…

October 11, 2011
Then a Stunning, Leggy Blonde Walks In…

A sexy blonde with a missing, and maybe dead, husband wants Reed Ferguson’s help in finding him. Reed is a private eye. Or will be as soon as he gets his first client, and this dame looks like she could be just the ticket. Oh, that’s not me talking, that’s Reed, who loves Raymond Chandler books and Humphrey Bogart movies. And wants badly to be just like those old noir detective heroes. Buy the...

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