by Connor Whiteley Rating: *** When Private Eye Bettie English receives a curious invitation that requires utmost discretion from an incredibly wealthy potential client, she is more than intrigued and takes her sister, Phryne along for the ride. The client, Ms. Willow Fisher, is incredibly keen to suppress some compromising material… Meanwhile, Bettie’s husband, Police Detective Graham Adams, is investigating a suspected drug deal when he is hit on the head by a rock. And, n

by Simone Pertuiset Rating: ***** Beginning in 1895, this triumvirate of beautifully presented and interlinked stories explores just over three decades of societal, political, and life-changing events through the experiences of two working-class families. Pertuiset delves into the seismic impact of the motor car, votes for women, and World War I together with the harsh, everyday struggles of single-parenthood, poverty, and disease. The first tale, The Great Manure Crisis , in

by Lance Elliot Osborne Rating: ***** Set in the early nineteenth century, Bold Crossings unfurls the stories of two thirteen-year-olds from very different worlds but who are more similar than they realize, especially when those worlds collide. Malcolm (“Mal”) Hornsby leaves Mississippi to travel with his family hundreds of miles to the harsh, unknown of the Texas plains and Wukubuu, a girl from the Penatuka band of the Native American Comanche tribe, and for whom the unforg

by Chet Nairene Rating: **** Beginning in 1968 and spanning just under four decades, Pacific Dash unfolds the adventures of Dashiell (“Dash”) Xavier Bonaventure II. When his father’s tractor company posts the family to Hong Kong from rural Illinois, fifteen-year-old Dash believes it will be a temporary move. However, he couldn’t be more wrong and despite a sojourn back in New Hampshire, he spends the next forty years making friends, enemies, and an awful lot of money as he

by Lucy Lyons Rating: **** Alex Martin’s life seems to have stagnated as she approaches thirty with little prospect of things changing anytime soon. However, change they do when her Mum sends her a baffling machine that her late father invented. With the help of housemate, Antony, Alex begins to discover the true purpose of the strange gadget; it finds things. Anything. As the gravity of the machine’s potential becomes startlingly obvious, Alex knows she must use it to reveal

by P. C. Darkcliff Rating: ***** Once a humble woodsman, Baard Thon is now the savior of Thorstorm following his unprecedented slaying of Wrathlord Zaagretaah. However, Baard is not entirely comfortable with his new status and has made enemies close to home. In addition, there are the two remaining Wrathlords to contend with and their army of Corpsentinels. But the only weapon that can kill them, the Wrathblade, is broken in two, and none of Baard’s friends with their magic

by Tom Batt Rating: ***** Once again bank robber Donovan Carter and his crew are just one step ahead of veteran Met Police detective Mike Palmer. Palmer has spent nearly two years trying to arrest Carter and he’s had enough. He’s not the only one. Palmer’s ex-wife is taking their daughter to America and Palmer desperately needs big money to fight for custody. Donovan Carter also needs big money to finally repay an old favor. Could the two sworn enemies work together on Donov

by Mary Ann Trail Rating: ***** Jeffrey and Georgina Chadwick finally reach a bitterly cold, snowy Boston in January 1805 with their fellow travelers, Eliza, Lauchlin, and Granny Cameron, Paddy Cavanaugh, and two orphaned girls, Margaret and Mairi, all ready to settle down and begin new lives. But, when a dead body is found in the cellar of their rental house and the victim’s father requests Jeffrey’s help, the eight are forced to place their plans on hold to help find the mu

by Jennifer Wright-Berryman Rating: **** There appears to be no motive for the murder of Eric Graham, CEO of a green company start-up, although the words he whispers with his last breath to Shana, his Head Accountant, indicate otherwise. When Shana tells her terminally ill grandfather, Charles, about Eric’s murder, Charles knows this is a case for “The Dying Five”, (TD5) a secret society of, understandably, changing members operating from Courseview Hospice, all of whom are r

by Nat Chelloni Rating: ***** Headstrong Gina Leonardi wants to live life on her own terms but that is beginning to prove difficult when her family is in the Mafia and women’s rights are non-existent. Ruthless mob boss Renzo Castellano represents everything Gina despises but from their first encounter, their mutual attraction is undeniable. Both try to resist for differing reasons but when a mob arrangement requires them to form an alliance, how long can they hold out?... Fam