Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
The Prague Spring, by Bill Rapp
The Prague Spring, by Bill Rapp Chief of the CIA station in Prague for nearly a year, Baier has been following the Dubcek government’s efforts to reform the country’s rigid communist system and move closer to Western Europe. On a warm August night, the Soviet Army rolls into Czechoslovakia to crush the reform program and…
Read MoreAll or None, by Clive Fleury
All or None, by Clive Fleury Returning to Sydney, Detective Ramesh Ryan is promoted to the Homicide Squad. Zoe Yang joins him there. Now a detective herself, she is assigned as his junior partner. Straight up, the cops are off and running—investigating the discovery of a murdered company director. Following the clues, Detective Ryan finds…
Read MoreDopamine and the Devil, by Matthew Freeman
Dopamine and the Devil, by Matthew Freeman An amazing journey through the symbolic and literal as the poet fights for clarity in the face of psychosis. Buy the book at one of the following links: Or ask for the book at your local library or order from your local bookstore
Read MoreThe Nameless Dead, by Leta Serafim
The Nameless Dead, by Leta Serafim Chief Inspector Yiannis Patronas is summoned to an abandoned refugee camp on the Greek island of Chios, where he finds the body of a murdered young Syrian woman. His search for her killer leads him first into the labyrinth of Vial, an overcrowded migrant camp, then onto Turkey. The…
Read MoreKnights on the Graveyard Watch, by T. B. Pasko
Knights on the Graveyard Watch, by T. B. Pasko Veteran Officer Danillo Venko, an overweight, white dinosaur knocking on the door of 50 works the graveyard shift in the beleaguered 7th Precinct under an oppressive commander. It couldn’t get much worse, and yet it does with a cold case. Venko is assigned to train rookie…
Read MoreThe Outlaw from Newville, by Steven T. Callan
The Outlaw from Newville, by Steven T. Callan It’s 1927, and eleven-year-old Willie Radcliff is branded the worst outlaw in the Northern California hamlet of Newville. Molly Radcliff can’t handle him, and Preston Radcliff is too involved with his burgeoning agricultural empire to spend time with his rapidly growing son. In 1929, Preston moves the…
Read MoreStanding on the Crack: Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle’s Gilded Age, by Karen I. Treiger
Standing on the Crack: Legacy of Five Jewish Families from Seattle’s Gilded Age, by Karen I. Treiger Born out of grief after the loss of her father, the author dives into old photos and family histories to search for answers and comfort. Bringing her ancestors to life, the author shares the stories of five immigrant…
Read MoreThe Islandʻs Vengeful Dead, by Chris McGillion
The Islandʻs Vengeful Dead, by Chris McGillion The murder of an American marine biologist on the remote island of Atauro, north of East Timor’s capital of Dili, turns a tropical paradise into a hotbed of intrigue. FBI agent Sara Carter, on secondment to the local INTERPOL mission, is sent by her embassy to ensure the…
Read MoreAssignment in Saigon, by Bill Rapp
Assignment in Saigon, by Bill Rapp Karl Baier has been enjoying his tour on the CIA’s seventh floor as the Special Advisor for Strategic affairs, a reward of sorts for his successful mission in Turkey two years earlier. But with the intensifying and divisive debate in Washington about America’s future engagement in Vietnam, the Director…
Read MoreThe Mad Manchurian, by Tom Meschery
The Mad Manchurian, by Tom Meschery I was born in Harbin, Manchuria, (later China), in 1938. At the outbreak of the Second World War my mother, sister, and I, along with other non-combatants of the Allied countries, were taken by the Japanese to an internment camp in Tokyo where we would remain for four years—to…
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