Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
Lambs to the Slaughter, by David Carlson
Lambs to the Slaughter, by David Carlson For Sophia Demetrios, in prison for a murder she can’t remember committing, the thought that the past isn’t what she’s been told gives her what she has most lacked hope. But is allowing herself to hope only a prelude to further despair? For ex-homicide detective, Christopher Worthy, being…
Read MoreBeatles, Bolt Holes, and Video Nasties, by Arthur Burke
Beatles, bolt Holes, and Video Nasties, by Arthur Burke Thatcher’s Britain in the 1980s. A teenage boy obsessed with The Beatles and unsure of his sexuality is unceremoniously dumped in a boarding school full of rugby players who only listen to Madonna. No one wants to risk being seen with the boy who might be…
Read MoreThe Fall of Vivaldi, by Reed Bunzel
The Fall of Vivaldi, by Reed Bunzel On a rainy night across Europe, several seemingly unrelated incidents unfold in quick order: These random, disparate scenarios all eventually will go through one man: former assassin Rōnin Phythian. One year after shutting down the murder-for-hire outfit known as the Greenwich Global Group, he now is pursuing justice…
Read MoreUnder the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey Through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas, by Judith Glyde
Under the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey Through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas, by Judith Glyde Judith Glyde, in the fall of 1999, spent three months in the Khumbu region of the Himalayas. Following in the footsteps of the Buddhist teacher who enters contemplative isolation to study, she experienced these months in a secluded…
Read MoreThe Queen’s Justice, by Mark Everett Stone & Brandie M. Stone
The Queen’s Justice, by Mark Everett Stone & Brandie M. Stone Niendra Goisien is a special investigator for the Gyllethian Queen, Betelial Tim-Amre. As a Witch, she has magics that aid her in her endeavors, but the murder of the magnate Soro Divver draws her into a mystery that leads to her death. Five-hundred years…
Read MoreStaying Afloat in Santa Fe, by Marie Romero Cash
Staying Afloat in Santa Fe, by Marie Romero Cash Marie Romero Cash, an artist in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has survived over half of her eighty years propelling herself through the decades with courage and determination, using her creative skills every step of the way. This memoir is a testament to women who have traveled…
Read MoreFire Music, by Connie Hampton Connally
Fire Music, by Connie Hampton Connally Antal Varga, a Budapest violinist, is 78 years old when a young American stranger places a yellowed music sheet into his hands. With shock he recognizes his own teenage handwriting, for he himself wrote this piece in 1945, when his city was under siege. Desperate to talk with this…
Read MoreThe Coffin Maker’s Apprentice, by Chris McGillion
The Coffin Maker’s Apprentice, by Chris McGillion Timorese police investigator Vincintino Cordero is assigned the case of two youths, rival gang members, found a week apart with their throats slit and a betel quid placed in their mouths. The case distracts him from spending time with FBI Agent Sara Carter before she completes her INTERPOL…
Read MoreOff Season, by Clive Fleury
Off Season, by Clive Fleury Detective Ramesh Ryan’s career with Sydney’s prestigious Organized Crime Unit is on the up, until he loses a court case against the city’s most powerful drug dealer. In disgrace, the detective is relocated to the tiny Australian beach town of Barton. It is off-season in Barton—when its few criminals usually…
Read MoreBone Whispers, by Rosalind Brackenbury
Bone Whispers, by Rosalind Brackenbury Nessa, now in her seventies, is back in England from the US to take care of her inherited house on the coast of Dorset. She arrives to hear news of human bones—a woman’s bones—dug up on the beach, after a cliff fall. As she walks the paths of her childhood…
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