Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
The 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…
Read MoreThe Last Dunes Girl, by M.D. Carroll
The Last Dunes Girl, by M.D. Carroll The Last Dunes Girl is the second and sequel (to The Sword of Tecumseh, pub. 2019) in the Logan Wells mystery series. The story takes place in Prairie County, Indiana in 1990. Logan Wells, a former investigator with the county prosecutor’s office, has a chance encounter with Bill…
Read MoreLightning Caused, by Roger Lynn Howell
Lightning Caused, by Roger Lynn Howell Acting Sheriff Ada Reed comes across an entire family dead in their home in the aftermath of a raging forest fire. It appears they just sat down and let the flames consume them. They weren’t drunk, nor were they dead before it overtook them. Their car was gassed up,…
Read MoreLambs 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…
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