Posts by MELISSA COFFMAN
The 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…
Read MoreLiving Well with Multiple Sclerosis, by Trevis L. Gleason
Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis, by Trevis L. Gleason Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis is one part primer, one part handbook, one part pocket translator, and 100% an essential field guide for navigating the challenges of living with chronic illness. This curated collection from nearly two decades of reflections by award-winning writer, Trevis L Gleason,…
Read MoreThis Uncertain Voyage, by Susan Sworski Nusbaum
This Uncertain Voyage, by Susan Sworski Nusbaum This collection of poems explores the ambiguities of existence by re-visiting personal memories and narratives, and re-imagining the future. Perspectives often change by “taking a second look”—at a photo or familiar work of art, hearing anew a Bach Sarabande, or recalling the strains of a love song. Even…
Read MoreSuffer the Children, by David Carlson
Suffer the Children, by David Carlson On the night of a tragic fire at an orphanage in Canada that takes the lives of three boys, the orphanage director, Father Robert Porter, is found passed out in an alcoholic haze. Although he isn’t blamed for the fire, Father Robert is recalled to his monastic order’s motherhouse…
Read MoreReformation, by Donald Catalano
Reformation, by Donald Catalano President Perry Douglas is beginning his nascent administration with a focus on achieving some significant social reforms. The House of Representatives has passed an anti-discrimination LGBTQ rights bill that promises to implement sweeping societal changes. Chief of Staff Clay Grover and his husband, Aaron Rose are instrumental in guiding the legislation…
Read MoreEpiphany, by John A. Vanek
Epiphany, by John A. Vanek While investigating a haunting at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Father Jake Austin encounters the “Night Nurse,” the ghost of a woman killed in a fiery car crash decades earlier. The evidence suggests she was murdered, and Jake tracks down her killer in the coldest of cold cases. The Superior General of…
Read MoreAlways Something Sings, by Roger Lynn Howell
Always Something Sings, by Roger Lynn Howell Ada Reed stands in as sheriff of a backwoods county in Idaho when her husband is recalled to the Army. The war in Korea won’t last but a couple of months, and it would be simpler this way—”less trouble,” the businessmen whisper. But a young woman found beaten…
Read MoreIndigo Road, by Reed Bunzel
Indigo Road, by Reed Bunzel While still slinging drinks fulltime at The Sandbar in Folly Beach, Jack Connor works a side gig as a licensed bounty hunter. While transporting his latest bail skip named Willis Ronson back to jail, his SUV is ambushed by a team of gunmen, killing Ronson instantly and seriously injuring Alisha…
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