Without Reservations by Alice Steinbach

January 26, 2019

I have itchy feet. I’m ready to pack and head somewhere. Alice Steinbach’s Without Reservations: The Travels of an Independent Woman entices me to travel to Paris or Ireland or Lisbon, Portugal, the  places that beckon to me. If you’re an...

The Last Breath by Danny Lopez

October 07, 2018

Oceanview Publishing, publisher of Danny Lopez’ The Last Breath, has a statement in the front of the book. “Oceanview focuses on works that exhibit a strong sense of place and setting; compelling protagonists and supporting characters; tension that builds...

Bad Stories by Steve Almond

June 13, 2018

Although it sounds like fiction (and I wish it was), Steve Almond’s Bad Stories is actually nonfiction. For himself, for his journalism students, and for other befuddled voters, Almond analyzes what went wrong in the last presidential election. Almond examines...

Last Girl Gone by J. G. Hetherton

June 12, 2018

When FBI special agent Timinski refers to Laura Chambers as tenacious but naive, he hits the nail on the head. In his debut mystery, Last Girl Gone, author J.G. Hetherton introduces a gutsy investigative reporter, Laura Chambers. She reminds me of James...

Random Road by Thomas Kies

May 03, 2017

When I like a debut mystery, it’s because the characters have depth and come alive. Meet Geneva Chase in Thomas Kies’ Random Road. Geneva is almost forty, back on her hometown newspaper on Connecticut’s Gold Coast. And, she’s back because...