Category Archives: Historical Fiction

In the Shadow of Gold: A Tale of the Lost Confederate Treasure – Michael Kenneth Smith

Posted on December 27, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) Michael Kenneth Smith’s book, In the Shadow of Gold, is a historical thriller set during the end of the Civil War. It follows the parallel paths of a disgruntled Confederate midshipman intent on stealing the … Continue reading →

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The Sins of Others – Florian Schneider

Posted on December 4, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) The Sins of Others is a historical fiction set in 1933. It tells the story of Ben Heimlich and his estranged mother, who happens to be a militant fanatic on the run. Jane Abbott, an English … Continue reading →

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The German Client: A Bacci Pagano Investigation-Bruno Morchio

Posted on November 30, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If Germans and fascists don’t shoot us, Americans bomb us.” Private Investigator Bacci Pagano doesn’t have an easy relationship with the past. He grew up poor as his mother worked in a cigar factory and his … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Italian Literature, World Literature, WWII | Tagged Genoa, Italian literature, translated world literature, WWII | Comments Off

Strange Karma – Willow Healy

Posted on September 15, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) “As they progressed higher, she caught her first unobstructed glimpse of Ama Dablam, the mountain she had come to climb. Sun sparkled off the hanging glacier, and the mountain’s two side ridges seemed to reach out … Continue reading →

Posted in Adventure, Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Culture, Historical Fiction | Tagged adventure, Britain, Himalayans, thrillers, Tibet | Comments Off

Lost Horses – Mark Saha

Posted on July 15, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) Mark Saha writes about his characters in a snappy fast-paced style about life and their horses. This is a collection of seven short stories that indirectly talks about how man has replaced the companionship of a … Continue reading →

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Sins in Blue – Brian Kaufman

Posted on May 21, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) “Audiences like their blues singers to be miserable,” said Janis Joplin. Sins in Blue is a story of an unhappy bluesman who is rediscovered by a young college student trying to revive his career. Willie Johnson … Continue reading →

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My Neighbour Osama Bin Laden – Yslar Tatuky

Posted on August 31, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned What happens when one puts Osama bin Laden and Salman Rushdie at the same dinner table? Yslar Tatuky is such a person as he has grand, though idealistic, hopes for humanity in his novel, My … Continue reading →

Posted in Historical Fiction, Humor & Satire, Philosophical reads, Politics, Slavic Literature, World Issues, World Literature | Tagged Georgia, Marx, Osama bin Laden, philosophy, Salman Rushdie, Soviet Union | Comments Off

PREACHER AND CO – Brendon Boone

Posted on July 29, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) There’s an old saying in writing, ‘Readers don’t care about stories, they care about people.’ And that’s exactly what author Brendon Boone does; he makes us care about his characters from the very first page. … Continue reading →

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The Parlor Girl’s Guide – Steve McCondichie

Posted on July 5, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “They probably hauled him to the city lockup for the weekend. He ain’t the first busted-ass sharecropper in Scots Station to get run on a rail for stealing and owing money.” November 1926, Central Alabama – … Continue reading →

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In West Mills – De’Shawn Charles Winslow

Posted on June 16, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “You don’t want to be caught up in other folks’ lies and secrets. Ain’t a good feelin’ to keep stuff in ya.” It’s October 1941 and everyone seems to have secrets in this African American community … Continue reading →

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