Category Archives: Fiction

Exposed in Edinburgh: The House Sitters Cozy Mysteries – Scarlett Moss

Posted on February 10, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) This is a delightful mystery of two Texans going to housesit in Edinburgh, Scotland, and discovering the cultural heritage of a faraway distant land. Alen is a sheriff and his wife Joan, a 911 dispatcher who … Continue reading →

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The Man in the Cellar – Palle Rosenkrantz

Posted on February 1, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) I was captivated by the voice of the author from the very beginning. It is a translation of the best-selling novel by the Danish novelist, Palle Rosenkrantz, and was written over one hundred years ago. … Continue reading →

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The Berlin Woman – Alan Kaufman

Posted on January 21, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “She turns her giving of love available to transact with, as a form of punishment, a torment, an affliction, an act of revenge. She replays overtures of love with suffering and pain.” So why is writer … Continue reading →

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Lives on Fire – Rosie Scott

Posted on January 17, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) When I travel to a new city, I love to pop into independent bookstores. So, when I ran across Hard To Find Bookshop, a second-hand bookstore in Auckland, New Zealand, I just had to enter this … Continue reading →

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A Killing Game (A Curtis Westcott Crime Thriller Book 1) – Jeff Buick

Posted on January 13, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) I started reading A Killing Game during a long flight to New Zealand. The problem was that upon arrival, I didn’t want to go out and see the sights. I just had to stay in my … Continue reading →

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Tales of Adventure With Nap Lapkin – Lance Manion

Posted on November 30, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “There was only one place to be if you were a vampire, the Marriott Marquis Times Square. It was time to dispatch Dick Clark once and for all.” Why would secret agent/ “super-spy” Nap Lapkin dub … Continue reading →

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The Woman in the Park -Teresa Sorkin , Tullan Holmqvist

Posted on November 2, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Thérèse, residing in damp obscurity, in gloomy, crushing silence, saw life expand before her in all its nakedness, each night bringing the same cold couch, and each morn the same empty day.” “But inwardly, she lived … Continue reading →

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Mycroft and Sherlock: The Empty Birdcage – Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Anna Waterhouse

Posted on October 21, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) It surprises me that legendary basketball great Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has now written fifteen books since he retired from sports. His fascination with the Arthur Conan Doyle books has him writing his third installment in a series … Continue reading →

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Combustible Punch: An enthralling and unnerving probe into the complex mind of a murderer – Paul Michael Peters

Posted on October 17, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It’s never the pain at the moment that hurts us. It’s that we are always going to have it, always going to carry it with us. “ Rick Phillips never fully recovered from a high school … Continue reading →

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Two Suspects: A Legal Mystery – Gary Sherbell

Posted on October 3, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch)   It’s said that good things come in small packages and Two Suspects by Gary Sherbell bears this out. At only 107 pages, the book could easily be devoured on a plane flight or on … Continue reading →

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