Category Archives: Fiction

Disillusioned – Christy Barritt

Posted on August 20, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Nikki Wright is desperately looking for help for her traumatised brother, who escaped from a detainment camp run by terrorists in Colombia and is now undergoing  an extreme case of PTSD. Or is it really the … Continue reading →

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Beat the Rain – Nigel Jay Cooper

Posted on August 12, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “It scarcely seems possible that they’ve settled back into ordinary life…Painful, gut-wrenching normal life, killing them bit by bit as the seconds tick by….Life disappears behind them in a trail of sameness, the lies and unsaid … Continue reading →

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Friendly Fire- John Gilstrap

Posted on August 5, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) In a fit of rage and as an act of vengeance, Barista boy Ethan Falk stabs a customer to death. On his arrest, he tells an eleven year old implausible story of kidnap and molestation where … Continue reading →

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Deception Island – Brynn Kelly

Posted on July 29, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) A kidnapped son. A soldier with a haunted and tainted past. A cornered con woman looking to leave her past behind. A deadly game that has head, heart and lives at stake. The happiest days for … Continue reading →

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Outsider in Amsterdam (Amsterdam Cops) – Janwillem Van De Wetering

Posted on July 26, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “ “Papuans…He saw the wild men from the early ages who once populated the swamp that, now, today, was called Holland.” Today in 1970’s Amsterdam, most have learned about these people from the Dutch colony of … Continue reading →

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Someone Must Die – Sharon Potts

Posted on July 21, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Aubrey Lynd has always lived her life in blessed ignorance, clinging to the illusion of a protective bubble wrap. And then, her nephew is kidnapped from the middle of a carnival while he was with his … Continue reading →

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Warning Order: A Search and Destroy Thriller – Joshua Hood

Posted on July 14, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) War on terror has never been more serious or terrifying, when Mason Kane – special ops personnel with a questionable past–finds himself trapped in the middle of a plot that seems to involve intelligent minds from … Continue reading →

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Shadowboxing With Bukowski – Darrell Kastin

Posted on July 11, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The universe shrank daily around me, the bookstore itself was the center, the black hole, the very bottomless hell that would consume me in the end. ..the bookstore was insatiable, a structure of otherworldly forces. It … Continue reading →

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His Wicked Wish – Olivia Drake

Posted on July 8, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) The daughter of a disgraced lady of nobility and a common actor, Madelyn Swann knows the hardships of life. She knows that no proper lady would actually sell herself at an auction to the highest bidder. … Continue reading →

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Forever We Play – David Belisle

Posted on July 4, 2016 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) Does “forever” mean forever in the world of baseball? It just might for a young realtor, Ashley Merkle. She attends a baseball game, gets hit in the head, falls off the railing by a foul ball, … Continue reading →

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