Category Archives: Light Fiction

The Silver Squad: Rebels With Wrinkles – Marty Essen

(Reviewed by Don Jung) Sometimes you want to read a feel-good book that isn’t violent and full of unrelated events that get you all confused. Well, this is one of those quirky stories with surprises along the way. When Barry … Continue reading

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Second Pocket First – Gregory Grosvenor

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Issey had always been a thief, but not a particularly good one. The thrill of lifting someone’s property was overwhelming since he was a boy stealing mail. Lockpicking was his specialty, but as an adult working … Continue reading

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Tenth Commandment: A Cat Caliban Mystery (The Cat Caliban Mysteries) – D. B. Borton

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff)   “I’m too tired. I just want to go to bed with a book.” In Chapter 1, sixty- one -year-old Cat was asked what she was good at. She thinks: “Certainly not marriage or motherhood or … Continue reading

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Five-Alarm Fire (Cat Caliban Series Book 5) – D.B. Borton

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff)   I have a friend named Dori. We don’t see each other or speak to each other often, but when we do get together, something special happens. We get into a rapid-fire back-and-forth that turns into … Continue reading

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One for the Money (Cat Caliban Series Book 1) – D.B. Borton

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) ”Suspicion is second nature to any woman who’s raised three kids.” I’m going to say something about this book that I don’t think I’ve ever said about a book: I loved every word! It gave me … Continue reading

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Rainbow Bridge: Our Best Friends Never Truly Leave… They Await Us At The Bridge – Dan V. Jackson

(reviewed by JD Jung) “When an animal who was especially close to someone dies, that pet goes to the Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all our special friends, so they can run and play together. There is … Continue reading

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

(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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Songs to New York – Myrtle Brooks

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff)     “Does she live in the subway?” “Non,  non, mon fils. She rented an apartment across from the park because the Washington Square Arch reminds her of L’Arc de Triomphe.”           … Continue reading

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Death of a Movie Star – Timothy Patrick

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Every week you tell fifty million people that actors are less than human and deserve to be treated like Shit!” That is what Micah Bailey “the actors’ manager who hated actors”, is noted for doing as … Continue reading

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The CEO’s Seduction – Diane Alberts

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Brett Ross managed to avoid the lure of his small town until his best friend decided to fall in love and get married. He knows what he is getting into, coming back here, but what he … Continue reading

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