After the Goode: A Jake Roberts Novel (Volume 3) – Cary Allen Stone

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) Cary Allen Stone has again drawn me into the world of Jake Roberts. But this time, I’m secretly rooting for the culprit. After the Goode is not only a detective mystery but a love story as well. Unlike the previous two novels in the series, After The Evil and Mind Over…

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Walking the Nile – Levison Wood

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) "And, as in my expeditions in the past, I wanted to learn more about the people who lived along this mighty river, people whose lives are dictated by its ebb and flow. In a continent in which borders are always in flux, the Nile is a constant. I wanted to see…

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Lose the Clutter, Lose the Weight: The Six-Week Total-Life Slim Down – Peter Walsh

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Here’s an essential truth about clutter: It seems to gather on its own without any involvement from you. Thousands of pounds of it can fill the spaces and cover the surfaces within your home, yet you don’t recall expending any effort to make it happen…The same tends to be true with…

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Red Lights – Georges Simenon, Translated from the French by Norman Denny, Introduction by Anita Brookner)

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I met a man in whom, for hours, I tried to see another me, another me that wasn’t a coward, a man I wished I could be like…” Steve Hogan, and his wife, Nancy are driving from Long Island to Maine to pick up their kids from summer camp. It is…

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Bridge of Comprehension – Albert Mordechai

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “If those rebels get access to Assad’s germ bombs, Hezbollah will have the means to launch them into Israel. I will NOT sit around and watch my people choking to death, crying to death, suffocating and breaking out into hives because of a Syrian projectile. I will NOT sit in the…

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I’ll Always Be with You – Violetta Armour

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) “The past cannot be changed; the future is in your hands” Grief has a way of crippling a family. One night, a simple father-son bonding moment and a drunk driver changed the course of life for the Kostoff family. In an attempt to heal the gaping wound created by the loss…

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Fardwor, Russia!: A Fantastical Tale of Life Under Putin – Oleg Kashin, (Translated from the Russian by Will Evans)

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Fardwor, Ruissa!” The girls at the mental hospital mean “Forward, Russia!”, but it doesn't come out that way, and as everything else, is blown out of proportion. That is one aside but amusing part of the political satire, Fardwor, Russia. Amateur inventor, 29 year old Karpov, suddenly urges his wife that they must…

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Kill Without Mercy -Alexandra Ivy

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) Hell is all they know. Hell is all they have seen and perceived. And, hell is the reason why they forged the strongest bond of friendship, loyalty and trust. Rafe Vargas knows that if there are two things that he can always count on – his gut instinct and his four…

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Mind Over Murder – Cary Allen Stone

(Reviewed by Cathy Carey) "Blood saturated every square inch of the carpeting in the mansions master bedroom, from one distant gilded wall to the others. Unless you slept there, you would have no idea the original color of the carpet was soft beige. The once white satin sheets on the king-size bed were also blood…

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The Marvelous Neverland of Oz (Oz-Wonderland Series Book 4) -Ron Glick

(Reviewed by Ishita RC) This is definitely the most interesting fantasy-themed series that I have read. The plot is a mixture of Dorothy in Oz and Alice in Wonderland with a modern twist. While Wizard of Oz is a fairy tale which has captivated my imagination as a child, Alice in Wonderland is a literary…

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