Pandora’s Gardener – David Charles Mason

Posted on September 13, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Pandora’s Gardener is a humorous adventure mystery written about John Gardener, who happens to be the holder or a seemingly harmless price of computer hardware that can cause enormous harm to humanity. The technology behind it can bring global domination; however, John has no clue. On the other hand, Detective Sutherland…

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The Black Marketer’s Daughter – Suman Mallick

Posted on September 10, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “And she can never figure out who she is cheating. Is it Iskander, the man she has decided she can only be grateful to? Or is it the man who loves her to distraction and makes her feel so happy…  But what about cheating herself?”  Zuleikha left her home in Pakistan…

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I Don’t Share Cheesecake: …because my life is too good to share with just anybody – Stephanie Mills

Posted on September 8, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) If you were to say that I was a huge consumer of female self-help books – or any self-help books for that matter, you would fail your polygraph test miserably. So when I picked up Stephanie Mills'  book, quaintly titled, I Don't Share Cheesecake I was definitely charting new territory. The…

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Mortal Conspiracy – Noel C. Scidmore M.D.

Posted on September 4, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Mortal Conspiracy is a crime mystery novel written about Dr. Brad Pierson investigating the death of Butch Kennedy. Butch passed away after he had a second heart attack, and Dr. Pierson is the one who performed his autopsy. A few weeks later, the 29-year-old pathologist happens to come across the report…

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You Can Keep That to Yourself: A Comprehensive List of What Not to Say to Black People, for Well-Intentioned People of Pallor – Adam Smyer

Posted on September 3, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “Your good intentions used to be enough. But in these diverse and divisive times, some people would hold you accountable for your actions. You were not raised for such unfairness. You need help."Your black co-worker Daquan, (aka the author, Adam Smyer) has come to the rescue. He advises white people on…

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Little Falls – Elizabeth Lewes

Posted on August 30, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) This debut novel by Elizabeth Lewes combines the present with the past in a chill-binding story. The descriptions are vivid and paint a picture of rural country living where everyone almost knows everyone else. The author contrasts the military life with the down-home country living and how it’s a struggle to…

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Outside the Lines-Ameera Patel

Posted on August 28, 2020 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “She’s pregnant with a domestic worker’s son, who has matric but whose skill is drug peddling. How did she get herself into this?” Her parents want to control the situation, but Farhana doesn’t know what she wants. “Why an Indian girl? He could easily have found a good Zulu girl. Indians…

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Fierce Girls (Fierce Girls at War)-Mike Adams

Posted on August 25, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) Fierce Girls is a military science fiction thriller about Kelly Cassidy. She is a retired police officer who was the senior weapons trainer at the New York Police Academy for many years. After the death of her husband, she teaches her son and three daughters to be marksmen. The story begins…

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Last Chance for Justice – Eugene E. Siegel

Posted on August 22, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations which dare already to challenge our government in a trial of strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” – Thomas Jefferson The Supreme Court didn’t agree. Chief Justice John Marshall considered corporations to have…

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News for writers from one of our friends…

Posted on August 21, 2020 by J D Jung

You can pitch a leading UK agent or learn from world-class experts on adapting a novel for the screen or enjoy twenty+ other sessions at this year's International Dublin Writers' Festival Online September 11 - 13, 2020

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