An UnderratedRead Revisited: Sydney Noir (Akashic Noir Series) – John Dale (Editor)

Posted on January 27, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Noir is as much a part of Sydney’s character as frangipanis and cockroaches, rusted iron lace and sandstone terraces, torrential rain and potholed roads.” “Crime and Sydney have always been inseparable: a deep vein of corruption runs beneath the surface of even its most respectable suburbs.” Even though I did visit…

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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 Nathan Falk so obsessed with the icy, callous but beautiful Lena? She’s also an author,…

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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 unusual building. This book cover caught my attention,so I bought Lives on Fire, a short…

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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 hotel room and finish the book. And I admit that it was well worth it.…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited:A Child Out of Alcatraz- Tara Ison

Posted on January 13, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by J.D. Jung) When I visit San Francisco, I often gaze over the bay to that small island that radiates so much history. This island housed some of America’s most infamous criminals: Al Capone, Robert Franklin Stroud (the Birdman of Alcatraz), George "Machine Gun" Kelly, Mickey Cohen, and many others. On this visit though,…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Torment: A Novella – H.D. Hunter

Posted on January 5, 2020 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I wish I could tell them how hard it was. How hard it still is. I wish I could tell them that just because a person doesn’t understand what it means to be broken doesn’t mean they can’t tell they aren’t whole. “ This young man plagued with the label of…

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Wishing all a Happy New Year along with a reminder…

Posted on January 1, 2020 by J D Jung

( by JD Jung) First, we want to wish all our readers a safe New Year filled with love and happiness throughout 2020 and beyond! Second, you may wonder why we don’t post reviews more often. Yes, we realize that "Content is king", and we know that you want to see it all the time.…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited:To My Beloved Heart: The Last Journey Of Edgar Allan Poe – James Marchiori

Posted on December 28, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “I felt as if my native land was rejecting me. Making me more hostile. My country was dismissing me all means. I thought about the many unintelligent and corrupted doctors that tried to place me in a psychiatric hospital in Utica. Then I thought of the perverse editors, who would have…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited:Christmas Eve Can Kill You – William Marantz

Posted on December 24, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) For many of us, ushering in the New Year serves as a letdown, following the joyous Christmas season. For Izzy Miller (aka Muddy Rivers, aka Val Virgo), the season represents the low points of his life. Not only did he feel like an outsider looking in as a Jewish kid, but…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Philosophy Made Simple – Robert Hellenga

Posted on December 21, 2019 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) , #CommissionsEarned Rudy Harrington, a sixty-year-old widower, is trying to find the meaning of life…his life. Is there any purpose left? To try and answer this question, he takes up the study of philosophy. Since his wife, Helen, died seven years ago and his three daughters have moved out on their…

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