by Erin Mitchell | Jun 5, 2020 | Awards, Features
The 2020 longlists for the prestigious CWA Dagger awards, which honour the very best in the crime writing genre, have been announced. The world-famous Crime Writers’ Association (CWA) Daggers are the oldest awards in the genre and have been synonymous with quality...
by Elise Cooper | Jun 5, 2020 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Don’t Make A Sound by T. R. Ragan is a gripping psychological thriller. This intense story delves into the lives of three sisters, all of whom were abused. Although craving a closeness they are a bit afraid to confront with each other their own tragic and...
by Erin Mitchell | Jun 4, 2020 | Awards, Features
CRIMEFEST, one of Europe’s leading crime writing conventions, has announced the shortlists for its annual awards. Now in its 13th year, the awards honour the best crime books released in 2019 in the UK. New for 2020, in association with its headline sponsor...
by Elise Cooper | May 29, 2020 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Fair Warning (Jack McEvoy and Rachel Walling Book 3) Michael Connelly Little Brown and Company May 26th, 2020 Fair Warning by Michael Connelly brings back two of his best characters, journalist Jack McEvoy, and former FBI Agent Rachel Walling. Connelly, the...
by Elise Cooper | May 28, 2020 | Books, Features, Reviews
Soldiers of Freedom (WWII Series Book 5) Samuel Marquis Mount Sopris Publishing March 23, 2020 Soldiers of Freedom by Samuel Marquis brings to light the final push by the Allies to defeat Nazi Germany. This novel blends facts and fiction. Readers see a story...
by Hannah Mary McKinnon | May 26, 2020 | Behind the Book, Books, Features
I like to think of myself as a happy person, and the vast majority of people I know would hopefully agree. I laugh a lot, admittedly at silly things because I have what my husband long-identified as a “quirky” sense of humour, and I have a stack of favourite jokes....
by Jennifer Jordan | May 21, 2020 | Book Excerpt
1:17 a.m. on Friday, October 1, 2004London, England Steve took a sip of the stagnant coffee someone gave him after he arrived at New Scotland Yard from the hospital. The facility wasn’t the creepy Elizabethan building he imagined after watching movies as a kid....
by Elise Cooper | May 20, 2020 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh is action-packed. This first in a series has great characters working together to solve a murder mystery. It is a tale of lies, deceit, abuse, jealousy, guilt, blackmail, and murder along with heartbreak scenes about family. The main...
by Sandrone Dazieri | May 19, 2020 | Behind the Book, Books, Features
Since my childhood I had someone who constantly whispering in my ear, saying that what I was doing was not worth a bit. Everyone hears a similar voice in their worst moments, but in my case the voice was perennial. In my golden years, that voice made me jump like a...
by Marlyn K. Beebe | May 13, 2020 | Books, Features, Reviews, Short Fiction
After the 2016 US Federal Election, many people were shocked, angry, and disappointed. The largest percentage of this group was female. Women of all ages were furious that a fraudster had been elected by a minority of the country’s population to be its...
