by Raymond Fleischmann | Feb 12, 2020 | Features, Five Things
When I’m looking for writing inspiration, first and foremost I’ll turn to my bookshelf. But second? I’ll turn to my television. Movies and prose fiction are close relatives, in my opinion, and there’s much that writers can learn from their silver-screen counterparts....
by Elise Cooper | Jan 17, 2020 | Author Interviews, Features
Too Bites Too Many (Sarah Blair Mystery Book 2) A new series, Sarah Blair Mysteries, is a fast-moving, intriguing plot set in the world of food. Readers should probably read the books in order, One Taste Too Many and then Two Bites Too Many. These first two books have...
by Peter Robinson | Jan 14, 2020 | Behind the Book, Books in Lego, Features
Perhaps this column should really be called BEHIND THE BOOKS, as Many Rivers to Cross is the second in a proposed trilogy. Publishers are wary of promoting trilogies until they are finished for two reasons: first, the author might never finish the third book, and...
by Elise Cooper | Jan 13, 2020 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
Matchmaking Can Be Murder by Amanda Flower, is the first in a new series for the New Year. This spin-off from the wildly popular “Amish candy-Shop Mysteries” has some of the beloved characters including Deputy Sheriff Aiden Brody, and introduces some interesting...
by Elise Cooper | Jan 11, 2020 | Author Interviews, Books, Features
HINDSIGHT by Iris and Roy Johansen is a unique thriller. The protagonist is Investigator Kendra Michaels, whose former blindness has left her with uniquely insightful observational skills. Blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining her sight via a...
by Elise Cooper | Jan 8, 2020 | Author Interviews, Features
HUNTER KILLER by Brad Taylor brings Pike Logan and company to a new house, that is a new publishing house, William Morrow. But fans should not worry since Logan does not skip a beat in making sure Americans are kept safe. In this latest novel, Pike and Jennifer...
by Sean Robert Lay | Jan 4, 2020 | Features, Movie Review
There is a common, and oft debated, idea in the world of art that once an artist releases their work for public consumption, that it becomes property of the world and is no longer their own. That it now belongs to humanity to decide its worth, its reputation and its...
by Elise Cooper | Jan 3, 2020 | Author Interviews, Features
No Man’s Land by Sara Driscoll has a unique plot. A suspenseful mystery, whose main characters include K-9 dog teams, brings the characters to life. For first time readers, Driscoll is the pen name for Jen J. Danna and Ann Vanderlaan, who also wrote the Abbott and...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 2, 2020 | Books, Reviews
Christmas in Winter Valley by Jodi Thomas has an unusual format. Instead of having one hero and heroine there are multiple relationships. Each are connected with the theme involving the importance of family. The author noted, “Having many relationships,...
by Crimespree Magazine | Jan 1, 2020 | Books, Reviews
People talk about how “things were better” when they were growing up. Kids could play outside from dawn to dusk. They would leave the house after breakfast, run around the neighborhood with maybe a stop for lunch, and then return home either when Dad sounded the...
