by L Ruby Hannigan | Jan 22, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Driving home late one night, Ellie Stone noticed smoke from a burning horse barn on the once honored stables of Tempesta Farms. Being a reporter for the New Holland Republic, she hopes to investigate. This suspicious fire is only one of many fires that have appeared...
by Whitney Smyth | Jan 11, 2019 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Sponsored, War & Military
Paul Sutton is a bit of a wandering soul. Recently out of his tour during the Vietnam War, Navy Air Reserve, Paul is attempting to get back to a normal life. Yet, college and his girlfriend Mary don’t hold any charm for him, nothing really does… except for...
by Barbara Cothern | Dec 20, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
Serena Ostero was a peculiar child. Certain that she was born in the right time, Serena never quite felt that she fit in with her family or her small village in Latin America. Certain that fate had something special in mind for her, Serena is more than a little...
by Whitney Smyth | Nov 19, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller, Sponsored
Peter Bridgford’s Where Eagles Dare Not Perch is an engrossing historical fiction novel set during the American Civil War. Zachary Webster, only days away from being sent back to the front lines with the rest of his company, murders Jonathan Stiller in cold blood for...
by Philip Rafferty | Sep 5, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction, Historical Fiction
Shortly after WWII, a cameraman for the Nazis, one who worked directly with the famed Leni Riefenstahl, moves his family to Bolivia. Hans Ertl, the patriarch, has not put his camera away, and instead is filming a documentary about a lost city in the Bolivian forest...
by Whitney Smyth | Aug 30, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller, NW Setting, Portland Authors, Sponsored
A chance encounter in the Lone Fir Cemetery between reporter Murphy Gardiner and Anji Lee sparks a deep friendship and launches an investigation into the history of Portland. Anji has been tasked with a long-standing family tradition: placing three white roses on the...