“We all do things we regret. Sometimes we’re part of something that we just can’t control. It’s our reactions to those situations that define our future.” The main protagonist of the story, Avery Handle, is a worldwide known neurosurgeon [...]
“All I desired was to live in peace, to love my family, and to tend my flock. What have I done wrong, Lord, that would make You punish me so?” These were the first thoughts that had come to Tabor’s mind after his injured body, dragged by [...]
The truth of the saying “never take anything for granted” Sheriff’s Deputy and SWAT sniper in a small-town Mandeville, Louisiana Alex Shepherd learns in a hard way. He is not only severely injured while trying to prevent a cruel, organized by [...]
If you like Ernest Hemingway’s “Hills Like White Elephants,” A Boy from the Chesapeake, by Larry Roszkowiak, is a book for you. This is a wonderful collection of short stories. It consists of a little more than 30 pieces (part of them could be [...]
“People are commonly not what they’ve portrayed themselves to be,” writes Rebecca Brockway in one of the chapters in her book Miss Matched at Midlife: Dating Episodes of a Middle-Aged Woman. However, contrary to this citation she portrays [...]
“…to tell you the truth, healin’ isn’t as much ‘bout the medicine as it’s about people learnin’ to trust in somethin’ besides themselves.” The Ridge Walker isn’t the first book written by Jack Hemphill and like one of his other books, it is set [...]
“There is no other conclusion I can draw other than this: the gods don’t want us to be noble.” This is an assumption that Tony Violette, an accountant and one of the book’s main characters has come to after being tired of trying to be honest and [...]
“Studying this manual may be the only training you will receive in professional security, and hopefully you study it thoroughly.” Are you curious about security jobs? Do you want to know what awaits a person entering this field? In The [...]
“Timing’s everything, you know?” Timing plays a significant role in everyone’s life and it is especially important for the book’s protagonist, Blake Calloway. Blake, a “crappy bonds trader,” as he once introduced himself, made a mistake. After [...]
Do not be fooled by the title of the book. The Unorthodox Ox, by Thomas Morison, isn’t about animals, though the novel’s protagonist works as an administrator in an environmental company and animals play a significant role in the story – [...]
Banished Threads is the third book in Kaylin McFarren’s Threads series. Like the previous two, it opens with a beautiful Gothic-like short poem written by the author that seems to be a quintessence of the book’s mystery. Fans of this will be [...]
Although Justin Bog is a member of International Thriller Writers group and his new book Wake Me Up is a crime story in general, it’s not an easy-going page-turner about catching and bringing criminals to justice. Set in a small fictional [...]
“…vindicta perfidiam vindicarint innocens — revenge treachery, vindicate innocence.” The above quote is the motto of the mysterious secret organization that Luke Cassine, the main character of Perfidy, belongs to. Recently retired and living in [...]
C. W. Lemoine’s Archangel Fallen is the third book in the Spectre series dealing with an international conspiracy. The thrilling adventures of Captain Cal “Spectre” Martin continue despite his yearning for a quiet and normal life. Dangerous and [...]
Fregoli Delusion, a second novel written by a former Vietnam veteran Brian Rogers, is a chilling read. It probably should be said that Fregoli isn’t a name of any of the book’s characters but of an Italian actor who was famous for quickly [...]
“People only see and know what they’re conditioned to accept. If it doesn’t fit that ‘reality,’ it’s rejected.” What a fascinating book! It’ll magnetize you just like the penetrating gaze of Hindu’s god Shiva and his animal companion on the [...]
“It was the nineteen-eighties, after all, and life was never better.” Although the time and the setting are different, this phrase sounds a little bit like F. Scott Fitzgerald, and similarly to The Great Gatsby this tragic story also begins in [...]
Although The People’s War by John Tompkins isn’t an exact account of the events that happened on Tiananmen Square in 1989, it feels like one. The book starts on April 21st beginning with inventory list of bolts, nuts and other items and day by [...]
It’s well known that obesity and diabetes are among the top major health problems not only in the United States but worldwide. There is also a commonly accepted theory that insufficient production of insulin by the pancreas and insulin [...]
It is practically impossible to find a person who has not experienced pain. Pain is an integral part of human life. Pain is hardly tolerable and everyone’s immediate response is a desire for it to stop. Most people are lucky, and their pain is [...]
