BOOK REVIEW LISTINGS

The Death of Jose

Everett Riggs, author of Death of Jose. A Western Frontier Story,  introduces the novella with a foreword. He states that the story is fiction, not based on factual Montana history but on oral tradition, folklore, or fables. The author portrays a fascinating tale of life in the West while dabbling in humor and the harsh ...

The Devil In The White City

Erik Larson—author of #1 bestseller In the Garden of Beasts—intertwines the true tale of the 1893 World's Fair and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death. Combining meticulous research with nail-biting storytelling, Erik Larson has crafted a narrative with all the wonder of newly ...

The Diary of Hakim Jones: Trials, Tribulation, Triump

The Diary of Hakim Jones by Joseph K. Massenburg is a reflection on a life. This life is one that was lived in one of the most violent neighborhoods in the country-Newark, New Jersey. The book is not written in chronological order, but randomly reflected upon in different times, settings and environments. Massenburg tells this story in a diary type ...

The Discontent of Mary Wenger (Paper Dolls, Book 1)

The Discontent of Mary Wenger, Paper Dolls, Book 1 by Robert Tucker is a mellow and thoroughly engaging story that narrates with humor and affection the life of Mary Wenger and the changing American scene of the early 1900s. Tucker gives the reader a vivid glimpse of the day-to-day life of the protagonist, Mary, as she tells of her life and of those ...

The Divine Affliction

"The Divine Affliction," by Robert M. Fleisher, and published by Black Rose Writing, is a novel that delves into an insidious terrorist plot that afflicts civilians with a mental malady. Who is behind this undertaking? Is it perpetrated by Islamic extremists? Are powerful drug cartels responsible? Is it old enemies who have taken ...

The Doktor's Daughter

Nancy McDonald, author of The Doktor’s Daughter, is a Canadian freelance writer in several genres. This historical novel is a prequel to the "Girl on the Run." Her research into Hitler’s secret Weapons led to this engaging novel. However, this is more than a coming-of-age story of seventeen-year-old Amelie in pre-WWII Berlin, ...

The Drawing of the Three

After his confrontation with the man in black at the end of The Gunslinger, Roland awakes to find three doors on the beach of Mid-World's Western Sea—each leading to New York City but at three different moments in time. Through these doors, Roland must "draw" three figures crucial to his quest for the Dark Tower. In 1987, he finds Eddie Dean, The ...

The Enigma Beyond: The Enigma Series, Book 11

The Enigma Beyond by Charles Breakfield and Rox Burkey plunge the reader into a science/technology fiction thriller that presents a story where their protagonist’s expert command and control of AI is challenged by what appears to be a much more advanced implementation of the technology.  The Enigma Beyond echoes many of the real fears ...

The Enigma Broker

Charles V Breakfield and Roxanne E Burkey’s novel, The Enigma Broker, is an impressive feat of imagination that speaks to all kinds of significant themes—technology, identity, ethics, and specifically the fallibility of always believing data from “unquestionable reliable sources” even if the meaning of the extracted ...

The Enigma Dragon: A CATS Tale (The Enigma Series Book 9)

Breakfield and Burkey’s novel The Enigma Dragon: A CATS Tale (The Enigma Series Book 9) has all the makings of another award-winning novel for Breakfield and Burkey. 

Some things that stand out in the Enigma series is that Breakfield and Burkey have created a large cast of well-honed characters that inhabit their novels and that ...