Novel Secrets

Sia by Josh Grayson  This YA novel was Josh Grayson’s debut, and it is with pleasure I can say it delivered on all fronts: it’s well...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Sliding Past Vertical by Laurie Boris And another winner by Laurie Boris . Who, out of Sarah, Emerson, and Rash...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Devil's Brae by Faith Mortimer Faith is a seasoned mystery writer and has penned the successful Diana Rivers’...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US I do love crime thrillers…in any form, whether they’re books, movies, or TV shows. I especially like crime thrille...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Such is Life by Jeri Walker-Bickett This was an unusual collection of five short stories. Unusual, I thought, b...

In the course of reading a popular novel recently, I stumbled on an exciting new method of fleshing out characters AND improving your plot. ...

Major characters show up often in the story.  Readers will care about them. Readers expect to find out what happens to them by the end of th...

I’m not a fan of translated novels…more often than not the text is a little stilted, as the translator is usually a native of the langua...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Not overly fond of this one, regrettably…it’s never easy to say you didn’t enjoy a book. It never really found it...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Oh, Kate, Kate, Kate….what an inferno of…stubbornness, determination, passion and independence you are. The seven Kate J...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US Let me start with the end of this book and the closing words: Coming soon: Skin Walk, Another Lacey Fitzpatrick and Sam ...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US The Kate Jones series is a literary espresso…a strong one! The novels give you a buzz, a fix, a wake-me-up as well as t...

AMAZON UK AMAZON US A little bit of a departure, this one, from my usual preferred genres. I like to be adventurous, so why not a political...