Mystery / Suspense

Avoidable Contact by Tammy Kaehler

Avoidable Contact: A Kate Reilly Mystery (Kate Reilly Mysteries) by Tammy KaehlerRacecar driver Kate Reilly is looking forward to the endurance race she and her teammates from Sandham Swift Racing are participating in, until word came in that her boyfriend Stuart, Series Vice President of Operations, has been seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident earlier that morning. Kate is stunned and upset, feeling guilty for cancelling their date the night before, and eager to get to the hospital, even though Stuart is still in a coma. The police are investigating the accident, but Kate is sure that someone connected to racing is responsible, and some strange text messages she receives make her even more certain. Read More »

Basil Instinct by Shelley Costa

Basil Instinct by Shelley CostaThe zany staff of Miracolo returns in the second installment of Miracolo Mysteries. Eve has been recruited by her cousin to teach at the local vocational school. She is looking forward to influencing the next generation, but when she gets there, she begins to wonder if they are a bunch of juvenile delinquents looking for easy grades. When she hires several of them to help with a dinner party being held by Maria Pia, her grandmother, Eve never dreams that murder will find the restaurant again. Read More »

You Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa

You Cannoli Die Once (Miracolo Mysteries)  by Shelley CostaEve Angelotta had dreams and they did not include working for the family restaurant. When she is sidelined by an accident, she has no choice but to come home and be a chef in the family business. She and her grandmother do not always see eye to eye, but Eve does the best she can. However, when Eve discover’s her grandmother’s boyfriend dead in the restaurant, any disagreements she has with Maria Pia are minor. Her grandmother is the chief suspect and the staff of Miracolo has to work together to prove Maria Pia’s innocence. Read More »

The Union Club by Don Winston

The Union Club by Don WinstonClay Willing returned to San Francisco after his brother’s murder in order to take Dean’s place in the family business. Clay, an artist, loved his unconventional life in New Mexico and his wife, Claire, whom he had met at Yale, but he accepted his family responsibilities. The building he and Claire chose to move into did not meet with his family’s approval, but they stood firm until someone broke in and attacked Claire, causing her to miscarry. Read More »

Sister Blackberry by Melissa Newman

Sister Blackberry by Melissa NewmanBeginning in rural Kentucky in 1936, the story of the forbidden friendship between Viola and Janie, two young pregnant women, captures the reader’s interest on the first page. As they are members of the Pentecostal congregation, Janie’s brutal husband, Bick, does not care for his wife to have anything to do with their neighbor, Viola, a Baptist. Read More »

My Sister’s Grave by Robert Dugoni

My Sister's Grave by Robert DugoniTwenty years ago, Tracy Crosswhite’s sister Sarah disappeared while driving home from a shooting competition in which she and Tracy competed. Sarah was driving Tracy’s truck, which was found abandoned on the county road, but there was no trace of Sarah. Tracy, now a Seattle homicide detective, was at work one day when she received news that a body had been found in the hills outside Cedar Grove, the little town where Tracy and Sarah had grown up. Convinced that it was Sarah’s body, Tracy makes the drive to Cedar Grove to find that her worst fears had come true. Read More »

The Dark Side of the Cross by James S. Parker

So, my darlings, let’s talk about witches. Not the nicey-nice kind. Oh no. Not in James Parker’s world. These are the kind your mama told you about to keep you in bed at night. This world is not urban fantasy. It’s too real to be fantasy. Now, don’t be getting your heart set on a romance, y’hear me? This isn’t one. It’s about this close to horror, which this cranky Southern Belle doesn’t quite cotton to. But the hero of this story made me keep reading. I guess you can say I felt safe with him around.
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The Java Pump by Jacqueline McGuyer

Eighty years after a pair of newlyweds and the owner of a gas station are gunned down in cold blood at the gas station the old building is coming to life again in a new incarnation, a coffee shop. Lucy and her daughters begin to serve coffee and pastries to the citizens of Infinity, Texas with a large helping of personal charm thrown in for free. As the new owners of the Java Pump learn about life and the history of the old building bonds are built between the townsfolk.

I really enjoyed this novel. It was well written and kept me coming back for more. I couldn’t put the book down. It was refreshing for me to share in the lives of the folk of Infinity and they touched me as much as their fellow citizens. The Java Pump is a Christian drama that will engage people of all faiths. I would recommend this read to anyone from teenagers on up.

Book Stats:

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 490 KB
  • Publisher: Whiskey Creek Press LLC (October 1, 2008)
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B001KM0XX6

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The Tunnels by Michelle Gagnon

The Tunnels (Kelly Jones Novels) by Michelle GagnonThe bodies of two college students have been found mutilated and apparently killed in some kind of religious ritual in tunnels beneath a prestigious New England college. FBI Special Agent Kelly Jones returns to her alma mater to investigate a possible serial killer. Read More »