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Review: Smart by Joel Mentmore

★★★★ Smart by Joel Mentmore

Smart by Joel Mentmore provides a tangled knot of conspiracy, technology and corporate intrigue.

Armed with a bizarre cast of characters and a twisted knot of a plot, Smart definitely lives up to its name. While there were a few weak points and the occasional stumble in continuity, the rabbit hole of this strange narrative is too fascinating to avoid. The ambitiously complex plot, full of shadowy goons, threatening government agents, artificially intelligent (homicidal?) technology and backdoor business interests, is the strong foundation of this truly riveting and prescient ride.

Jon has gone missing, his sister Jac is on […]

2020-02-21T06:40:10+02:00April 6th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Pages in the Wind by Sally Saylor De Smet

★★★★★ Pages in the Wind by Sally De Smet

Pages in the Wind by Sally Saylor De Smet is a page-turning psychological thriller that grabs the reader’s attention right from the start.

Emily Quinn is detained at the San Francisco County Jail after the brutal murder of her father. She has no memory of the murder or of her past. Her mother hires a world-renowned psychiatrist to help Emily recover her memories and to aid in her defense.

While under hypnosis Emily recovers countless painful revelations and family secrets. Can Emily uncover the whole truth?

The premise of the novel promises a dark and gritty story. And the […]

2016-04-06T04:21:43+02:00March 24th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: , |

Review: Bodyguard of Deception by Samuel Marquis (Book 1 of the World War Two Trilogy)

★★★★ Bodyguard of Deception by Samuel Marquis

As the clock ticks down to D-Day, the Allies are secretly in a state of panic. The greatest secret the Allies had left to win the war with has been stolen by one of the top Nazi spymasters, en route to the Fuhrer as they scramble to form a plan to reclaim it. In Germany’s final days of Nazi rule, could this be the lifeline they need to extend the conflict by one more bloody campaign of resistance, or will the Allies swoop in just in time to save millions of lives? The world hangs in a delicate balance […]

2016-03-23T04:03:25+02:00March 22nd, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: , |

Send Flowers (Shotgun John and Scorpion Book 1) by Mike Crowley

Send Flowers (Shotgun John and Scorpion Book 1) by Mike CrowleySend Flowers (Shotgun John and Scorpion Book 1) by Mike Crowley is a pulse-pounding thriller about an ordinary man on the run from the CIA for a crime he did not commit. John Griffin finds his workplace, a pharmaceutical lab, in flames, which puts him on the terror watch list and hounded by government officials. The lab has been working on the cure for a disease, and a corporate executive thinks it’s more profitable if the lab never discovers the cure. John must find the cure and band together with a group of citizens to fight the highest trenches of […]

2016-03-16T11:55:39+02:00March 16th, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: |

Review: The Man in the Blue Fez: A Birth of an Assassin Novel by Rik Stone

★★★★½ The Man in the Blue Fez: A Birth of an Assassin Novel by Rik Stone

In 1973, in the harsh eternal winter of Siberia, Jez Kord silently leaves his wife and comrade Anna behind in what was once a death camp built under Stalin’s rule.

Without a word to anyone else, he treks across the unforgiving plains that span beyond the militarized fences of the complex, determined to prove himself fit for duty; his mission-to-be: destroying the military corruption caused by the drug and flesh operations of local crime lords and the brutal machinations of the mafia. However, his task is hindered by friend and foe, leading to a desperate escape from Siberia for […]

2016-03-10T10:02:27+02:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: |

Review: Martin Dash by Andy Bailey (Book 1 of Day-to-Knight)

★★★★★ Martin Dash by Andy Bailey

Martin Dash is beautiful, charismatic, charming, and universally adored by everyone who meets him. He’s almost a perfect man, except for the one thing he lacks: emotion. Eternally devoid of any real semblance of empathy, self-identity, or passion, Martin Dash can only wander through his gifted path with nothing to give in return for the adoration and wonder afforded to him by fate.

Anyone who truly comes to know Martin Dash could agree that there lies nothing below his heavenly veneer; anyone except her. One woman claims to see something deep inside the man, and takes on a journey […]

2016-03-25T05:49:13+02:00March 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Review: Moral Turpitude by Layne Winklebleck

★★★★½ Moral Turpitude by Layne Winklebleck

Moral Turpitude, the first book in the Ange Parker Series by Layne Winklebleck, is an action-packed thriller.

Davis Sheffield is the billionaire majority shareholder of Sheffield Industries, a private defense contractor. Davis, formerly Robert Davis Jones, married into the Sheffield family. His wife died young and the Sheffield family wants to kick out Davis from the company. To accomplish this, they accuse Davis of moral turpitude based on kinky experiences from years ago.

Ange Parker, a young and idealistic attorney, advises Davis to go into hiding to avoid being served. Davis follows a hunch and entrusts Ange with […]

2016-03-07T12:56:27+02:00February 24th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: |

Jurisdiction Terminated by Jack Gold & Marc Debbaudt

Jurisdiction Terminated by Jack GoldJurisdiction Terminated by Jack Gold & Marc Debbaudtis a legal thriller front the point of view of a foul-mouthed judge in the juvenile court system. When the judge investigates the death of a Los Angeles County official, it brings him face to face with a North Korean drug cartel who are plotting to bring drugs into the juvenile detention system, which uncovers corruption high up in the justice system. A thought-provoking read that provides a glimpse into two arenas not often portrayed in fiction: the inner mind of a judge and the juvenile court system.

The most interesting facet of […]

2016-02-23T09:45:51+02:00February 23rd, 2016|Categories: New Releases|Tags: , |
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