Steve Billings has just published his debut novel Real Cops – Wear Uniforms And Ride In Patrol Cars. He is himself a 24 year veteran of the Police force, which makes him well qualified to write such a book. I enjoyed Real Cops a great deal, as you can see from my review.
Many of the […]

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I enjoy a good thriller, and I was very much looking forward to Sheldon Greene’s latest novel Prodigal Sons, and I was not disappointed, it is a cracking read from cover to cover. Sheldon has two prior books under his belt Lost And Found and Burnt Umber. He has developed into an author with a […]

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It Was a Monopoly Game Run Amok
“Pink Slips and Parting Gifts” by Deb Hosey White is a work of fiction.  It says so on both the front and back cover of the book.  But if it is a work of fiction, why does the story seem so familiar?  Perhaps it is because there is no […]

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This book caught me a little off guard, while it is billed as a self help guide dealing with personal finances, it is actually a far wider ranging work with very strong Cristian underpinnings.
This is Jessica Psalidas’ second foray into the book, her first was the award winning Everlasting Purity, another Christian themed work.
Financial Purity […]

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Real Cops is most definitely billed as fiction, however Steven Billings did spend 24 years of his life involved with Law Enforcement, he spent time as a patrol officer, jail sergeant, and also patrol sergeant. I suspect that more than one of the tales that are related in this wonderful book have some anchor in […]

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I like books that provoke the reader into considering the world around them, The Human Food Factor is most certainly a book in that category. I think I will start this review with a quote from the final pages of the book:
In the workings of Nature, 99% of all problems, work themselves out
Yes that is […]

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Life as a rock star is at best a precipitous one, todays shining light is tomorrows long forgotten history. A couple of years ago I set out on a quest, for no better reason than I could. My mission was to track down as many of my music favorites from the 70’s and 80’s as […]

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The Assault On Private Property Rights – And How We Can Fight It
The subject of Eminent Domain is at best a thorny one. Alas, far too many people have no idea what the term even means, and no clue how it might one day affect them on a personal level. Regardless of where you live, […]

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Do real private detectives read detective novels? Do police officers read crime fiction? I wonder because, as a practicing attorney, I don’t usually read novels dealing with lawyers. Even when written by attorneys, story-telling seems to require shortcuts. Perhaps unnoticed by the average reader, those shortcuts can leave me incredulous, even […]

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Education is at best a thorny subject. I grew up going though the English Grammar School system in the 1960’s, every subject had been de-humanized to the level where everything was boring and seemed to have little connection to the real world. Math was reduced to problems involving what would happen if you turned the […]

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I first came across Jennifer Swanson when she published Penny & Rio – The Mysterious Backyard Meeting, a child’s book for sure, but one that was exceedingly well done, you can read my review here. She contacted me recently to let me know that the second book in the series was now being published, Penny […]

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This book is clearly a labor of love. Its editor, Vince Emery, is also the publisher, and he obviously took great pains to be sure the book was carefully designed and constructed.
It contains twenty-one stories—though in a handful of cases calling them stories rather than vignettes is stretching the point—not all of which are mystery/crime […]

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Merchants Of Deception takes up into the murky world of Multi Level Marketing, specifically Amway and its various subsidiaries. You can read my book review here.
Eric was involved in Amway for very close to a decade, he and his wife made it to the lofty Founders Emerald Level, this is a position that only something […]

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An insider’s look at the worldwide, multi-billion dollar conspiracy of lies that is Amway and its motivational organizations
What do Amway and Scientology have in common? Actually quite a lot, both are well known, both are very secretive, and both are fiercely defensive to any negative press.  Another commonality is that both have had allegations made […]

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In “Evolution’s Fatal Flaw”, a carefully researched and well written book, author Lawrence Wood sets out to validate two controversial and often debated claims:  that evolution is the proper explanation for our origins; and that evolution is all about the survival of the species, not as one might suppose, about the survival of the individual.  […]

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For the fourth consecutive year, Wolfmont Press has released an anthology designed to raise money for the “Toys for Tots” program. Edited by John M. Floyd, this year’s anthology is made up of many familiar names to anyone who reads short mystery fiction and novels. Austin Camacho Bill Crider, Earl Staggs, Randy Rawls, Deborah Elliot-Upton […]

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Every book has a target market, there are thrillers, romances, sci-fi, and lots of other genres. The toughest nut to crack though is books aimed at the very young. They have no buying power, so the author must appeal to adults, usually the parents of the very young child. The usual hook is the learning […]

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No one is immune from genre-bashing. What’s come to be known as historical fiction is one of those genres at which I tend to look askance. I’m guilty of often considering it little more than a costume drama, where the author simply places characters and situations in a historical setting. But it’s also a genre […]

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I don’t usually gripe about a books title, but the inclusion of Every Woman effectively cuts out 50% of the potential audience, it would be much better is Susan Van Allen had used the more generic term Everyone. Over 90% of the places and activities recommended have appeal to both male and female.  OK us […]

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Prophecy Of Power… Will It Come True?
Andrew Parker is new to the book world and Prophecy Of Power is his debut novel, and, in my opinion he is off to a very fine start. The subject matter is an interesting one, and is the second novel I have read in recent weeks that uses the […]

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Jeffrey Wood has just released his first novel Lyft Faetels. Although it is labeled as Science Fiction it is not your run of the mill Sci-Fi. Jeffrey has produced a superbly funny book that is filled to the brim with pieces of historic trivia.
One of the joys of being a book reviewer is interviewing authors. […]

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Volume II of the Lyft Faetels Trilogy
My wife considers me to be the fountain of all useless information. Over the many years of reading, watching, listening, and life in general, I have amassed a huge repertoire of absolutely useless pieces of information. Well, I have met my match! His name is Jeffrey Wood, this guy […]

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Aimed squarely at the young adult market Rick and Bobo scores a bullseye. Our unlikely heroes are two brothers Richard and Ray, one has an IQ the size of Texas, the other does not!
The big break comes when Ray develops a ‘must have’ product and sells the invention for $190 million. This device will revolutionize […]

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I recently had the opportunity to read C.P. Stewart’s debut novel Through The Triangle. I am not usually a big fan of science fiction, but this author knows how to blend reality with just enough touch of the unknown to make for a book that will appeal to a wider audience than most sci-fi oriented […]

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Two of Barbara Ehrenreich’s best-selling books are reality journalism, where she put herself in the situations she’s writing about. Thus, in 2001 she released Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, a first-hand account of trying to live on the wages of low-paying jobs, such as waitress, hotel maid and Wal-Mart associate. She […]

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Designed for speed, this 2008 release is aimed for folks who want time saving designs. As editor Judy Crow notes in her welcome on page three, “With societies busy schedules, today crafters are looking for fast, simple projects with great end results. The designs in this book are ideal for the crafter on the go!”
 
The […]

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A Patients Resource For Medical And Legal Information
My reading habits might be a little strange to some people, my wife thinks that I am obsessed with the written word. That is not so. I read to learn, and there is much to learn in this world. For months I have been seeing adverts on the […]

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Short stories and poetry are deceptively difficult literary forms. On the surface, they have the allure of simplicity. After all, they don’t require the detailed arcs or subplots of a novel. Short stories also need not deal with meter or rhyme. Yet these things also make them so difficult. They require far more exactitude than […]

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It is summer again on Sea Haven, NJ and things start innocently enough. Danny Boyle is now a full time police officer and remains partnered with John Ceepak. As Ceepak finds romance, Danny’s babe, Kate has left and moved to California. With Katie gone, Danny is coping as best he can, often finding just something […]

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Sonya M. Buchanan has just hit the literary road, and I think it is fair to say she has hit it at full speed. If there were Book Cops, they would be busting her for speeding while on a first book!
Few people, well few regular people understand the vagaries of the book world. Writing a […]

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