When is a bad guy not really a bad guy? When he is Phoenix in Ted Tayler’s exciting book “The Olympus Project”. Tayler wastes no time in getting the action started in this high tech, guns blazing story of Colin Bailey. When I picked this book I didn’t realize Colin Bailey had made his initial appearance in an earlier Tayler book. This says a … Continue reading “The Olympus Project” by Ted Tayler
We all knew about the shortcut that led to the high school. It ran along an old road and through a small tunnel before opening into the large field behind the sports field. As often as it was used to get to school by those who didn’t need another tardy on their record, more often it was used as a path to sneak away from … Continue reading The Road Less Traveled by Elizabeth Horton-Newton
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Going to school and working at the IGA afterward was not my idea of a fun time. We couldn’t live on Granny’s money from Grandpa’s pension alone. The house we lived in was not mortgaged but there were other bills. I confess I had a few things I liked to have. I liked going to the movies with my friends. Fast food was a weakness … Continue reading April Showers (Part 3) by Elizabeth Newton
Part Two I lived with my grandmother. My grandfather had disappeared over ten years ago. That was the year after my parents were killed in a car crash on Old Highway 63. My grandmother was not an easy woman to live with. I suspected she was half out of her mind. She was my mother’s mother but she was nothing like the mother I remembered. … Continue reading April Showers (Part Two) by Elizabeth Newton
Connected: The Call by Michelle Medhat My rating: 5 of 5 stars In “Connected: The Call” by Michelle Medhat a new terror has arrived. Al Nadir has developed a new terrorist weapon that can change the world. Utilizing high tech methods Medhat skillfully uses language that actually makes sense even a novice can grasp. It’s obvious she did her research because the weapon proposed is … Continue reading “Connected: The Call” by Michelle Medhat
Danger Close by Charlie Flowers My rating: 5 of 5 stars Action packed thriller is an understatement when describing “Danger Close” by Charlie Flowers. As a follow up to Flowers “Hard Kill” it picks up with Rizwan Sabir desperately searching for his fiancée Holly (Bang Bang) Kirpachi. But the book also reads well as a stand alone adventure. Sabir is dropped into foreign territory in … Continue reading “Danger Close” by Charlie Flowers
Hard Kill by Charlie Flowers My rating: 5 of 5 stars “Hard Kill” by Charlie Flowers is the kind of book I couldn’t put down. Even when I wasn’t reading I was thinking about it. This is one fast paced, edge of the seat, gripping story about a young Muslim, former al-Queda operative who is now working with Counter Terrorism in England. But that’s just … Continue reading “Hard Kill: A Riz Sabir Thriller” by Charlie Flowers
Last year was an amazing year for Indie writers as far as I’m concerned. In addition to launching my first book in October I checked out the works of other Indie writers. These are the next three on my list and all are available on Amazon. For the record, these books are not listed in best to last order. They are all very different in … Continue reading My Favorite Indie Books of 2014 (Part 2)
Last year was an amazing year for Indie writers as far as I’m concerned. In addition to launching my first book in October I checked out the works of other Indie writers. These are the first three on my list and all are available on Amazon. 1. “Random Lucidity” by Dave Adair http://www.amazon.com/Random-Lucidity-A-Literary-Thriller-ebook/dp/B00LLR3WA6 A fascinating read. “4.5 Stars Portland Book Review Random Lucidity by Dave … Continue reading My Favorite Indie Books of 2014
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