Finding the Forger: A Bianca Balducci Mystery Libby Sternberg Bianca Balducci, everybody’s favorite teenage amateur sleuth, is back on the case, and this time the resourceful Baltimorean has her hands more than full. On top of school (St. John’s), her two bickering friends (Kerrie and Sarah), and boy trouble (Doug), Bianca is brought in to… Continue reading Finding the Forger
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Daisy
Daisy Libby Sternberg A fresh take on classic characters, Daisy gives readers insight into Daisy Buchanan’s viewpoint of the events of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. While simultaneously remaining true to the original and adding new information, Sternberg weaves Daisy’s perspective and Nick Carraway’s account together, correcting what Daisy knows is inaccurate from her cousin’s novel. Sternberg… Continue reading Daisy
Please Write
Please Write J. Wynn Rousuck An epistolary novel with a twist, Please Write chronicles the correspondence between Vivienne, the alter ego of a recently widowed Cleveland artist, and Zippy, a mixed-breed terrier rescued off the streets of Baltimore. Their letters change and enrich their lives as well as that of Zippy’s owner, Pamela, a harried journalist whose… Continue reading Please Write
Dissection
Dissection Cristina LePort, MD DC heart surgeon Dr. Steven Leeds is suddenly besieged by a handful of immensely complicated heart attack and stroke cases, all caused by a rare arterial injury—a dissection. And all the victims have first received innocuous-looking cards announcing: “Your heart attack/stroke will arrive within one hour!” Private detective Kirk Miner and… Continue reading Dissection
Particles in the Air
Particles in the Air (A Dr. Mallory Hayes Medical Thriller) Jenna Podjasek Dr. Mallory Hayes, a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) medical investigator, is a committed physician and researcher quietly battling height and air-flight anxiety. When a tsunami devastates the coast of Southern California, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) establishes a camp… Continue reading Particles in the Air
A Change of Heart
Change of Heart Cristina LePort, MD In the bustling heart of New York City, a young medical student’s life is tragically cut short, though her heart continues to beat, holding the promise of life for another. Detective Kirk Miner is called to the scene and quickly uncovers a chilling conspiracy involving organ donations and high-stakes… Continue reading A Change of Heart
True Crime Redux
True Crime Redux Stephanie Kane Short Overview True story of a woman (Stephanie Kane) who, on the eve of marriage, finds out that her would-be mother-in-law (Betty Frye) has been brutally murdered, and the leading suspect is her would-be father-in-law. The father-in-law manages to evade a trial. A few years, Kane’s husband has a complete… Continue reading True Crime Redux
Fall from Grace
Fall from Grace Libby Sternberg Eli Baine has sinned. Spectacularly. When he’s caught using a prostitution ring, the news blasts across print and broadcast media: the son of a reality TV evangelical clan, whose Christian lifestyle is showcased regularly in Baine Family Values television episodes, is exposed as a hypocrite. Carted off to rehab, Eli… Continue reading Fall from Grace
Kaitlyn’s Wheel
Kaitlyn’s Wheel A Sci-Fi Romance Chris Halvorson Kaitlyn’s Wheel by debut novelist Chris Halvorson is the ultimate teen romance… but with a supernatural and environmental twist. In rural Iowa, eighteen-year-old Kaitlyn Stokes witnesses a UFO over her house the night her father dies of cancer, giving her reason to believe he was taken by aliens.… Continue reading Kaitlyn’s Wheel
Must Read Well
Must Read Well Ellen Pall Ellen Pall’s Must Read Well immerses the reader in an escalating game of cat-and-mouse between two women: a millennial scholar driven to deceit to reach her goals and a frail octogenarian no less capable of deception. Narrated by Liz Miller, a penniless Ph.D. candidate desperate to finish her dissertation, the novel begins… Continue reading Must Read Well