Book Review

Gomez-Jurado’s debut thriller, already a bestseller in
Spain, is a fascinatingly complex tale that focuses on recent events as seen though the eyes of three very different lead characters. These various fictional characters are then mingled with real-life figures such as John Negroponte, who currently serves as the United States Deputy Secretary of State, who plays [...]

BRADLEY’S The Magdalene Mandala is a wonderfully written thriller with a twisting plot that may lead one to believe that the descendents of Jesus Christ’s bloodline now walk among us. Bradley’s extensive research and expertise regarding the Holy Grail allows him to present an epic novel that takes you from the archeological digs in Vermont, [...]

Austrian Author Blumrich was until recently the chief of the Systems Layout Branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. In earlier years he is credited with developing the structural design of the Saturn V booster and for participating in the design of Skylab. Upon his retirement from NASA Blumrich began to pursue research concerning extraterrestrial [...]

Certain Prey, starring Lucas Davenport, is another winner in John Sandford’s Prey series. I find it constantly surprising that Sandford can come up with such original plot lines while maintaining a contiguity of characters throughout the series.   In Certain Prey, Sandford introduces psychopathic lawyer, Carmel Loan and hit woman Clara Rinker. These two combine their [...]

Iris Johansen’s Body of Lies may not be her best offering but it is a fairly entertaining novel that is reminiscent of a cat and mouse game. The authoress uses a ticking time bomb type subplot to propel the action along and keeps the reader’s attention by portraying the victims and antagonists as real flesh [...]

True to form, John Sandford in Naked Prey presents us with another gripping tale of suspense in which Twin Cities Detective Lucas Davenport works to uncover the mystery behind the seemingly racially motivated murder of Jane Warr (a white woman) and Dion Cash (an Afro-American man). In the process he must uncover the mystery surrounding [...]

When does murder begin? Is it when the gun explodes taking away a person’s ability to breathe or is it when a child is forced to experience the pain of sexual abuse while learning that the person they are dependent on has no love for them?
Perhaps it doesn’t matter because to the child experiencing the [...]

With its sizzling romance and mystery Obsession is another winner for New York Times best selling author, Lisa Jackson. From the onset the author draws us in as we empathize with estranged lovers Zane Flannery and Kaylie Melville.
Kaylie a former child movie star currently hosts TV’s West Coast Morning with her former co-star of [...]

The authors of Holy Blood, Holy Grail have spent over ten years meticulously researching this book, using a wealth of historical documents and ancient evidence, attempting to prove that it is quite possible that traditional views regarding Christ’s life were manipulated sparking worldwide controversy, regarding the traditional, accepted view of the life of Christ as [...]

Charles Kimball, a Baptist minister and author with a doctorate in religious history (specializing in Islamic studies) from Harvard, has been a professor at Wake Forest University since 1990 where he has made a career out of speaking about the ways in which religion becomes evil. His background in negotiations with militant students in Iran, [...]