Archive for the 'Book Reviews' Category

Book Review: “Then You Hide” by Roxanne St. Claire

By Mary Menzel: A woman dying in prison. A woman who confessed to a crime she didn’t commit to save her children. The children she gave up for adoption to protect the identity of their father. The father who let her take the fall for the crime he committed. Roxanne St. Claire’s “Then You Hide”, [...]

Quick Tip: How To Stand Out In The Link-Crowd

Links are everywhere these days - on every print ad, commercial, business card, t-shirt… the list goes on and on. Then there are directories and link collections with dozens squeezed together. In fact it’s gotten so bad that we instinctively pass over links without registering them. How can you avoid that your link gets lost [...]

Book Review: “Naked Addiction” by Caitlin Rother - Now this is Mystery!

By Mary Menzel: “Naked Addiction” by Caitlin Rother is one of the most well-constructed murder mysteries that I have ever read in 40 years of reading that genre. Rother’s years as an investigative reporter put her on the front line of crime and she has used that experience to construct real and authentic characters and [...]

Book Review: “Trust Me” by Brenda Novak - Intelligent, well-constructed

By Mary Menzel: “Trust Me”, the first book in the “Last Stand Trilogy”, is a fantastic start to what promises to be another great trilogy by Brenda Novak. Due to an attempted rape in her past, Skye Kellerman and 2 friends have started The Last Stand, a help group for victims of violent crimes. When [...]

Book Review: “Scarlet Rose” by Julia Madeleine - Captivating Human Drama

By Mary Menzel: Scarlet Rose is human drama at its very best as portrayed through the lives of one dysfunctional family. From a young stripper to her dependent mother and a father who is murder to his out -of -control daughter, we are shown how our actions in life truly impact those around us and [...]

Book Review: “Tempting Evil” by Allison Brennan - Non-stop Suspense

By Mary Menzel: “Tempting Evil”, the second book in the Prison Break Series by Allison Brennan, makes it clear that being loved and adored can be deadly. Joanna Sutton recently suffered the tragic loss of her husband and son. She is now helping her family run their lodge in the secluded mountains of Montana. But [...]