WHAT SHE INHERITS is about two women, Angela and Casey, who are struggling to come to terms with their mothers’ deaths and to make sense of all they’ve inherited from their mothers, from genetics to attitudes to money trouble.
A luscious apricot, fallen from her tree, avoids being eaten or covered in slime by a group of snails who discover her in the tall grass.
A quiet East Texas town is truck by a terrible crime after a beautiful twenty-five-year-old widow moves into the vacant house on Rusk Street.
Mimi Goldman is back—on a missing-persons case that’s the third page-turning Chautauqua murder mystery novel from award-winning New York Post headline writer Deb Pines.
IR VERDICT: In OUR GRAND FINALE, author Laraine Denny Bell recounts the hardships of losing a loved one and recognizes the importance of spending time with those you love before it’s…
IR VERDICT: THE CHRONICLES OF A SOPHISTICATED REDNECK by Phillip Garrett is a wonderful memoir, a delight to read and experience. One of the most enduring stereotypes in this country…
Spun with suspense and realistic magic, "Eye of the Moon" is a brisk tale that will keep you reading late into the night.
IR VERDICT: KINGS OF PARADISE is a richly told, dark fantasy and coming-of-age story of two contrasting young men, one poor and fiercely independent and the other privileged and rebellious,…
IR VERDICT: THE MARTYR’S BLADE is a riveting fantasy adventure with well-drawn, complex characters in a meticulously detailed, fascinating world. What starts as a simply mystery enfolds into a gripping…
IR VERDICT: MIGUEL TRAVELER #1 is a dystopian thriller of a different kind. Set within an unforgiving and uncertain realm, Daniel McFatter’s provocative debut provides so much more than mere…
IR VERDICT: Resident doctor, Lorna, is allowing herself enjoy one last surfing holiday with no strings attached when she finds out her estranged mother, Alex, is seriously ill. The fractured…
A retired American-Israeli assassin, Shahla, quit wet work because she struggled with her conscience.
"Known Shippable" is a sci-fi action comedy about an entry level tester discovering the world he lives in is a simulation.
This book is about recognizing that, as Thoreau said, "Most men lead lives of quiet desperation."
IR VERDICT: Technology takes meditation to ominous telepathic proportions in Richard Roberts’s debut TUNING IN. The first book in the TUNING IN trilogy, Roberts’s crisp narrative slowly builds tension while…
IR VERDICT: Art, artifact and an ancient curse provide the compelling plot of Marlene M. Bell’s thrilling novel, STOLEN OBSESSION. The unsolved murder of art appraiser, Annalise Drury’s, best friend…
IR VERDICT: Though there aren’t many new ideas under the sun, either business- or plot-wise, sales and marketing consultant, author John Wessinger does a good job of informing leaders about…
IR VERDICT: The connection between therapist, Jonas and patient, Victoria in INTENSIVE THERAPY is a compelling look at the doctor/patient relationship, as well as the therapeutic process itself in two…
Spoiled Jewish college kid Ben Steiner goes off the rails in this lively coming-of-age tale set in 1970s New York.
IR VERDICT: WENDALL'S LULLABY is an intricate mystery with thought-provoking and heartbreaking moral questions, believable government conspiracies, lives both human and cetacean on the line, and a bit of romance.…
IR VERDICT: EYE OF THE MOON provides a glimpse into aristocratic family life during the 1970s, while adding drama with a twist of supernatural episodes. This Gothic thriller draws the reader…
IR VERDICT: THE FAIRNESS OF BEASTS is a powerful tale of how individuals struggle through deadly forces of history—in this case the Civil War in Virginia, 1862. It focuses on…
IR VERDICT: The children’s book, DYNOMIKE: LOVE BUG by Frankie B. Rabbit is a wonderful way to teach young kids how to help friends who are having a bad day…
IR VERDICT: Deanna R. Sweeney’s fantasy novel, THE AWAKENING (Legions of Lilith), takes some familiar characters from literature and paints them in a unique light, with plenty of suspense and…