IR VERDICT: When a womanizing real estate agent living in a mobile home park goes AWOL in the underbelly of Southern California, a team of astute homicide detectives led by…

IR VERDICT: FRANCE'S WORLD HERITAGE SITES provides readers with useful information about the UNESCO sites, including Chartres Cathedral, Mont-Saint-Michel, prehistoric sites and Caves of the Vézère Valley. This travel guide also highlights interesting…

IR VERDICT: SECRET KEEPER is the story about a girl with a traumatic and heartbreaking past, and the ways in which the life she’s carefully crafted for herself begins to…

IR  VERDICT: There’s no sure way to create and build a company until the work begins.  On the other hand, why not learn from a successful entrepreneur who’s been there,…

IR VERDICT: Despite their brevity, the nine stories in A PECULIAR DILEMMA pack a lot of moral heat: they deal with topics both material and mystical, from mischief to murder, all…

IR VERDICT: TEACHINGS OF A SHAMAN is an emotional tale about redemption and self-discovery that portrays the horrible reality of addiction. Though there is some cultural appropriation, and a dash…

IR VERDICT: Narrator and university freshman Hotshot is a mix of Catcher in the Rye’s Holden Caulfield and 21st century angst, existing on intellectual vibes, drink, and drugs.  As a…

IR VERDICT: Consider THE POSTWOMAN a “faction,” mixing facts with just a bit of embellishment around characters and motivations.  As a witness to the beginnings of World War II and…

IR VERDICT: STRUTTING AND FRETTING is a compelling and well-written debut about life, self-esteem (or the lack thereof), and the choices that will either make or break a person. Set…

IR VERDICT: CITY OF GODS II: HORSEMAN continues the journey of the four would-be Horsemen of the Apocalypse, with each man--each engaging and likable in distinct ways--sent to a different…

IR VERDICT: NEPHILIM fuses Jewish and Mormon tradition in an ambitious story that pits the protagonists against supernatural forces in a battle of good versus evil. The author takes some…

IR VERDICT: I LOVE YOU FOR YOU is a tender and endearing debut with a powerful and affirming message, celebrating the unique differences between parent and child. Vicky Fieldhouse’s warm…

IR VERDICT: THE ZETA GREY WAR: THE EVENT is an intense story about a sinister plan by an alien race, the Zeta Greys, to seize control of the earth, and the ensuing battle between humans…

IR VERDICT: MURDER ON THE ISLAND is the sixth book in the Belinda Lawrence mystery series, a strong installment, as well as a delightful stand-alone read. For those unfamiliar with…

IR VERDICT: THE POSSIBILITIES OF ONENESS makes accessible the fundamental premises of the World's Wisdom Traditions and proposes a new and easily understandable model for integrating these ideas into your…

IR VERDICT: Free love.  First-ever women’s brokerage firm.  A female candidate for the Presidency of the United States.  Sound like today?  Nineteenth-century suffragette Victoria Woodhull has already been the subject…

IR VERDICT: WARFAIR4 is an experimental novel about the collapse of economic markets. Written as part dialogue, part stream-of-consciousness, it is a treatise examining the woes of the 1%. Unfortunately,…