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IR VERDICT: Set in rural Ukraine, THE WOMAN BEHIND THE WATERFALL, entails three generations of women striving to deal with the spiritual fallout of an unwanted pregnancy. Rich and poetic in detail, it is an...

IR VERDICT: GIVEN TO FLY is an easy read with some standard situations—an overweight wife who can’t conceive and a widower with charming kids—and incorporates them into a traditional chick-lit plot.  What ultimately saves the...

IR VERDICT: From the opening volley filled with angst and intense emotions, CANCER, FAITH, AND BUTTERFLIES exposes every nook and cranny of anger, disappointment, regret, helplessness, courage, and most of all – hope. The multi-dimensional...

IR VERDICT: Captivating from the very first line, THE HEALING OF HOWARD BROWN, the tale of a man coping with generational trauma following his father’s death, is as dense with salacious family drama as the...

IR VERDICT: Focusing, as it does, on a world in which the truth has taken a back seat to fake news and hysteria, it’s hard to imagine when AGENTS OF THE UNDERTOW by Jack McDaniel...

IR VERDICT: Ever wondered what The Hunger Games or Battle Royale might look like from the point of view of the ones running the show? Wonder no more – SIX PASSENGERS FIVE PARACHUTES by Ian...

IR VERDICT: Literally ripped from today’s headlines, TSUNAMI STORM takes readers on an adrenaline pumping, catch-your-breath adventure into the depths of viable stealth technology. Capable of triggering natural disasters on a global scale, the story...

IR VERDICT: JUNCTION delves into the dysfunctional politics and underground drug scene of a small town facing a recent spat of unexplained murders. But the book’s well-developed setting and compelling plot are thwarted by unsympathetic...

IR VERDICT: BLACK WATER is a haunting story beautifully told. Set in a near future of environmental catastrophe and ethnic strife, it is at once an urgent warning and an intimate meditation on memory, grief,...