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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,...

In the year 38, life in Alexandria was dangerous if you were Jewish. "Peppery Winds" takes you into that exotic, faraway world, in a tale of politics, pirates and yes, pepper – a precious commodity...

IR VERDICT: Nothing about this book was good: the writing was abysmal, the plot was trite and uninspired and yet somehow confusing, the characters were underdeveloped, the dialogue was stiff. The protagonist’s name was consistently...

IR VERDICT: Scott Douglas Vaughan is a skilled writer who, with MEMORIES OF A HOME, truly captures time in a bottle; in this case, a small town America that may no longer exist.