Quiet Keystrokes and Midnight Ramblings

In just a few weeks, Where Bodies Lie , a suspenseful story of a serial killer's son, is hitting bookshelves worldwide. But it's prequel, Killers Club , is out right now. This short story introduces readers to Oliver "The Godless Killer" Roberts. The prequel takes place well after Roberts' capture and imprisonment. Here's a little bit about Killers Club : Oliver Roberts has killed more people than anyone in recent history. After two decades in prison, he's ready to make a change. He wants to do good for the other inmates. He goes to Warden Hazel and makes a simple request: to start a Bible study group for the prison's most undesirable residents.  But Warden Hazel isn't going to give Oliver what he's asking for without getting something in return. With the judges, prosecutors, and even the lead inspector on The Godless Killer  case nearing retirement, there's pressure to link Oliver to a string of cold cases. Wanting to reti...

It's rare for me to not finish a book... I've spent the last few months transitioning from working in  Middle Grade Science Fiction  to promoting  cozy mysteries and noir suspense . With the change has come the need to get reacquainted with what's going on in the mystery / suspense / thriller world. Code Name Camelot   is an undeniable blockbuster of a book. At the time of this writing it's ranked in the top 100 of the entire Kindle store and has several thousand five star reviews. It seemed like it was a solid "You're gonna like this book," so I downloaded it and dove in. Well... I downloaded it and read a few pages, then had to set it down and give it another go later. Then came back to it, read a few pages, and set it down again. And again. And again. I wanted to love this book, truly I did! But after forcing my way through the first third of the book, I came to the realization that I simply do not enjoy David Archer's writing style (in t...

Enter to win one of ten copies of Starstruck , the first book in S.E. Anderson's intergalactic adventure series! It's easy. Simply enter this  Rafflecopter giveaway . About Starstruck : She could barely look after herself. Now, she's looking after the entire planet. After an incident with a hot-air balloon causes college-dropout Sally Webber to lose her job, she sets off to find direction in her life. Crashing into a teleporting alien, however, is not on her to-do list. Now she’s on the run from TV-drama-loving aliens, and things are just getting started. Zander won’t stop reeling her into life-or-death situations to save her planet, as he waits for his laser-wielding sister to search the universe for him. Though Sally isn’t quite sure if he wants to save Earth from annihilation, or just quell his curiosity of all things human. Now she’s got to find lost alien emissaries, as well as a job, and stop the planet from getting incinerated in the process. Bu...

September has given me two major opportunities to share free books with my followers, subscribers and friends. The good news for you is that this means access to dozens of free novels, chapter samples and excerpts from new authors in the Science Fiction & Fantasy genres. The giveaways are being hosted through Bookfunnel.com, an amazing platform that pairs readers looking to try new books on for size with authors excited to let you sample their wares -er- words. I am excited to work with the authors over at BookFunnel in the coming months to promote both the Adaline series as I prepare to re-launch it in November (find out more about that by signing up for my e-mail list here ), and as I work on starting a whole new series under the pen name D.K. Greene. I'll keep you informed as more giveaways pop up, but in the meantime, you'll want to grab the great new reads in A Dystopian Fall and the Clean Book Group Burning Embers events. The awesome thing ...

My kiddo and I have been wandering through the pages of C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia over the last year or so, and finally arrived at the sixth book, The Silver Chair. It goes without saying that C. S. Lewis is one the most entrancing authors in children's literature, and he didn't fail to disappoint with The Silver Chair . This book takes Eustace and his schoolmate Jill on a terrific adventure through marshes, mountains, and caverns as they go on a hunt for a prince who went missing many years before. While this is a wonderful book on its own, it wasn't my favorite of the Narnia  series. The characters didn't seem as alive as in the other books, and with man-eating giants, a magical snake-queen and the freeing of an entire nation of underground people, their flatness was a disappointment. We aren't deterred though. We've started The Last Batle, the final book in the series and it's going along much better. Although this is a serie...

Sophie Warner watches from shore as her husband rows their daughter out into the water. The three-year-old is entranced with her first experience crabbing. But then, the unthinkable. A man approaches, attacks Sophie, and she's never seen alive again. Author Gregg Olsen is a master of weaving truth within lies. Throughout the book I had several moments where I was sure who was behind Mrs. Warner's disappearance, but each time I had an "aha", my finger turned on another character. With so much to gain, and even more to lose, everyone seemed to have a stake in the kidnapping and murder of the young mother. The novel was so gripping, I had a hard time putting it down and spent most of the last 24 hours walking the house with my kindle in my hand, stealing a quick paragraph here and there as I went about my day. I even got scolded for reading through dinner, something we banned long ago to focus on our family time. "How dare you read at the di...

My two great loves are books, and horse racing. When I was a kid, I wanted to grow up to be a jockey. At 5 foot 3 3/4 inches, it's the only thing in my life that I've been too tall for. But my deep desire to live life on the track gets spun up with glee when I find a book that brings the daring world of horse racing alive, and Banker  does more than that. It goes behind the scenes to the underbelly of racing, revealing the schemes and cheats that industry bottom dwellers use to get a leg up in the game. Banker  is written from the perspective of an investment banker, rising through the ranks at his family owned financial company. His parents gambled their lives away at the track, and since he grew up in that environment, it comes to him to make a decision on whether or not to loan several million dollars to a horse breeder with visions of producing award-winning foals. The book is rife with charlatans, cheats, gamblers, murderers, and a few good people try...