reviews

CSI Colonial... Author:  Paul Collins As colonial superstars go, they’re two of the big ones.  Aaron Burr – third vice president of the United States – and Alexander Hamilton – first secretary of the US Treasury.  Honored war heroes and esteemed statesmen both, their names are forever linked in history due to the duel that resulted in the death of the latter.   But just as the 18th century was ending, they were unlikely allies in what may have been the first sensational murder trial in American history.   A colonial true crime drama full of heroes, villains and sabotage, Duel with [...]

Bad Mother Author: Gilly Macmillan What happens when a nature walk becomes the realization of your worst nightmare? Rachel Jenner, struggling newly single mother, barely recovered from a devastating divorce and sudden loss of stability, is about to find out. Encouraging her eight-year-old son to be independent and adventurous, she allows him to run ahead along a quaint woodsy path that they both know by heart. And that’s the last that she sees of him. Hours later in the freezing rain, with nightfall ending all hope of finding answers, tear-drenched and surrounded by police and would-be-helpful searchers, all she has [...]

Molecule of mystery... Author:  Tristan Gooley You might think he’s a wizard.  If you didn’t know better, it would be easy to mistake Tristan Gooley’s ability interpret the subtlest ripples and waves for a supernatural power.  But no magic is required to navigate one’s way through the natural world of water.  Based on many years of experience traveling the globe by land, sea and air, the man reveals many of his aquatic secrets in How to Read Water.   It’s an astonishing testimony to the power of simple observation. Wind blown waves on a puddle. In addition to his [...]