reviews

Lake Monsters, Legends, and Booze Author: Gregg Almquist Laird Mention, our enigmatic narrator, is leaving an asylum where he has been treated for schizophrenia among other, darker things he doesn’t choose to share. His journey is deep into the forest where Remo, his uncle, has agreed to let him spend a summer forgetting. Only Remo’s eccentric personality and insistence on protecting Woman Lake from all intruders, even if he has to kill, makes ugly questions bob to the surface, and soon Laird is not only remembering everything, but discovering new betrayals. Beast Rising, an ancient horror novel with a suitably [...]

The Ties that Bind: Un-cursed and yet Lost Author: Sue Dent Released from their curses by their faith in God, Richard (former vampire) and Ceese (former werewolf) struggle to find their moorings in this new life and come to terms with ancient secrets. When Dr. Henderson, out for blood literally now, resurfaces as a vampire and continues conducting his unethical experiments to breed the ultimate supernatural creature, he curses Josh, Rodney’s drug addicted friend, who discovers that life as a vampire is just another difficult addiction that he may not be able to handle. In an attempt to help him [...]

Cozy Mystery with Ghosts, a Mysterious Mansion, and Hidden Passages Author: Carolyn Keene Nancy Drew, young woman and expert sleuth, is called to help her best friend’s great grandmother and aunt when their beautiful colonial mansion starts to become haunted by a ghost. With things disappearing, strange music playing, frightening faces in windows, and all the lovelies that go bump in the night, Nancy is desperate for a new adventure and to help out her friends. However, when Mr. Gomber, a nefarious businessman who is butting heads with Nancy’s father intimates that she should stay at home to protect her [...]