May 2024
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SHIFTLING – Steven Savile
Middle-aged Drew returns to his British home after receiving a call that his childhood friend, Scotty, has been hospitalized in a mental institute. Drew knows that it must be connected to an event when the boys were 15, back in the mid-1980s. Visiting now coughs up the memories when a group of boys were excited Continue reading
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STAR TREK: DAY OF BLOOD – graphic novel
Kahless II is the emperor of the Klingon empire and the power has completely corrupted him. He has raided ancient tombs, stolen the Bajoran Orb of Destruction, and taken the power of gods unto himself. He’s begun a genocide campaign across the galaxies but other races aren’t just lying around waiting to be slaughtered. Some Continue reading
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VAMP – Loren D. Estleman
Valentino, a UCLA film archivist and occasional detective is helping out a friend who recently bought an old drive-in movie venue. Leo brings in his friend Leo Kalishnikov who is a top-notch theater designer. But Leo’s mind isn’t on the job – he’s being blackmailed in regards to something from his past. Valentino offers to help Continue reading
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DOORWAY TO THE STARS – Jack McDevitt
An alien artifact, likely some 12,000 years old, is found on Native American land controlled by the Sioux. The artifact appears to be a gateway that allows those who pass through to travel to other worlds – all very much like Earth, some with intelligent beings. No one knows why it’s on Earth. When the Continue reading
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THE BOY OF CHAOTIC MAKING – Charlie N. Holmberg
Who knew that inheriting a house could lead to so much change? It is 1847 and Merritt Fernsby inherited the family Whimbrel House – a structure that had been terrifyingly haunted when he first moved in. But thanks to the help of Hulda Larkin of BIKER (The Boston Institute for the Keeping of Enchanted Rooms) Continue reading
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ALL THE DEAD SHALL WEEP – Charlaine Harris
From the creator of the hugely popular Sookie Stackhouse series (aka True Blood) is the Gunnie Rose series. All the Dead Shall Weep is the 5th book in this series, but author Charlaine Harris gives us everything we need to know about the characters within the pages of the book – reading this will only whet the appetite Continue reading
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THE INNOCENT SLEEP – Seanan McGuire
Tybalt, King of Cats, has a perfect life. Respected by his clan, Tybalt is married to the love of his life – October Daye – a hero of her own time – and they are expecting their first child. A perfect life, that is, until it is ripped away by Titania. The Mother of Illusions Continue reading
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RAY VS THE MEANING OF LIFE – Michael F. Stewart
Death is inevitable, but that doesn’t make it any easy to accept, and when Ray loses his grandmother Ray examines the meaning of life. … Not because he’s typically philosophical, but because his grandmother instructed him to do so in her will. Ray stands to inherit his grandmother’s $1Million estate – a success trailer park Continue reading
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JUMPNAUTS – Hao Jingfang
The world becomes a smaller place in this apocalyptic future. There are two factions (ie controlling countries) now – the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations. Each side is nervously expecting the other side to initiate some kind of aggression. But it may not be either of the two nations that starts Continue reading
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A MIDNIGHT PUZZLE – Gigi Pandian
Tempest Raj works in her family business, Secret Staircase Construction, which specializes in hidden rooms and hidden access to spaces in a home. At the home of a former client, the Rhodes’, a woman was killed and her husband, Julian, is blaming the construction company for faulty work. Now the company is struggling to overcome Continue reading
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RUNNER – Patrick Lee
Retired Special Forces operative, Sam Dryden, is looking to live a quiet retirement in his seaside Southern California town, but when he sees a young woman being chased by armed men down near the boardwalk, his instincts and skill kick in. The men with the weapons, bent on killing the young woman, are highly skilled Continue reading
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THE NIGHT HOUSE – Jo Nesbo
Richard Elauved, 14, moves to Ballantyne to live with an aunt and an uncle after the terrifying house fire that took the life of his parents. Richard isn’t the friendliest of boys and he quickly gets a reputation at school and within the community as being a loner, a bully, and a trouble-maker. One day Continue reading
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