Cindy Matthews

Cindy Matthews

Cindy A. Matthews' articles and essays have appeared in over forty publications. She works as a freelance manuscript evaluator, book reviewer, and copy editor. Her writer's guide, Defeating the Slushpile Monster, was a finalist in the self-help/non-fiction category of the 2009 EPIC awards and is now available in print and in Kindle formats. More information about her editorial services and non-fiction works can be found at her web site/blog www.cindyamatthews.com Writing as Cynthianna, Cindy has published contemporary and fantasy romantic-comedies. Cindy also writes sf/paranormal erotic-romance as Celine Chatillon. See her work on Amazon.com.
Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada

Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada

Every Man Dies Alone, Hans Fallada, Melville House Publishing – 55 Jablonski Strasse. An ordinary apartment house in Berlin, 1940. The Persicke family, Hitler loyalists to a fault, live on the first floor.

We Lived on the Horizon by Erika Swyler

We Lived on the Horizon by Erika Swyler

We Lived on the Horizon, Erika Swyler, Atria Books – Hundreds of years in the future, with Earth’s climate wrecked by generations of industry, the city of Bulwark keeps its citizens safe.

Review: Maya and Natasha by Elyse Durham

Review: Maya and Natasha by Elyse Durham

Maya and Natasha, Elyse Durham, Mariner Books – In 1941, as the Nazi German army closed in around the Soviet city of Leningrad, the world-famous Kirov Ballet corps was ordered to leave town.

You Know What You Did by K. T. Nguyen

You Know What You Did by K. T. Nguyen

You Know What You Did, K T Nguyen, Dutton – Annie Shaw has the complete American life. She has a Pulitzer prize-winning handsome, loving husband, an annoying teenage daughter Tabby, and a career as an up and coming artist.

The Berlin Letters by Kathrine Reay

The Berlin Letters by Kathrine Reay

The Berlin Letters, Kathrine Reay, Harper Muse – Berlin, 1961: Haris Voekler is the star reporter for a top newspaper in Communist East Germany. Haris is a true believer in the system, but his wife Monica increasingly dislikes the totalitarian regime.

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

How to Solve Your Own Murder by Kristen Perrin

How to Solve Your Own Murder, Kristen Perrin, Dutton – England, 1965: Teenager Frances Adams and her friends are at a fair near their village of Castle Knoll when the fortune teller tells her she’ll be murdered.