Bone Canyon, Lee Goldberg, Thomas & Mercer – Rookie Los Angeles Sheriff Department Detective Eve Ronin gained her rapid career advancement thanks to leverage created by media exposure—one incident earned her the nickname “Deathfist.”
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.
Review: Every Last Secret by A. R. Torre
Review: Every Last Secret, A. R. Torre, Thomas & Mercer – Cat Winthorpe has it all. William, her gorgeous husband of thirteen years, runs his own highly successful tech company.
Review: Leif and the Fall by Allison and Adam Grant
Review: Leif and the Fall, Allison and Adam Grant, Dial Books – Every leaf must fall come the autumn, but Leif is different. He’s a leaf who is afraid of falling from his tree.
Review: Girl Gone Mad by Avery Bishop
Review: Girl Gone Mad, Avery Bishop, Lake Union – Fourteen years ago, Emily Bennett belonged to a middle school girl gang known as the Harpies. Bullying and frequently vicious, the Harpies were detested by teachers and pupils alike.
Review: The Unspoken by Ian K. Smith
Review: The Unspoken, Ian K. Smith, Thomas & Mercer – Former Chicago PD Detective Ashe Cayne’s strong sense of justice cost him his job when he refused to take part in a cover-up.
Review: We are all the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin
We are all the Same in the Dark, Julia Heaberlin, Ballantine Books – Trumanell Branson was a Texas town’s homecoming queen, a beyond-beautiful local heroine who overcame a deeply troubled home life to win the respect of her neighbors.
Book Review: For the Best by Vanessa Lillie
For the Best, Vanessa Lillie, Thomas & Mercer – Juliet Worthington-Smith, CEO of the Poe Foundation of Rhode Island, wakes with a blistering hangover one summer morning to find the police at her door.
Book Reviews: Richard Hofstadter: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Uncollected Essays 1956-1965 edited by Sean Wilentz
Hofstadter: Uncollected Essays 1956-1965, Sean Wilentz Editor, Library of America – Pulitzer prize-winning historian Richard Hofstadter possessed a genuine feel for trends in American society.
Book Review: Gotham High by Melissa de la Cruz
Gotham High, Melissa de la Cruz/illustrated by Thomas Pitilli, D C Comics – High school is tough enough what with all the jocks, rich kids and party people to deal with, so imagine just how difficult it would be if your name is Bruce Wayne and you’re the heir to the Wayne Enterprises’ billions?
Book Review: A Forgotten Murder by Jude Deveraux
A Forgotten Murder, Jude Deveraux, Mira Books – Oxley Manor, England, seat of the Earls of Oxley, saw its share of tragedies over the centuries. The latest was the death of the last heir in a car accident.
