A few weeks ago, I read a book that had great potential. The cover totally says “I’m watching you, Mike Wazowski.” Without the Monsters, Inc. reference. A new writer’s career is destroyed when her favorite author (and ex) steals her idea for his own bestselling novel. And…then she finds herself snowed in at the same “writer’s retreat” cabin.” (I want…
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A few years ago, I watched a series on Amazon called The Newsroom. I can’t recommend it, because the language is frustratingly awful, but the story was great. In a world of fake news, I found myself reminded that many journalists chose that profession to provide the public with a valuable service, with the same conviction of a police officer…
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Cowboy + Suspense. This should be fun! I didn’t quite realize what I was getting into when I started reading Danger on the Ranch by Dana Mentink. I don’t think I had even read the back cover copy. I had some fun with Act of Valor, so I thought this one would be worth checking out. It was. I was sucked…
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The Montana frontier, shortly after the end of the Civil War. An injured Indian girl found in the barn of a single rancher. A neighbor’s visiting relative who insists on personally caring for the girl. Language barriers, cultural barriers, danger and captivity. What on EARTH could Misty Beller’s This Healing Journey have in common with a ministry called Mpact Girls Clubs?…
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I think I love spy novels even more than frontier stories. I don’t know if it’s the secret codes or the chance to become someone you’re not. The way people who aren’t quite normal in regular life find meaning and purpose. At least a little bit of it is the way the work that is done in secret can save…
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