reviews

What If An Innocent Man . . . Oh, Nevermind Author: Mark Whittaker Philip Mather spent over a decade in prison for the brutal murder of his best friend, Jimmy O'Connell.  He says he didn’t do it, and Jimmy’s parents believe him. But can we ever really know what happened on that sultry day in the Northern Territory (Australia) when Jimmy went missing, ostensibly after an escalating argument with Philip? The argument started over a missing cooler, but it grew into homicidal threats and personal attacks on the integrity of Philip’s bi-racial mom. And what about the strange state of the [...]

A Clinical What-Dunnit Author: Alexandra M. Levitt, PhD Plagues, pandemics, simple diseases that have mutated into never-before-seen forms, all seemed the fairy-tale horror stories of the past, terrifying but thankfully distant; 2020 quickly disabused me of that naïve notion, and as I settled into the day-to-day fear of living in a world with COVID-19, I saw Deadly Outbreaks pop-up on Audible as a free offering. So, with my innate curiosity and the intensity of this moment in history, I thought that Deadly Outbreaks would be a good way to seek the truth behind the fiction and get at the heart of [...]

If Revenge Was Yours . . . Author: Gary A. Braunbeck An abused young child has strange powers over death and destiny, and his wanderings will put him in contact with a woman about to undergo the biggest change of her life. Their meeting will be brief, but the impact will last forever. Lucy is a loving mother, her life devoted to Sarah. That is, until Sarah goes missing at the fair, her bloody doll all that remains. That’s when everything changes for Lucy, when she starts to read the news, starts to see all the holes in society that an [...]