The Cost of Crude is a work of fiction– a modern-day murder mystery, set against the backdrop of two large-scale oil companies dueling for maximum profit. It is a page-turning thriller that continuously challenges the reader’s assumptions about what will happen next. As a dedicated book lover, I generally pride myself on the ability to anticipate a book’s twist…
If you haven’t heard of The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah yet, you’ve been living under a rock. Winner of the GoodReads Choice Awards for Historical Fiction in 2015, it’s still topping the charts since its release in February of 2015. Set in occupied France during World War II, The Nightingale shines a light on the…
Jane who? The one and only Jane Austen, that’s who. Jane and the Waterloo Map is lucky number thirteen in the Being a Jane Austen Mystery series, a set of books in which the great author becomes the character who attempts to solve the mystery of the hour when she’s not dealing with family obligations and…
Growing up there were two things my parents told me not to discuss with people that I did not know very well—politics and religion. In the book America’s Suicide, Michael H. Davison, discusses both in great detail. Most Americans are very compassionate in their opinions and beliefs pertaining to politics and religion. This compassion is one…
Cinnamon and Gunpowder – the perfect pairing to accompany any feast aboard a pirate ship. This is the story of a red-headed she-pirate in the early nineteenth century who takes a gentle cook hostage after killing his employer. Her demand is simple: cook a divine meal for her once per week, and he may keep…
Victoria Griffith is the author of the exciting new and upcoming young adult novel Those We Fear published by HighLine Editions. Tell me a little bit about who you are and where you live. I spent most of my professional career as a journalist, and those experiences figured prominently in my last thriller, AMAZON BURNING….
Truth and fiction are tightly bound in this seamless historical fiction based on a very real historical figure: Evangeline Adams. A descendant of Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, Evangeline eschewed the proper life of traditional marriage and life as a gentle wife and she left for New York City to establish her own business,…