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BOOK REVIEW #THE RUINS IN WHICH WE BLEED #STEVE N LEE #WORLD WAR II HISTORICAL FICTION #BLUE ZOO PUBLISHERS

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW Steve N. Lee’s The Ruins in Which We Bleed is a gruesome, profoundly moving novel that plunges readers into the heart of the Holocaust through the eyes of a brave 13-year-old girl, Helena. Imprisoned in the Warsaw Ghetto, Helena endures unimaginable horrors—disease, starvation, brutality—yet her fierce love for her family becomes a celebration of hope in a world shrouded in war struggle. Through intense research Lee brilliantly captures a forgotten struggle, the innocence of childhood crushed by war, balancing heartbreaking tragedy with astonishing courage and resilience. Helena is not just a fictional character—she is a mirror of the countless real children who bore witness to evil and still managed to show understanding. The prose is vivid and fast paced, with scenes that linger long after the final page. Ghetto fighters were members of underground resistance groups within Jewish ghettos during World War II who fought against Nazi oppression and depo...
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BOOK REVIEW #THE JULY FOURTH MURDERS: WAR IS MURDER #JAMES GASKIN #PENNY RICHARDS #JANIS PATTERSON #SANDY STEEN #HISTORICAL MYSTERIES #SUSPENSE

 MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW The July Fourth Murders: War Is Murder is a 2025 anthology that includes four historical mystery novellas by James Gaskin, Penny Richards, Janis Patterson, and Sandy Steen.  The stories follow everyday individuals, such as a midwife in 1775 Lexington, a captain in WWI Paris, a factory worker during WWII, and a band in Vietnam, whose lives are upended by murder. The anthology combines historical mood with suspense, portraying the human side of combat throughout multiple centuries. I felt that while the novellas are rich in period detail and emotional depth, their small length limits plot intricacy and character development. Overall, it's an engaging book for aficionados of historical mysteries, offering diverse glimpses into American wartime lives linked by a patriotic theme. BOOK DESCRIPTION The July Fourth Murders: War is Murder by James Gaskin (Author), Penny Richards (Author), Janis Patterson (Author), & 1 more  Format: Kindle Edition I...
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BOOK ON TOUR #SWIPE #CRIME #PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER #RG BELSKY #BONNIE TRAYMORE #REVIEW #SUSPENSE THRILLER

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW  RG Belsky and Bonnie Traymore in their new novel SWIPE has put together all the troubles those dating apps or online dating can bring. Especially to anyone looking for love in the wrong places. This story has looked in depth at the unsuspected danger, risk, threat and guilt that comes to married people who think it's casual or normal that they can cheat their spouses behind their back. It's very evident that they are lonely, desperate or unhappy in their lives or relationships.  Jake, a Journalist at New York Banner is hellbent to prove the mysterious death of Matt Furman. Matt a hiker and a married man who dated women online behind his wife and children's back ended up falling down accidently to the Hudson river. Was Matt's death a tragic accident or murder? The irony is that Matt was dating Sonya online. Sonya disliked Matt at their first encounter at the Palisade trail. Jake who covers stories desires to know why Matt committed infidelity...
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BOOK REVIEW #THE MIDWEST LAWYER #RELAY PUBLISHERS #LEGAL THRILLER #CRIME #COURTROOM DRAMA #PETER KIRKLAND #BOOK 1 OF MAGGIE GALLAGHER LEGAL THRILLER SERIES

MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW The legal thriller Midwest Lawyer by Peter Kirkland takes the reader to the county courtrooms and Donahoe county jails in Kerry, Ohio, drama filled with twists and intrigue in every trial conducted. It's just not the suspense but also the legal jargons and arguments used by lawyers in their daily fight in the court with  judges portrayed through the well developed characters Carol Becker and Maggy.  In the narrative Maggy takes up two crime cases where Troy Weaver is accused to have committed with his own guns and  have been send to Jail for shooting his son Benny. Mr. Troy is Maggy's client and an old school mate.  Her determination and win win attitude even when she gets nowhere in finding evidences to prove her client Troy not guilty is quite impressive and captivating. Terry Weaver of Kerry, Ohio, turned himself on to arrest warrant for aggravated murder as the county prosecutor's office alleges that Mr. Weaver is responsible for the d...
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BOOK REVIEW #RED LILY #SPY THRILLER #VENDOME BOOKS PUBLISHER #HISTORICAL FICTION #MYSTERY & CRIME #ESPIONAGE THRILLERS

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW  Set in Paris shortly before the Cold War ends and the Berlin Wall falls, Alice Graham's Red Lily is a brilliantly written, wacky spy thriller. It's 1989 summertime. Carl Box is a paint and varnish consultant from Disney Florida who finds out about the death of his Parisian aunt, who is the family's black sheep but whom he has never seen. Aunt Lily is still alive after someone tried to poison her with iced tea, and he finds out this when he flies to Paris. The two then go out to find a smuggled stockpile of KGB dossiers while Aunt Lily poses as her nephew's mother. Box narrates the events as he and Lily avoid suspicious cops, dangerous spies, and cunning assassins in a crazy trip filled with spy craft. A cast of quirky, engaging characters, such as a debonair French police investigator, a seductive environmental activist, and a false priest, keep readers interested in this unhurried book. The protagonist's opening statement of Paris is ...
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VACATIONS CAN BE MURDER #BOOK REVIEW #LEVEL BEST BOOKS PUBLISHERS # TRUE CRIME NON FICTION #TRAVEL

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW This guide has a lot to offer to those true crime loving readers and tourists alike wanting to know more about the crimes happened in New England  region,  northeastern United States , including the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut.  Author Dawn M Barclay has included a rich list of resources that are crime books, website links to crime reports, crime statistics, summary of serial killings, mass shootings, cold cases, unsolved crimes, crime/justice related accommodations, police, courthouses, museums and other attractions in this guide. For example, explore the neighborhoods of these regions like Boston and its suburbs and use this guide to stay at a hotel that was also a crime site mentioned in this guide. If you are more interested in the justice aspect of true crimes that happened you may also visit the courthouses in this book. It was truly amazing to read the statistics and number...
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BOOK REVIEW #THE STABLE BOY OF AUSCHWITZ #HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY #GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING #EUROPEAN MEMOIR

  MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW This memoir is way beyond my expectation, Henry Oster has included every tiny detail of his Holocaust survival and moments of his growing up in Concentration camps with pain and strength. He has recorded the places he lived and worked during 1939 - 1945, the connections and friendships he made where at Buchenwald, an organized hell made him see death at his near eyes - unending scene of filth, despair, decomposed dead bodies in chlorine and impossible place to live in after he was shipped from Cologne to Buchenwald in Train at the age of 11. A German Jewish boy's Holocaust survival story told in a clear and poignant manner. I have read several WW2 books, to understand the horrific persecution and suffering and killings of thousands of  innocent men, women and children at the night of Kristallnacht, Buchenwald and Auschwitz. I never understood this precisely and what happened during this historical period of time closely before and a Germany that b...
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