

Extreme Threat by Jack Mars An Axel Strike Action Thriller #3
Axel takes on a group of mercenaries who capture an entire high-rise filled with the most important energy consultants from across the globe. Axel, who works with Homeland, must come up with a plan to infiltrate, defuse a dirty bomb, and rescue the hostages, and secure the leader. Mission Impossible? Not for Axel and his team. With daredevil precision, they are called in when no one else has hope in hell of succeeding.
Dave Wickenden
2 days ago


Strangers in Time by David Baldacci
This is a historical novel that follows Charlie Matters, a young boy trying to survive during the Second Would War in the ruins of London. He meets up with Molly Wakefield, who has returned to London from the country, where she had been sent when the war began. She is alone after finding her father has disappeared and her mother is in an asylum across the country. The two must learn to rely on each other to overcome the hunger, danger, and terror of the Blitz. Baldacci has pr
Dave Wickenden
4 days ago


The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith and Mark Chadbourn - Narrated by Mark Meadows
Smith brings us back to ancient Egypt. Hui, the favorite son of the governor of Lahun, steals a stone from bloodthirsty bandits. Instead of being awarded, Hui finds himself blamed for the death of his father and is forced to flee into the desert. Swearing vengeance, Hui must learn the ways of the warrior. When captured by a war-band of Hyksos, he learns to ride horses and the new and horrible chariots. But when his newfound allies threaten Egypt, he sides with the great Gener
Dave Wickenden
Aug 3


The Network by L.C. Shaw - Narrated by Charlie Thurston
This story started out like a high-octain conspiracy thriller. When a frantic senator pleaded with reporter Jack Logan to protect his wife if anything happened to him. He is clearly confused. Jack used to date the senator’s wife. When the senator is found dead, Jack follows through and hired killers are indeed stalking Taylor. They escape just in time, but Jack finds himself framed by the killers as a kidnapper. Through his investigation, he finds that there is a shadow entit
Dave Wickenden
Aug 3


Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger (Cork O'Connor #13)
Cork helps the Sherrif search for a missing woman in a snowstorm. Meanwhile, Cork’s son, Steven, and his girlfriend are shaken when they find her dog dead on the ice, its head missing. His daughter has also returned home with a secret she is not ready to share. Cork has his hands full as both cases pull him in opposite directions. With Cork, it's never just a snowfall; it’s a full-blown blizzard. As exciting as this series is, it also feels like coming home. We’ve watched thi
Dave Wickenden
Jul 18


One Second Away by Rick Mofina
When a child goes missing on his flight from LA to New York, his mother’s world is turned upside down. Around the world, commuter trains are going out of control, and a deadly conspiracy seems to hold all the cards. In a story that feels like a runaway train, Mofina once again proves he is at the top of his game. While not wanting the story to end, I could not stop myself from racing to the end to see how it would work out. Clearly one of my favourites from this author.
Dave Wickenden
Jul 18


No Place Like Home by Brianna North
Imagine working hard, saving every dollar to purchase your first house, only to have the previous owner visit every day, that it’s her house and she doesn’t want you to change anything. This is the premise of No Place Like Home. But things only escalate from there. North has created a page-turner that runs away like a locomotive. The hits come from every angle to the point that the new homeowners wish they had never purchased their dream home. When you start this book, don’t
Dave Wickenden
Jul 18


All the Tea in China by Timothy David Mack
Willaim Gunn and Nathanial Yankee are brought together for another adventure. This time, they must travel to China and procure tea plants so that the British can grow their own supply rather than trade with the Chinese government. But it’s a death penalty for any foreigner to enter China. They must team up with a pirate queen to search for a sacred sword that might buy their way into the Forbidden City to meet the Emperor. More sea and land battles that will have you holding
Dave Wickenden
Jul 9


The Orchid and the Emerald by Timothy David Mack
For all you historical fiction readers, this one has it all. You’ll be thrust into the post-Napoleonic world and follow Captain William Gunn as he journey’s to the jungles of South America in search of a legendary rare black orchid, which might hold the cure to save his young daughter. He will have to team up with Nathanial Yankee, a mountain man on the run from America. From land battles between the rebels and the Spanish, headhunters, wild animal attacks, and sea battles, t
Dave Wickenden
Jul 9


The Last Mandarin by Louise Penny and Mellissa Fung
When alarms go off all across the world, Alice Li, a food blogger, and her mother, Vivien Li— a Tiananmen Square dissident — are pulled into a worldwide conspiracy. All signals point at China and a high-risk chess game for world power is on the line. It is up to Alice and her mother to find who is really behind this attack and what the endgame might be. Penny leaves the comfort of Three Pines and her beloved Chief Inspector Gamache for a stand-alone thriller novel. This is th
Dave Wickenden
Jun 24














