

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


1922 by Stephen King
1922 follows the murder of a Nebraska farm wife who was threatening to sell off her father’s land to a hog farm company and run off to the city. Both her husband and son, murder her and stuffed her in an abandoned well. And that’s when strange things begin to happen. This is a King ghost story, so you know things will not end up well for the culprits. Hold on to your seat and keep the lights on.
Dave Wickenden
May 26


The Killing Edge by Heather Graham
Chloe Marin survived a cult killing spree and helped police identify one of the murders. Police found both killers dead in a suicide pact. Since then, she has had to live with the ghosts of her friends begging her to avenge them. Ten years later, searching for a missing model, Chloe confronts the woman’s ghost, who begs for her help. She teams up with Luke Cane, a British PI that has been hired by the missing girl’s father. Together they race against time to uncover who is be
Dave Wickenden
May 24


Extreme Force (An Axel Strike Action Thriller—Book 2) by Jack Mars
Axel and his team are called in when a military force boards and holds an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico hostage. To make matters even worse, a Category Four hurricane is bearing down on the rig, making conventional rescue out of the question. Axel must rescue the hostages, subdue the terrorists, all while avoiding a massive ecological disaster. There is no break in the suspense and action as expected from Mars. From hi-tech HELO insertions, underwater assaults, and a mad race
Dave Wickenden
May 17


The Hooligans of Kandahar
This is the memoir of an American soldier’s deployment during the Afghanistan War. It is an honest depiction of his time in-country without the Hollywood glamor. It also shows the stresses, fears, and the emotional rollercoaster that soldiers go through during combat situations as they struggle to stay alive and protect their comrades-in-arms. Some of their antics will have you laughing out loud, while other aspects of the story will have you near tears. An important chronicl
Dave Wickenden
May 11













