Daily Archives: November 27, 2021

Jerkwaterby Jamie Zerndt

Set in Mercer, Wisconsin, where tensions over Native American fishing rights are escalating, JERKWATER is told from three alternating points-of-view:Shawna Reynolds, a young Ojibwa woman who doesn’t much care for white people to begin with, and who is quickly being pulled in a direction she may no longer have a desire to resist;Kay O’Brien, Shawna’s 64-year-old, usually drunk, neighbor who is still grieving the loss of her husband;And Kay’s son, Douglas, who now finds himself in charge of running the family’s auto repair shop while dealing with his own feelings of guilt.JERKWATER is a story about the racial tensions churning just beneath the surface of what often appears to be placid, everyday American life.

Whispers from the Heartby Heather Hummel Gallagher

She’s determined to leave her haunting past behind and avoid falling in love again. He’s an oceanographer and an opportunity for her to tempt the waters of love.

Madison Ragnar feels most alive teaching her students or tying up her running shoes. As a high school English teacher starting over in a new town, she yearns to create a new, less complicated life. So, when a man named Michael shows himself in the most unexpected places, questions are raised about Madison’s safety.

Along the way, Madison meets Phil, who throws a wrench in Madison’s declaration to not fall in love. It seems that her escape through miles of running is the only real footing she has in life.

Will Madison’s have control over her life? Or will fate have a say in its outcome?

Whispers from the Heart is a page-turning piece of women’s literature. If you enjoy complex characters, a hint of suspense, and overcoming life’s obstacles, then you’ll love Heather Hummel Gallagher’s compelling story. Whispers from the Heart is a New York Book Festival Award Winner.

One Dark Nightby Blair Howard

Two dead teens. A case gone cold. A twisted tangle of clues and dead ends.
One Dark Night… Geeze, was that ever a doozy of a case? It was April 1st, 1998 when the bodies of two teenagers, a young fella and his girlfriend, both high school seniors, were found among the trees on a lonely road just inside the city limits. The bodies had been stripped and left for the wild animals to… well, you get the idea.

The cops had a good idea who the killer was, but they never could prove it, so the case went cold… until April 1st, 2012 when local DA, Larry Spruce, asked me to take a look at it.

Right from the get-go, I knew it was going to be a bad one, and it was. My name is Harry Starke. I’m a private investigator. You want to know how bad it was? Read on.