Action Adventure The Codex

The Codex, by Douglas Preston     When dying billionaire Max Broadbent buries himself and a priceless codex of ancient medical cures in an unknown tomb […]

Your Heart Knows

I must be a born rebel. When it comes to fiction-writing rules, I just can’t seem to help but break them—at least some of them, […]

Axel / Axil / Axle

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: AXEL / AXIL / […]

Women’s Fiction Clock Dance

Clock Dance, by Anne Tyler     Daughter of a steadfast, loving father and a mercurial mother, eleven-year-old Willa Drake wants to be a steadying influence […]

Away / Aweigh

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: AWAY / AWEIGH The […]

Historical Young Adult Novel Chasing Secrets

Chasing Secrets, by Gennifer Choldenko     In 1900, bubonic plague comes to San Francisco, resulting in a Chinatown quarantine. Thirteen-year-old Lizzie, who prefers assisting her father […]

Aural / Oral

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: AURAL / ORAL These […]

Suspense Novel By the Light of the Moon

By the Light of the Moon, by Dean Koontz     Dylan O’Conner returns with fast-food burgers to his Arizona motel room and his autistic brother, […]

Auger / Augur

Certain sets of words in the English language tend to confuse people. I have found the following to be among them: AUGER / AUGUR The […]

Mystery Suitable for Framing

Suitable for Framing, by Edna Buchanan     Witnessing a crime may be a crime reporter’s dream, but watching a four-year-old get run over by car […]