In Sidetrack Key by Jessica Argyle, Elle’s saga has not quite ended. The story unfolds slowly. If you haven’t read the first book, No Name Key, you can become sidetracked by the complexity of events and the character’s relationships presented in the opening pages. The clarity of the story’s track eventually becomes straighter and narrower, …
A noir thriller, drawing upon a little known period of Florida and American history. Jessica Argyle opened the archival files of Islamorada to expose a treasure trove of artifacts exposing the seedier side of the construction of the Overseas Highway. Post the 1929 Great Depression, World War I veterans flocked to the Florida Keys to …
by Judi November 17, 2023 The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, Jennifer Steil’s memoir is an enlightening view into a rarely visited or understood region of the world. As a globalist, Sana’a, Yemen was on my bucket list. Making that journey has become an abstract vision. Ms. Steil lifted the veil of that reverie …
One early Sunday morning, my four-year-old grandson, called. He was mischievously excited to see my iguana, believing I kept it on a leash. I only keep Fish on A Leash (the book’s projected title. I know, bad pun). April was ending, and I had not seen any on the property. Then as if summoned from …
Night Witch in Berlin is a backward-forward, coming-of-age love story, overlaid with memories of the horrors of World War II. It captures the tenuous and politically charged moment in time between a post-war and a pre-cold war told through the eyes of Kira, a Russian female fighter pilot, a Nachthexen, or night witch. The history of these …