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 …
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 …
by David Monagan Jaywalking without Being Ticketed Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2005 Jaywalking with the Irish by David Monagan, is like a properly drawn draught of Guinness. The flavours and aromas of a bygone Ireland still linger and instill the modern society with its underlying richness, and permeate Jaywalking from the …
by Joanna Brady Schmida Many readers today are acculturated to the faster pace of a story’s development. A mindful prolific reader will appreciate Brady’s lyrically lush language. The rhythmically paced slow build lulls the reader into the tempo of the time, the late 1800s in Key West. Set against the Key’s historical backdrop, Brady’s masterful …