Xepherus Reads

     Happy Holidays, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   I believe 2021 would be a return to normality for me. I was determined to read more and to set goals. I was determined to keep myself accountable. I would take some of last year's failed attempts and add some good juju. I was ready to set my goals list. How well did I do? Let's find out...  2021 Bookish Reading Goals Tab all books that I read with removable flags:  This did not happen. I began to sell off my book collection to downsize my possessions. I switched to digital versions, instead. Click here to buy some books from my eBay Store.    Alphabetize To Be Read pile:  I had great expectations for this. However, that is easily done on my Kindle. Sell off books that I no longer want:  This became a great way to clear out unread books. My eBay Store has plenty to choose from. Read more contemporary:  This never happened, mainly due to my ongoing research for my ...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!     What can I say? A lot. But not to living people.    Nowadays I am sequestered within my office writing. I have an over 12o,000-word count manuscript that is my first novel to preoccupy my time. I have meaningful conversations with my characters. I see them daily and help them live their best life and escape the crazy killer waiting to get them.    And me? I have been taking vacations, visiting friends and relatives, and enjoying conventions. I have not read much, other than reference books to aid in my writing. My life update is not as crazy as my characters (thankfully in some cases). Regardless I am enjoying this new journey of mine.   The journey of a first-time novelist is a rollercoaster. As the months go by I will be sharing a title reveal, mock cover reveal, and the all-important Beta Reader information. Until then I take the writing process one day at a time.      Have fun rea...

  Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    The Tracy Crosswhite series has been a wild ride from the first book, My Sister's Grave . Since then, seven more novels have been added, fleshing out Robert Dugoni's cast of excellent characters. Let's take a look at the latest in the series.       In Her Tracks is the eighth book in Robert Dugoni's widely popular Tracy Crosswhite series. It is published by Thomas & Mercer, an Amazon imprint. In this latest thriller, we find Tracy Crosswhite dealing with the terrifying events of A Cold Trail . Her PTSD is slowly being managed and her return to the police force is about to begin. She arrives at her job to resume being a lead homicide detective. But Tracy finds that during her leave of absence her boss has given her position away. She has a choice to either go home or work cold cases being left by retiring detective, Art Nunzio. Her decision is made when her former partner, Kinsington Rowe, asks her to ...

Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!    My reviews of Robert Dugoni's Tracy Crosswhite detective series continue. I hope that you will enjoy this series as much as I have. Tomorrow my review for the latest book in the series, In Her Tracks, debuts here.      A Cold Trail is Robert Dugoni's seventh Tracy Crosswhite thriller.  It is published by Thomas & Mercer Publishers, an Amazon  imprint. When Tracy and her husband, Dan, move back to their childhood home, they are both caught up in the town's dark history. But when local journalist Kimberly Armstrong is found dead, Tracy is asked by Sheriff Roy Calloway to look into her death. Dan is worried that with Tracy being a new mother that she will put the life of their child in danger. Crosswhite is sure she can figure out who is behind the death. Dan has his own case to deal with, as he represents a local business owner who believes he is being railroaded out of his storefront by the new mayor....

    Hello, Fellow Book Worms and Book Dragons!   Robert Dugoni returned readers to the world of Tracy Crosswhite this past Tuesday with In Her Tracks. Travel back in time with me as I review book five in this amazing series.    Close to Home is written by Robert Dugoni, and is the fifth book in the Tracy Crosswhite detective series. It is published by Thomas and Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing. In it, we are introduced to D'Andre Miller, a bright twelve-year-old boy on his way home after shooting hoops at a local gym. His life is cut tragically short by a hit-and-run driver, sending his neighborhood into unbelievable grief. On the scene is Tracy Crosswhite and her partner, Kinsington Rowe. The two are thrust into the incident under the assumption of vehicular manslaughter. Tracy's weaselly boss, Johnny Nolasco, wants her off the case to pursue other homicides. But when the owner of the car turns out to be a serving member of the...