L'il Sis and NoojThis is the story of two enormously gifted women who know that God has whispered in their ears but that few care to hear what she’s said.
L'il Sis and Nooj is about a gifted guitarist and a transcendent blues singer in 1930s Harlem, who rise from the violent underworld of numbers runners to electrify the Chitlin’ Circuit - until fame, betrayal, and a devastating accident force them to confront the price of being heard in a world determined to erase them. PRAISE for L'IL SIS AND NOOJA sweeping Harlem blues epic about two gifted women fighting to be heard in a world determined to erase them.
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Singer's CircleThings are going well for Pete Singer – he's happily married with two healthy sons and a job that more than pays the bills – until he receives the first email. It is a list of 247 names. Just the list - no salutation, no signature, no explanation.
When Singer receives the second email, he cannot resist tapping the link at the top of the page. It shows a young girl unconscious, malnourished and laying on a rough dirt floor. It ends with a disembodied voice - "Peter, twenty-five dollars will save her life." At first, he follows the advice of friends and family and resists the plea. However, he soon receives a second video of the same young girl struggling to take a breath – her last. He begins to donate. But he can’ t stop – even when it means lying to his wife and putting his family’ s financial future in jeopardy. PRAISE for SINGER'S CIRCLE
Singer’s Circle by Jeff Houlahan is a psychologically intense moral thriller that explores the limits of empathy, manipulation, and personal sacrifice. Houlahan constructs a slow burning descent into obsession, where ethical certainty erodes under emotional pressure and technological immediacy. As Pete continues to respond to increasingly harrowing appeals, the consequences ripple outward, affecting his marriage, career, and sense of identity.
- Graeme Williams (Goodreads) 
A very thought provoking story about how far someone will go to help others. Great story.
- Lindsay Fiorentino (Amazon) |
Boom Boom's Last CallEinstein Flint is an ex-rodeo rider, born in Brooklyn and raised in every other borough in the city. Now, he’s banged-up, burnt out and back in NYC, bouncing at Boom Boom’s.
Dasha Bragin was smart, fearless and…remorseless as desert sun. But now she’s dead and the cops are pretty sure Flint is their guy. Flint and Dasha had been a couple before the cops found her body, damaged in ways that don’t allow the next breath. Boom Boom’s Last Call is hardboiled at approximately 60,000 words. It’s influenced by characters like James Sallis’ Lew Griffin, Robert Crais’s Elvis Cole and a young Dave Robicheaux – men who know that words like honor and duty have become a punch line…but they just don’t get the joke.
PRAISE for BOOM BOOM'S LAST CALL
Dam! This brings back memories. Not all good ones but still a fantastic reminderof what went on. Absolutely, totally enjoyed this book! Fabulous characters, great plot! Perfect story line. Yes Jeff, you had better start writing faster, I want more! :)
Perfect read. - Michael Nethery [goodreads] 
A gritty, violent, thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat. A fast-paced, thrilling ride of a book!
- Rhona Paterson [Voracious Readers Only] |
Long Train Home
Ryan Spencer won’t get on a plane…and a major league ball player who won’t get on a plane better hit .400, knock in 150 runs and never chase the high cheese. So, it’s fortunate that Ryan is a five-tool player. He can take one low and outside and turn it into two. He can jack a mistake, back-row bleachers and cherry-pop quick. He can smother the short hop like an unwanted puppy and throw strikes from shallow leftfield. But he won’t fly.
So, like Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb and Ted Williams before him, Ryan rides the rails from town to town. But as he travels across the continent he also travels back in time. The first time Ryan wakes on the train, he’s in 1939, sitting beside 13-year-old Georgie Abbott who has snuck aboard and is looking for the man who murdered his sister. Ten days later, Ryan wakes between Denver and Kansas City, it’s 1941, Georgie’s two years older, more determined and looking for help. More help than Ryan can give. PRAISE for LONG TRAIN HOME
A nail-biting quest for justice in the past set against the vanity of contemporary baseball
- Kara Stonehouse (Amazon) 
This mashup between science fiction, mystery, thriller and baseball will keep you glued to the page.
- Linda Norlander, author of A Cabin by the Lake mystery series (Amazon) |
