In The Communication Problem Solver, Nannette Carroll provides ways for leaders in management positions to motivate and guide the people they supervise or work with. Following are some of the concepts she champions. Developing beneficial relationships is paramount. This requires developing rapport and trust as well as spending one-on-one time. A little humor also can…

The Quiet Game is the first of the Penn Cage series by Greg Isles. Penn is a former Houston assistant district attorney and successful author whose wife has died from cancer. He returns to his hometown of Natchez, Mississippi so that his parents can help his grieving daughter Annie. He befriends Caitlan Masters, the publisher of…

Turning Angel is the second Penn Cage novel by Greg Iles. Five years have passed since novelist and attorney Penn Cage returned home to Natchez in The Quiet Game. His wife died years ago, and he lives with his daughter Annie and intermittently with his lover Caitlin, who spends most of her time traveling. A high school…

Vicious Circle by C J Box is the latest Joe Picket novel. Joe is a game warden in Wyoming who frequently teams with local law enforcement to solve serious crimes. In this novel, the murderers are coming after him, his family, his horse, and his dog. He has dealt with the Cates family in the past,…

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware is a thriller about a young woman who makes the mistake of attending a bachelorette party for her ex-best friend whom she has not seen in ten years. Only after she arrives at the cabin in the woods where the women gather does she learn that the groom…

Indecent Exposure by Stuart Woods is another Stone Barrington and Holly Barton novel in which Holly becomes the Secretary of State and Stone beds the wrong woman. This gossip columnist writes an article about him that causes him to insult her. She sets out on a course for vengeance. I have enjoyed all of Stuart Woods…

White Plague by James Abel is a Joe Rush thriller about the rescue of the crew of a damaged American submarine trapped in artic ice. Members of the crew have developed a strange virus. Many have died or are dying. To make matters worse, a Chinese submarine is rushing to the “rescue” with an agenda of…

The Time Thief by Charles Stoll is a novel about a professor, his father, and his students who search for meaning in a complex world filled with distractions of sex, drugs, and a far away war. It delves into issues of God, time, love, and death and makes one look at them from a different prospective.…