Book Review: Face of Betrayal

Written by Lis Wiehl and April Henry –
Reviewed by Nike Chillemi –

Face of Betrayal (A Triple Threat Novel) by Lis Wiehl and April Henry had resonance with me because I’ve stayed close to the girl who lived next door to me when I was I child. In fact, I sent her this political thriller for Christmas. Read more

Book Review: By Reason of Insanity

Written by Randy Singer –
Reviewed by Nike Chillemi –

Picture this: popular crime reporter Catherine “Cat” O’Rourke is having visions of babies dying. Is Randy Singer’s chic heroine having nightmares? Maybe, except these hallucinogenic images happen when she’s awake. Does she have a mental disorder? Read more

Book Review: Miss Fortune

Written by Sara Mills –
Reviewed by Nike Chillemi –

A classic who-dun-it, how could I not be intrigued? The author went for the suggestion of a noir-mystery writing style, ala Dashiell Hammett, but didn’t over-do it. Miss Fortune by Sara Mills, set in 1947, and sporting a female private detective is a novel truly the author’s own, in a fresh, intriguing voice.

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Movie Review: Julie & Julia

Director, Nora Ephrom
Review by Nike Chillemi

With Julie & Julia coming out on pay-per-view and DVD, I thought I’d put my two cents in on this movie. If you want a good tickle, followed by a hearty belly laugh—then order it or get it at the video store—and see Meryl Streep as Julia Child. What a delight she is.
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Thicker than Blood

Written by C.J. Darlington

Reviewed by Nike Chillemi

Do we lovers of Christian fiction ever think of the book in our hands, the object itself, as having value—a first edition perhaps? In C.J. Darlington’s Thicker Than Blood, Christy Williams works in just such a place, Dawson’s Book Barn, where costly works have recently gone missing—stolen. There have been deceptions. Even her hands have not been clean.

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