Kevin G. Chapman is an attorney specializing in labor and employment law and a part-time author. Kevin's first Novel: "Identity Crisis: A Rick LaBlonde mystery," was self-published through Xlibris in 2003 and is now available via Amazon.com. Pro tip -- anyone who posts a review for Kevin can contact him for a FREE Kindle edition of Identity Crisis! Kevin's second novel, "A Legacy of One" was published in 2016 and was a finalist (short list) for the Chanticleer Book Reviews' Somerset Award for Literary Fiction. A Legacy of One is available via amazon.com as a Kindle ebook and as a paperback. Kevin's third novel -- a homicide detective thriller titled "Righteous Assassin" is currently in pre-publication production and should be available by the end of 2018. If you want a preview copy so you can write an early review, please contact Kevin at kevingchapman[at]gmail.com. Kevin has written several short stories, including "Fool Me Twice," the winner of the New Jersey Corporate Counsel Association's 2012 Legal Fiction Writing Competition, which was the genesis of the character Mike Stoneman, the protagonist in the upcoming "Righeous Assassin." Kevin has also written one complete screenplay (unproduced so far) and has another screenplay and two more novels in the works. Kevin is a graduate of Columbia College (‘83) and Boston University School of Law (‘86). When not working or writing, Kevin can be found on the golf course or playing in a local poker tournament.
Not fully successful as a baseball book or as a drama February 1, 2019 Empty Seats, by Wanda Adams Fischer, wants to be a poignant drama about the life lessons, choices, and pressures affecting three young men, all of whom happen to be baseball players. Ms. Fischer has created some very interesting characters with complexity … More Empty Seats, by Wanda Fischer
This story – and I call it a story rather than a novel – is not about plot or characters or the description of the events. It is about trying to understand what it’s like to be inside the head of a teenage boy, Christopher, who is brilliantly intelligent and also autistic. The story is … More The Curious Case of the Dog in the Nighttime, by Mark Haddon
Headline: Confused, disjointed, and pointless (but at times beautiful) Tommy Orange’s novel, There There (derived from a quote by Gertrude Stein that there “is no there there” in Oakland) features many characters. One is Dene Oxendene, an aspiring Native American filmmaker working on a project in which he asks urban Natives in Oakland to … More There, There: By Tommy Orange
Of Half a Mind, by Bruce Perrin, is the first book in “The Mind Sleuth” series, starring research psychologist Sam “Doc” Price. This is an intellectual mystery, filled with plot twists and puzzles and interesting characters. It’s a well-written page-turner that will keep you guessing, and keep you wanting to keep guessing, to the very … More Of Half a Mind, by Bruce Perrin
April 6, 2019 In, A Convenient Death, by Laurel Heidtman, Detectives Jo Valentine and “Sticks” Mullins are investigating a double-murder that occurred at a convenience store (hence the title). The pretty and promiscuous young store clerk and a senior-citizen patron are shot execution-style in the back room of the quickie-mart. Was this a robbery that … More A Convenient Death, by Laurel Heidtman
Reflection: The Paul Mann Story, is a relatively short novel that reads more like the outline for a story than a completed book. The plot points lurch along in quick succession with little connection, detail, or explanation. The characters lack depth (or names in many cases) and are two-dimensional ideas rather than fully developed people. … More Reflection: The Paul Mann Story, by Titan Frey
Loving this mystery! (March 25, 2019) I really enjoyed this read! It takes a lot for me to get into mystery, but this book had me from start to finish. Mike and Jason are both detectives and new partners. They have run into a slew of gruesome homicides that have come up with no suspects, … More Rae Lake’s review of Righteous Assassin
