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  Saigon Illinois - A Novel

  Paul Hoover

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  The story of how one man wound up fighting the Vietnam War from a Chicago hospitalYoung slacker Jim Holder wants no part of the draft, the army, or Vietnam. So he registers as a conscientious objector and gets ready for alternative service. He’s assigned to work as a unit manager at a downtown Chicago medical center, worlds apart from his rural roots. A wild assortment of patients and colleagues awaits him at Metropolitan Hospital. As Jim’s life swings from the chaos of his job to the fervor of a revolutionary moment, he balances his beliefs with the everyday business of life and death.In this richly comic novel, Paul Hoover crystallizes the strange days of the conflict in Vietnam with a memorable cast of characters.

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  Something New - Blandings Castle...

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  Downton Abbey - PG Wodehouse style!Here we have a glorious ensemble of Wodehousian characters knocking elbows to foreheads in the elegant and grand Blandings Castle. Meet Freddy Threepwood, the vagrant son of doddering old Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle. Freddy has recently become engaged to Aline Peters, the American heiress of an irascible father. The snag is that Freddy seems to have at one point become enamored of a struggling actress, Joan Valentine, and written some impetuous and imprudent letters to her. Joan has now moved on and is currently employed as a writer for a magazine’s society column. Freddy has employed a certain R. Jones, a man of portly and dubious character, to attempt to buy back Freddy’s letters, and keep his engagement safe. We also meet Ache Marson, an athlete who writes the Gridley Quayle series of pulp mystery stories, and also lives in the flat just below the actress/writer Joan Valentine. Got that strait? Sound confusing? Wait till we get going.Narrated by B.J. Harrison of The Classic Tales Podcast who brings each whimsical Wodehouse character to life with his usual, wonderful gusto.

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  Books Pens and Larceny - 'it is...

  José F Nodar

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  If you were about to lose your business, what would you do? 
  This is Danny Monk’s dilemma as he realises how hard it is to make ends meet in the book and office supply retail business. That is, until his friend, Albert, makes what seems like an outlandish proposition. 
  As shocking and provocative as the proposition is, Danny decides he must take his best friend’s offer or lose everything he has worked so hard for. 
  Is he up to learning the new skills that will enable him to save his business? What new nemesis will her meet to spoil Danny’s new adventure? 
  As life seems to get complicated, in walks Alessia into Danny’s world. 
  Is he willing to share this new secret venture with her or will he lose her if he shares this secret with her? 
  Make no mistake, the path Danny lays out for himself is simple, but not easy, because there is only so much you can learn from books. 
  Whether your taste is for the traditional mystery or romance, maybe something a little more hard-boiled, or even a humorous tale, you will find a little bit of each in ‘Books, Pens & Larceny’ by J. F. Nodar.

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  Cowfolk's Guide to Getting Older

  Roy English

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  Hard-won and universal wisdom from the ranch for those folks gittin’ up in years—by the author of When I Am an Old Coot. 
   
  Judge Roy English has probably seen or heard it all in his courtroom. And now that he is retired and getting a little older, his country wisdom appeals to all who’ve had a few “senior moments” or who refuse to just sit back and grow old gracefully. Gems include:“Don’t spread your blanket where a cat’s been diggin’.”“It don’t take a very big man to carry a grudge.”“Every path has some puddles.”“When I am an old coot I will go to the Dairy Queen and dip my dentures in the hot fudge when the waitress isn’t looking.”

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  Utopia PR

  Adam Bender

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  IndieReader Discovery Awards 2021 Winner for Humor 
  Utopia PR is a sci-fi satire about seeking work-life balance while doing public relations for an authoritarian president. 
  PR extraordinaire Blake Hamner (the n is silent) put off his honeymoon for his big break: joining a major political campaign for president. Now, the "Hammer" struggles to make time for his marriage as Crisis Communications Manager for Our Leader, who since taking power has become increasingly mad and totalitarian. 
  The Hammer starts to reconsider his career choices when one of Our Leader's savage steel hounds attacks the Comms team at a press conference. He'd love to talk about his erratic job with his wife, Triple-N news anchor Maria Worthington, but they have a rule: the broadcast journalist doesn't ask Blake for inside information about his work, and the spin doctor doesn't use their relationship as leverage on what Maria reports. They say you shouldn't keep things from each other in a marriage, but it's OK—the only secrets between Blake and Maria are professional. 
  When a revolutionary levels grave allegations against Our Leader—and accuses Blake of distributing disinformation and propaganda to cover it up—the PR rep who thought he could talk his way out of any crisis finds himself utterly trapped in a dystopian job. 
  "In a tale that’s reminiscent of political farces such as the HBO TV series Veep, Bender employs a smooth, amusing, and straightforward prose style that’s briskly paced," says Kirkus Reviews. "Its tone is irreverent, and readers looking for a quick chuckle will likely enjoy Bender’s winking comedy, which is punctuated with genuinely sweet, sincere moments." 
  "Sharp and witty, the novel Utopia PR is a free range political send-up set in a chaotic, perplexing, and familiar future world," says Foreword Reviews (Clarion).

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  Date with Malice

  Julia Chapman

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  It’s dark in the Dales this winter . . .  
  When Mrs Shepherd arrives at the Dales Detective Agency on a December morning, quite convinced that someone is trying to kill her, Samson O’Brien dismisses her fears as the ramblings of a confused elderly lady. But after a series of disturbing incidents at Fellside Court retirement home, he begins to wonder if there is something to her claims after all . . . 
    With Christmas around the corner, Samson is thrown into a complex investigation. One that will require him to regain the trust of the Dales community he turned his back on so long ago. Faced with no choice, he enlists the help of a local – the tempestuous Delilah Metcalfe. 
    Against the backdrop of a Yorkshire winter, Samson and Delilah must work together once again if they are to uncover the malevolence threatening the elderly residents of Bruncliffe. Could the danger be perilously close to home?

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