Writing is both no nonsense and successfully secretive when it comes to twists and turns. Jacob M. Appel’s seventh short-story collection, "The Amazing Mr. Morality", is... Read More

This isn’t a character trying to overcome his demons, but one fully in league with them. In "The Mask of Sanity", Jacob Appel delves into the mind of a murderer as he plots... Read More

Sprinkled with a healthy dose of Yiddish humor, a cast of quirky characters enlivens this send-up of a whodunit. A spinster bride is found dead the morning after her wedding.... Read More