CLEAR-EYED, FUNNY, TRENCHANT memoir of a childhood shaped by Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, family dysfunction.

GRIM, CHILLING BLEND of alternate history, science fiction, and fantasy takes on early 20th-century eugenics. B PLUS

ELIZABETHAN THRILLER STARS philosopher Giordano Bruno as sleuth; rich in details of court life, low on thrills. B MINUS

TAUT POLICE PROCEDURAL with a richly depicted cast of characters is 13th outing for London detective Bill Slider. B PLUS

A SOUTHERN BAPTIST CHILDHOOD is remembered, reframed in a time of family crisis in eloquent, bittersweet memoir. B PLUS

SPACE OPERA, THRILLER, nanotech fantasia combine in tale of folks on an asteroid battling both thugs, rogue AIs. SOLID B

FOOD ALLERGY SELF-HELP/MEMOIR by a counselor who also has severe food allergies is clear, helpful, and detailed. SOLID B

ALLERGIC GIRL: ADVENTURES IN LIVING WELL WITH FOOD ALLERGIES
Turner Publishing Company
2011

ACADEMIC SATIRE FEATURES philosopher frenemies enlivening futile existences by insulting each other. SCHWA MINUS

SPURIOUS
Melville House
2011

GRIM, GRIPPING MYSTERY centers on two acclaimed Scottish writers–one dead, one a recluse–with dark secrets. B PLUS

NAMING THE BONES
Felony & Mayhem
2011