CHILLING TRUE-CRIME TALE of New Jersey nurse and multiple murderer Charles Cullen. Detailed, taut reportage! SOLID B

THE GOOD NURSE : A TRUE STORY OF MEDICINE, MADNESS, AND MURDER
Twelve
2013

A FRACTURED FAMILY FINDS peace and its own quirky equilibrium in this lyrical first novel. Sweet, touching. B PLUS

MOTHERLUNGE
New Issues Poetry & Prose
2013

THE DEEP AND FASCINATING LINKS between humans’ health and illness, and those of other animals. Engaging read! B PLUS

ZOOBIQUITY: THE ASTONISHING CONNECTION BETWEEN HUMAN AND ANIMAL HEALTH (VINTAGE)
Vintage Books
2013

LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, BETRAYAL, loss, and the last spasms of the Cold War are the core of this luminous novel. A MINUS

YOU ARE ONE OF THEM
Penguin Group (USA)
2013

FUNNY, TOUCHING, QUIRKY memoir in the form of apologies to everyone the writer ever offended or let down. SOLID B

PUBLIC APOLOGY: IN WHICH A MAN GRAPPLES WITH A LIFETIME OF REGRET, ONE INCIDENT AT A TIME
Grand Central Publishing
2013

GRAND HISTORICAL THRILLER has it all: horrific crime, vivid 1854 London detail, strong characters. #beachread B PLUS

MURDER AS A FINE ART
Mulholland Books
2013

SISTERS UNITED BY LOSS improvise the next phase of their lives in a charming comedy of NYC manners. #beachread B PLUS

THE VIEW FROM PENTHOUSE B
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2013

OPENHEARTED, ENGAGING NOVEL looks at love, death, community, wrestling, all life’s big questions. #beachread B PLUS

LIFE AFTER LIFE
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2013

AN INTERNET POKER EMPIRE’S rise and fall, told with punch by the always-entertaining Ben Mezrich. #beachread SOLID B

STRAIGHT FLUSH
William Morrow & Company
2013

RICHLY EVOCATIVE NOVEL tells the story of a young musician’s life in rural India. Lovely prose and detail. SOLID B

DANCING TO THE FLUTE
Atria Books
2013