SHARPLY FUNNY, WARM-HEARTED novel about three generations of a Punjabi Sikh family in the English Midlands.

VICTIM AND TORTURER MEET again, in another country, at a refugee agency. Chilling novel by an Iranian exile. A MINUS

THE MAN WHO SNAPPED HIS FINGERS
EUROPA EDITIONS
2016

AN EXILE’S RETURN to 1980s Romania causes upheavals in his family circle as well as for the secret police. B PLUS

THE ENCOUNTER
Dalkey Archive Press
2016

THE SHADOW OF TWO WORLD WARS brings two strangers, both British Army veterans, together in an unusual bond. B PLUS

WHERE MY HEART USED TO BEAT
Henry Holt & Company
2016

WODEHOUSE MEETS STEAMPUNK meets country-house murder mysteries in a delightful mix of fantasy and fun. B PLUS

THE UNPLEASANTNESS AT BASKERVILLE HALL
Book View Cafe
2016

A RICH TAPESTRY OF HISTORY comes alive in this vividly told saga of Richard the Lionhearted’s last years. B PLUS

A KING’S RANSOM
A Marian Wood Book/Putnam
2014

THE LASTING IMPACT OF WAR on four generations of an English family; everyday tragedies shown with compassion. SOLID B

HOME FIRES
Bloomsbury USA
2013

MURDER IN PARIS, 1929. Historical suspense has an appealingly hard-boiled sleuth, too many celebrity cameos. SOLID B

THE BONES OF PARIS
Random House Publishing Group
2013

LOVELY AUSTENESQUE FANTASY, third in a series, with magic-workers involved in English politics. Absorbing fun!

INTRIGUING NOIR PASTICHE stars Dashiell Hammett, on the trail of a real-life Maltese Falcon.  Smartly done.