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SHADOW ON THE CROWN, by Patricia Bracewell

June 2, 2013

THE MEDIEVAL ENGLISH COURT of Aethelred and Emma, vividly depicted in all its wicked intrigue. Tudors? Pfft!

Grade: B PLUS

SHADOW ON THE CROWN
Viking
2013

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AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF US, by Aria Beth Sloss

May 30, 2013

TWO YOUNG WOMEN weather the changes of the 1960s in different ways.  A complex, deft portrait of friendship!

Grade: B PLUS

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF US
Henry Holt and Company
2013

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LITTLE GREEN, by Walter Mosley

May 22, 2013

SLEUTH EASY RAWLINS’S near death in a brutal crash adds a metaphysical perspective to this intricate LA noir.

Grade: B PLUS

LITTLE GREEN: AN EASY RAWLINS MYSTERY
Doubleday
2013

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IS THIS TOMORROW, by Caroline Leavitt

May 19, 2013

A CHILD’S DISAPPEARANCE plays out against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this complex, deft historical.

Grade: A MINUS

IS THIS TOMORROW
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2013

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THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL, by Carlos Rojas (translated by Edith Grossman)

May 16, 2013

GLORIOUS, DREAMLIKE SPANISH novel riffs on the life and death of poet García Lorca.  Luminous new translation!

Grade: B PLUS

THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL
Yale University Press
2013

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DR. BRINKLEY’S TOWER, by Robert Hough

May 10, 2013

A TINY MEXICAN VILLAGE is transformed by a US quack doctor’s pirate radio station. Lovely 1930s historical.

Grade: SOLID B

DR. BRINKLEY'S TOWER
Steerforth Press
2013

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NECESSARY EVIL, by Ian Tregillis

May 6, 2013

NAZI CYBORG WARRIORS, warlock magic, and time travel combine in this brilliant, spooky World War II thriller.

Grade: B PLUS

NECESSARY EVIL
Tor
2013

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SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES, by Alan Bradley

May 1, 2013

WONDERFUL ENGLISH COZY features a precocious sleuth, a spooky tomb, and various 1950s village shenanigans.

Grade: B PLUS

SPEAKING FROM AMONG THE BONES: A FLAVIA DE LUCE NOVEL
Delacorte
2013

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THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT, by Ned Beauman

April 28, 2013

A WILD HISTORICAL PICARESQUE races from 1930s Berlin to LA, complete with pulp staples like ghosts and spies.

Grade: B PLUS

THE TELEPORTATION ACCIDENT
Bloomsbury
2013

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THE END OF THE POINT, by Elizabeth Graver

April 17, 2013

ARTFUL HISTORICAL SETS a family’s Massachusetts summer home as the centerpoint for change and connection.

Grade: B PLUS

THE END OF THE POINT
Harper
2013

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