FUTURISTIC THRILLER SET in a privatized San Francisco police state.  Some interesting ideas, poorly handled.

POSTAPOCALYPTIC POLICE THRILLER has some terrific action scenes, but suffers from an overcrowded premise. SOLID C

THE DOUBLE HUMAN
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC
2010

WELL-RESEARCHED BUT DREARY historical novel suffers from too much information, not enough characterization. SOLID C

REBELS AND TRAITORS
St. Martin’s Press
2010

COLLECTION OF SHORT ESSAYS on high-profile blunders in technology, policy, and the arts hits some, misses some. SOLID C

IT LOOKED GOOD ON PAPER: BIZARRE INVENTIONS, DESIGN DISASTERS, AND ENGINEERING FOLLIES
Harper Paperbacks
2009

CANDID AND RICH IN DETAIL but lacking insight, this memoir of a young woman’s life in sex work is short on pizzazz. SOLID C

THE EDUCATION OF A VERY YOUNG MADAM
Scribner
2009