HIGH-STAKES DUTCH TECHNOTHRILLER has a timely plot and compelling writing. Hard to put down! B PLUS
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MR. MILLER
World Editions
2019

AFTER A VOLUNTARY APOCALYPSE, the few stubborn people left behind try to understand the strange devices that took most of humanity away. Mind-bending SF. A MINUS

THE AMATEURS
Vintage Canada
2019

INTERSTELLAR SMUGGLERS AND SCIENTISTS form an unlikely alliance in dodging blasters and escaping an unusual pirate. Great fun! B PLUS

SHOCKWAVE (STAR KINGDOM BOOK 1)
Lindsay Buroker
2019

THE RISE AND FALL OF PURITANISM in England and its American colonies, laid out in a highly readable book with solid scholarly depth. B PLUS

HOT PROTESTANTS
Yale University Press
2019

HISTORY AND THE MYSTIC ENTWINE in this precise, beautiful tale of a World War II WAC, a secretary at a secret nuclear plant, haunted by the gift of prophecy. B PLUS

THE CASSANDRA
Henry Holt and Co.
2019

A HALF-GOBLIN DETECTIVE FIGHTS deadly magic attacks more easily than her emotions. Sharp, sexy paranormal thriller. SOLID B

LEONIE HENDRICKS: DEMON P.I.: AN URBAN FANTASY DETECTIVE NOVEL (NAVA KATZ BOOK 7)
Te Da Media
2019

A VICTORIAN GHOST STORY, love story, tale of the impossibility of art: all these things and an engrossing Gothic thriller as well. A MINUS

THE LOST HISTORY OF DREAMS
Atria Books
2019

DEFT TIME-TRAVEL THRILLER has a heart of gold in its sweetly portrayed characters. Clever worldbuilding, too! B PLUS

HERE AND NOW AND THEN
Mira Books
2019

A DISGRACED HELSINKI DETECTIVE hunting a missing person in 1952 Lapland finds more than she expected, including an international incident. B PLUS

EVIL THINGS
Bitter Lemon Press
2019

A CROSS-COUNTRY HORROR TALE, rich with spooky detail, and with a beautiful love story at its heart. B PLUS

ALICE ISN’T DEAD
Harper Perennial
2021