A DEVASTATED EARTH, BATTLING pandemic and nuclear fallout, sees interstellar travelers return. Last in a trilogy. B PLUS

TERRAN TOMORROW
Tor Books
2018

THE DEVASTATING IMPACT OF OPIOIDS across the US, detailed in thoughtful, heartbreaking interviews and reporting. A MINUS

DOPESICK (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

A MILWAUKEE DETECTIVE’S WITCHCRAFT is her secret weapon in solving a wild, complex crime. Great characters and laughs as well. B PLUS

BADGE OF THE BONE RITUAL: A HUMOROUS OCCULT CRIME NOVEL FEATURING DETECTIVE SCOTTY C.
Ah-ha! Publications
2018

ELEGANT, SMART PRIVATE-EYE novel takes the “one last job” trope into Hollywood, big business, sex, and murder. Outstanding. A MINUS

LAST LOOKS
Dutton Books
2018

A SHIP’S LAST CRUISE turns sour, as things fall apart and tensions build. Sharp parable of changing times, vivid characters. B PLUS

THE LAST CRUISE
Doubleday Books
2018

INTRIGUING THRILLER, VIVID New Mexico setting: a burned-out financial genius stumbles into a deadly clash of cults. SOLID B

THE TORCHBEARERS: A NOVEL
Terra Nova Books
2018

AN ABSOLUTELY DELIGHTFUL MEMOIR from the late, great fashion writer and photographer Bill Cunningham tells witty, wise tales of fashion’s golden years. A MINUS

FASHION CLIMBING (HARDCOVER)
Penguin Press
2018

A FAMILY’S TWIN LEGACIES: Jell-O, and a profound dysfunction that wealth did nothing to relieve. Thoughtful, touching memoir. B PLUS

JELL-O GIRLS (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

A DEEP-SPACE COLONY IN CRISIS as they start life on a new planet. Fast-paced SF thriller with memorable characters. B PLUS

THE CONCORDIA DECEPTION – A SPACE COLONIZATION EPIC ADVENTURE (SPACE COLONY ONE BOOK 1)
InfiniteBook
2018

ENTERTAINING RIFF ON AUSTEN recasts awkward sister Mary from Pride and Prejudice as a keen observer with a gift for words. B PLUS

MARY B : A NOVEL: AN UNTOLD STORY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Random House
2018