TIME-HOPPING THRILLER PITS a man down on his luck against a shadowy government project. Intriguing premise. SOLID B

MKULTRA
T.S. Smith
2018

NOIR IN THE GREAT TRADITION, set in a sleepy Delaware town and with a marvelously twisty plot. A MINUS

SUNBURN|SIGNED BOOK
HarperCollins Publishers
2018

AN ABUSIVE, ISOLATED FAMILY, obsessed with apocalypse and religion, can’t keep a woman from getting an education. Frank, heartbreaking memoir. A MINUS

EDUCATED (HARDCOVER)
Random House
2018

A “RED-DIAPER BABY’S” Communist childhood inspires an adult life of activism for civil rights and economic equality. Affable, impassioned memoir. B PLUS

HISTORY LESSONS: A MEMOIR OF GROWING UP IN AN AMERICAN COMMUNIST FAMILY|PAPERBACK
Xlibris Corporation
2017

AN IRREVERENT HISTORY OF FOOD combines jokes, anecdotes, and images from the British Library’s glorious collections. B PLUS

FOOD FIGHTS & CULTURE WARS : A SECRET HISTORY OF TASTE
Overlook Pr
2017

A GHANAIAN PSYCHIATRIST JOINS forces with an American naturalist in London to help a lost child, a dying friend, and the city’s foxes. Lovely. A MINUS

HAPPINESS: A NOVEL|HARDCOVER
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2018

AN ENGLISH VILLAGE MOBILIZES after an apocalypse. Intriguing hybrid of SFF thriller and comedy of manners. B PLUS

NOT QUITE THE END OF THE WORLD (A HISTORY OF ENGLAND 2.0 (BOOK ONE))
B G Grilla
2018

A BOMB MAKER’S VENDETTA against the LAPD takes center stage in a high-tension, satisfying thriller. B PLUS

THE BOMB MAKER|HARDCOVER
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2018

IF SHAKESPEARE HAD A BROTHER, we hope he’d have been as roguish, clever, and passionate as the hero of Bernard Cornwell’s latest! B PLUS

FOOLS AND MORTALS
Harper
2018

A STARSHIP CREWMEMBER, HAUNTED since childhood by a voice in his head, risks everything to find out if she’s real. Engrossing premise! B PLUS

MENTAL CONTACT
Beth Martin Books
2018