A CAMUS-FLAVORED MYSTERY SET in vaguely 1980s France has a daringly unpleasant protagonist, intriguing metafictional levels. B PLUS

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ADA]LE BEDEAU : AN INSPECTOR GORSKI INVESTIGATION
Arcade Publishing
2017

THE POWER OF BIG DATA in a future “infomocracy” is the fascinating backdrop for a high-stakes global thriller. A MINUS

NULL STATES (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2017

IN AN ALTERNATE 1944, a world war rages in the province of Gaul and a mythical beast stalks the countryside. Intriguing premise, lots of action. B PLUS

COPPER HARVEST
Alexandra Sipe
2017

AFTER GENERATIONS IN SPACE, an “underclass” rises against the autocrats who exploit them. Deep characterization, breathtaking worldbuilding. B PLUS

AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS|PAPERBACK
Akashic Books
2017

UNVARNISHED CANDOR AND THOUGHTFUL, informed analysis shine in a memoir of growing up as a Black woman writer in the US. A MINUS

THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING (PAPERBACK)
Harper Perennial
2018

IN AN ENGLISH WOOD, an isolated family lives off the land until a savage destiny unfolds. Hardyesque, rough, lovely. B PLUS

ELMET
Algonquin Books
2017

PIECING TOGETHER A LIFE after a strangely arbitrary apocalypse. Beautiful, odd, terrifying near-future SF. B. PLUS

THE RENDING AND THE NEST (HARDCOVER)
Bloomsbury USA
2018

TAUT, SMART MYSTERY set in a vividly drawn Asheville, NC. Note: disrespect toward trans women is depicted, so may not be for everyone. B PLUS

TO THE METAL (A PARIS OF THE SOUTH MYSTERY BOOK 1)
Kendric Neal
2017

ELEGANT, GLOSSY THRILLER with a strong Hitchcock influence, whiplash-twisty plot lives up to the hype. A MINUS

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
William Morrow & Company
2018

SIN-EATERS, MAGES, AND JEWELSMITHS serve at the pleasure of royalty in a lush, magic-haunted world. Richly imagined fantasy! B PLUS

BEASTS MADE OF NIGHT (HARDCOVER)
Razorbill
2017