THE POWER OF URBAN SOLITUDE: a writer weaves her memories together with iconic artworks on city loneliness. A MINUS

LONELY CITY: ADVENTURES IN THE ART OF BEING ALONE
Picador USA
2016

SHARP, FUNNY SATIRE with a warm heart follows a group of alcoholic misfits through a rehab/reality TV show. B PLUS

AMENDS: A NOVEL
CreateSpace Publishing
2015

A TROUBLED FATHER’S LEGACY to his son: nearly a ton of pornography, including his own work. Wild and sad. B PLUS

MY FATHER, THE PORNOGRAPHER
Atria Books
2016

AN ARCHAEOLOGIST AND A MOUNTAINEER DISCOVER an extraordinary find in the ice of Antarctica. Smart thriller! B PLUS

ICE
Three Dog Publishing
2015

VICTIM AND TORTURER MEET again, in another country, at a refugee agency. Chilling novel by an Iranian exile. A MINUS

THE MAN WHO SNAPPED HIS FINGERS
EUROPA EDITIONS
2016

SUSPENSEFUL DANISH MYSTERY ties a local nurse to crime in the Philippines. Intense, action-packed. B PLUS

THE CONSIDERATE KILLER
Soho Crime
2016

EXPLORING AN ALIEN PLANET, the men and women raised on a colony ship face hardships and adventures. Cool SF! B PLUS

ARRIVAL
Ryk Brown
2016

A NOTORIOUS VICTORIAN MURDER case, fascinatingly presented, offers insights into the era’s preoccupations. A MINUS

PRETTY JANE AND THE VIPER OF KIDBROOKE LANE: A TRUE STORY OF VICTORIAN LAW AND DISORDER: THE FIRST UNSOLVED MURDER OF THE VICTORIAN AGE
Pegasus Books
2016

AN EXILE’S RETURN to 1980s Romania causes upheavals in his family circle as well as for the secret police. B PLUS

THE ENCOUNTER
Dalkey Archive Press
2016

SHARP, FUNNY MYSTERY follows a reporter turned detective trying to expose a Casanova of a TV psychic. Clever! B PLUS

HITS & MRS.
Karen Stollznow
2016