WELL CRAFTED HIP-HOP soap opera is a fast paced, compulsive page turner a cut above the usual. B PLUS #beachread

PLATINUM
Touchstone Books
2010

COZY COOKING MYSTERY has folksy small-town characters, yummy recipes, and a solid whodunnit plot. B PLUS #beachread

APPLE TURNOVER MURDER
Kensington
2010

CANDID, DETAILED MEMOIR from a former professional dominatrix is thoughtful, if perhaps too graphic for some. B PLUS

WHIP SMART: A MEMOIR
St. Martin’s Press
2010

ANOTHER ENGAGING MYSTERY with a hip chick-lit touch from Kyra Davis; humor, characterization shine. B PLUS #beachread

VOWS, VENDETTAS AND A LITTLE BLACK DRESS
Mira
2010

THE INSIDE STORY of the stellar talents, monumental egos, epic slapfights that created DreamWorks film studios. SOLID B

THE MEN WHO WOULD BE KING: AN ALMOST EPIC TALE OF MOGULS, MOVIES, AND A COMPANY CALLED DREAMWORKS
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2010

TECHNO-THRILLER WITH A MESSAGE, this sequel to 2009’s DAEMON is a dystopic utopia with explosions. SOLID B #beachread

FREEDOM
Penguin Group (USA)
2010

STRANGER THAN FICTION and just as fascinating is the true story of history’s biggest diamond heist. SOLID B #beachread

FLAWLESS: INSIDE THE LARGEST DIAMOND HEIST IN HISTORY
Union Square Press
2010

TENSE, COMPELLING HISTORICAL thriller richly evokes 16th century Paris, terrors of the Inquisition. B PLUS #beachread

THE ASTRONOMER: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
Walker & Company
2010

MELLOW AND POIGNANT as always, this 11th novel of Botswana’s No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency satisfies. B PLUS #beachread

THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB
Wheeler Publishing
2010

NOIR-INFLECTED TIME TRAVEL is a gritty, appealing take on some of the genre’s most familiar themes. B PLUS #beachread

EXPIRATION DATE
Minotaur Books
2010