VIVID, RAUCOUS, CYNICAL novel depicts a group of energy traders’ professional and personal shenanigans.

THE IMPACT OF AIDS in Botswana, highlighted in moving personal stories and updates on medical, policy advances.

SECOND MYSTERY in the “Ski Diva” series has lots of local Vermont color, slightly rambling plot.

FASCINATING, WITTY LITTLE book about the history of the George Washington mythology and its relation to truth.

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY CAMBRIDGE university life is vividly imagined in this complex historical thriller.

SMART THRILLER with a fast pace, an SF twist, and a warm-hearted portrayal of its almost-human protagonist.

FACT-RICH, CHARMINGLY readable bio of Voltaire sheds new light on the life and work of the Enlightenment figure.

BUBBLY ROMANTIC COMEDY as only Katie Fforde can do it, with a deftly imagined and charmingly bookish heroine.

LUMINOUS DEBUT NOVEL about a complicated family is a cut above the usual stories of suburban angst.

GRITTY NOIR with a richly detailed Belize setting offers heart-stopping plot twists, quirky/seedy characters.