NEVER TELL, by Alafair Burke
A TOUGH MANHATTAN DETECTIVE challenges herself to solve the complex mystery of an ultra-rich teenager’s death.
Grade: SOLID B
NEVER TELL
Harper
2012
Tags: Mystery, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
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A TOUGH MANHATTAN DETECTIVE challenges herself to solve the complex mystery of an ultra-rich teenager’s death.
Grade: SOLID B
NEVER TELL
Harper
2012
Tags: Mystery, New York City, Novels, Solid B Reviews
CHARMING AUSTRALIAN ROMANTIC comedy-drama takes on some tough issues of love and abandonment with grace.
Grade: B PLUS
THE HYPNOTIST'S LOVE STORY
Penguin/Amy Einhorn Books
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Women's Fiction
RAMBUNCTIOUS VAN GOGH fanfic extravaganza from Christopher Moore: a surreal carnival ride through art history.
Grade: SOLID B
SACRE BLEU: A COMEDY D'ART
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor, Novels, Solid B Reviews
THE HILARIOUSLY DYSFUNCTIONAL DENIZENS of Corduroy Mansions are back in another comedy of errors and egos.
Grade: SOLID B
A CONSPIRACY OF FRIENDS: A CORDUROY MANSIONS NOVEL
Pantheon
2012
Tags: Humor, Novels, Solid B Reviews
HISTORICAL MYSTERY HAS a fascinating setting—a Maine Shaker settlement in 1795—if a somewhat threadbare plot.
Grade: B MINUS
A SIMPLE MURDER
Minotaur/St. Martin's
2012
Tags: B Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels
FAST-PACED SPACE THRILLER set in a near future with orbiting power satellites and resorts at center stage.
Grade: SOLID B
ENERGIZED
Tor
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
AN EYE-OPENING OVERVIEW of the history of North Korea from a professor/former National Security Council staffer.
Grade: B PLUS
THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE: NORTH KOREA, PAST AND FUTURE
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Non-Fiction, North Korea, Politics, Social and Cultural Commentary
A NEUROSCIENTIST’S FASCINATING INSIGHTS about how the brain perceives taste, smell, and flavor—a foodie must.
Grade: SOLID B
NEUROGASTRONOMY: HOW THE BRAIN CREATES FLAVOR AND WHY IT MATTERS
Columbia University Press
2012
Tags: Food Writing, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
GRIM, COMPLEX TALE of a Cold War fought with magic: British warlocks vs. Soviet-captured Nazi magical tech.
Grade: B PLUS
THE COLDEST WAR
Tor
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels, Paranormal, Science Fiction
FRANK, FUNNY MEMOIR by a man with Asperger’s Syndrome of his geeky quest to become a better husband and father.
Grade: SOLID B
Tags: Love and Relationships, Memoirs, Mental Health and Illness, Non-Fiction, Parenting, Solid B Reviews