ENGROSSING HISTORY OF the many attempts to assassinate Queen Victoria, and their impact on English society.

PRE-WAR ENGLISH COMEDY OF manners turns into a dreamlike tale of family secrets and the afterlife.  Haunting!

WONDERFUL STEAMPUNKY EPIC set in a not-quite-our-Earth reminiscent of Mark Twain’s frontier, with science/magic.

WISTFUL, COMPELLING GHOST story in the grand English tradition of Daphne du Maurier and Susan Hill.

EXTRAORDINARY, SWEEPING STORY set in 1950s Malaysia covers questions of love, art, war, cruelty, and beauty.

DELICATE, KEENLY OBSERVED novel follows a young girl through the fracture of her family in 1970s Minnesota.

19TH CENTURY AUSTRALIA comes alive with vivid detail in this picaresque novel of a self-willed, self-made man.

THE INCOMPARABLE KENYAN WRITER Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s second volume of memoir juxtaposes political and personal.

SHARP FRENCH THRILLER has an admirably complex plot, lots of action, intriguing neuroscience-fiction premise.

PLUCKY PLUS-SIZED PARALEGAL and sleuth Odelia Grey is on another complex murder case. Well-done cozy fun!