A RELUCTANT VAMPIRE COMES of age, and into her powers, in modern Budapest. Charming, quirky Hungarian fantasy. B PLUS

THE FINNO-UGRIAN VAMPIRE
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd
2013

A WOMAN’S PILGRIMAGE ON the track of her brilliant, elusive father, who died when she was a child. Poignant. B PLUS

THIS IS HOW YOU SAY GOODBYE: A DAUGHTER’S MEMOIR
St. Martin’s Press
2013

FASCINATING TRUE STORY of a murder in 1800 New York; both Burr and Hamilton defended the accused at trial. A MINUS

DUEL WITH THE DEVIL: THE TRUE STORY OF HOW ALEXANDER HAMILTON AND AARON BURR TEAMED UP TO TAKE ON AMERICA’S FIRST SENSATIONAL MURDER MYSTERY
Crown Publishing Group (NY)
2013

GLOBETROTTING THIEF/WRITER Charlie Howard finds himself in the midst of an international incident. Smart fun! B PLUS

THE GOOD THIEF’S GUIDE TO BERLIN
St. Martin’s Press
2013

THE MILGRAM OBEDIENCE EXPERIMENTS revisited, including interviews with some participants. Revelatory stuff! B PLUS

BEHIND THE SHOCK MACHINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF THE NOTORIOUS MILGRAM PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENTS
New Press, The
2013

AN ODD, BRILLIANT SON’S last days with his odd, brilliant father, finely wrought as an odd, brilliant novel. B PLUS

THE QUARRY
Redhook
2013

OPEN-HEARTED, SMART MEMOIR of two stepbrothers on very different paths, and the childhoods that shaped them. B PLUS

THE LOOKING GLASS BROTHER
St. Martin’s Press
2013

HARROWING SWEDISH THRILLER weaves a taut, grim, suspenseful tale of murder and insanity. Complex and chilling! B PLUS

THE FIRE WITNESS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2013

Starting in October 2013, Sundays here at Booktweeting are going to be Self-Publishing Sundays. If you’d like me to review your book on my Twitter/archive my Tweet here on the website, send me a pitch (and the book, if you like) at booktweeting@gmail.com.

I’ll consider fiction and non-fiction (including memoirs and biographies). Please, no cookbooks, poetry, picture books, or textbooks.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

NARWHALS! A LOVE LETTER to the beautiful tusked whales of the Arctic touches on their changing ecosystem. B PLUS

NARWHALS
University of Washington Press
2013