EARLY SELF-HELP GURU Dale Carnegie profiled in this richly detailed biography. A fascinating life story. B PLUS

SELF-HELP MESSIAH: DALE CARNEGIE AND SUCCESS IN MODERN AMERICA
Other Press
2013

A GRIEVING MOTHER INVESTIGATES her teen daughter’s death in a stylish novel of suspense. Upscale NYC setting! B PLUS

RECONSTRUCTING AMELIA
Harper
2013

RAMBUNCTIOUS SOUTHERN NOIR from Rick Gavin; a third gloriously seedy caper starring assorted Delta lowlifes. B PLUS

NOWHERE NICE
Minotaur Books
2013

SOBERING, INFORMATIVE LOOK at the archaeology and forensic science used to investigate war crimes in Bosnia. B PLUS

BOSNIA’S MILLION BONES: SOLVING THE WORLD’S GREATEST FORENSIC PUZZLE
Palgrave Macmillan
2013

AN EXTRAVAGANT STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE from genre pioneer K. W. Jeter features danger and intrigue in alt-London. SOLID B

FIENDISH SCHEMES
Tor Books
2013

CHARMING, SASSY AUSTRALIAN mystery has a memorably quirky heroine and an intriguing Tasmania setting. B PLUS

A TRIFLE DEAD
Deadlines
2013

DELIGHTFUL COMIC FANTASY from Tom Holt, with multiverses, goblins, ray guns, a schnook who finds true love. B PLUS

WHEN IT’S A JAR
Orbit
2013

WITTY AND BITTERSWEET NOVEL about true love, celebrity culture, and the price of fame has some real insights. SOLID B

LEADING MAN
Vintage Books
2013

INTRIGUING BIO OF PULP magazine editor Ray Palmer, who influenced science fiction and shaped the UFO craze. SOLID B

THE MAN FROM MARS
Tarcher
2013

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA and his fabled exploits, placed in a broad, rich context of WWI Middle Eastern turmoil. SOLID B

LAWRENCE IN ARABIA: WAR, DECEIT, IMPERIAL FOLLY AND THE MAKING OF THE MODERN MIDDLE EAST
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2013