A VIVIDLY EVOKED BROOKLYN is the backdrop for the tale of an aspiring writer stymied by memory and longing. SOLID B

THERE IS NO END TO THIS SLOPE
Wampus Multimedia
2014

A WEB OF SORDID SECRETS and outbreaks of senseless violence terrify a 19th century English village. SOLID B

RUSTICATION
W. W. Norton & Company
2013

THE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF MASS MURDERERS and other violent criminals, explained in the context of neuroscience. SOLID B

MURDEROUS MINDS : EXPLORING THE CRIMINAL PSYCHOPATHIC BRAIN: NEUROLOGICAL IMAGING AND THE MANIFESTATION OF EVIL
Pegasus Books
2014

IN AN INSOMNIAC APOCALYPSE, the few who can still sleep struggle to survive. Terrifying near-future thriller! B PLUS

BLACK MOON
Hogarth
2014

SLEEP SCIENCE! A DELIGHTFUL, informative overview of research on sleep, complete with charming illustrations. B PLUS

THE SECRET WORLD OF SLEEP
Palgrave Macmillan
2013

ENCHANTING, POETIC HISTORICAL novel tells the tale of a hermit nun in 12th century France. Gorgeous writing! B PLUS

THE CASTLE OF WHISPERS
Europa Editions, Incorporated
2014

RUEFULLY WITTY NOVEL focuses on a Vietnamese-American woman’s quest to understand her family. Smart fiction! B PLUS

PIONEER GIRL
Viking
2014

SPECTACULAR LA NOIR captures the madly extravagant California of 1929, complete with sleuth Raymond Chandler. B PLUS

THE KEPT GIRL
Esotouric
2013

A HORRIFYING SUPERNATURAL TWIST on a Victorian murder mystery. Grim, evocative, chilling novel. B PLUS

MAYHEM
Jo Fletcher
2014

A CLEVER TAKE ON family misunderstandings, ambition, and the horrors of reality TV, with a touch of magic. SOLID B

TWISTED SISTERS
Nal New American Library
2014