THE SALTIEST SENIOR CITIZEN in all of mystery fiction is back! The Puzzle Lady’s on the track of a killer. B PLUS

NYPD PUZZLE
Minotaur Books
2014

A CULINARY HISTORY OF New York City, from the Lenape’s corn cakes to today’s cronut. Lots of information! SOLID B

NEW YORK CITY : A FOOD BIOGRAPHY
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
2013

GORGEOUS EXISTENTIAL MYSTERY uses the death of a psychiatrist to explore questions of truth, love, identity. SOLID A

VIVIANE
New Press, The
2014

COLD WAR CRYPTOGRAPHY in China and the heir to a family’s mathematical genius add up to a grand thriller. A MINUS

DECODED
Farrar
2014

THE SCIENCE OF GETTING SMARTER takes center stage in this engaging overview of intelligence research. B PLUS

SMARTER
Hudson Street Press
2013

A VERY NEW YORK comedy of manners; Upper West Side neighbors drawn together by chance and changes. SOLID B

VISIBLE CITY
Houghton Mifflin
2014

AN EERILY BEAUTIFUL STORY of the customs and ceremonies of three nations on a post-technology world. B PLUS

THE STONE BOATMEN
Aqueduct Press
2001

A NATURALIST’S LOVE LETTER to the extraordinary flora and fauna of Florida captures the state’s richness. B PLUS

BITTEN
University Press of Florida
2014

A DISQUIETING, KAFKASEQUE FABLE about crime and punishment in Japan is also about truth and love and silence. SOLID B

SILENCE ONCE BEGUN
Pantheon
2014

THE EVER-BRILLIANT PEARL CLEAGE (a national treasure!) shares memories of her life, art, work, and politics. B PLUS

THINGS I SHOULD HAVE TOLD MY DAUGHTER
Atria Books
2014