FAST-PACED SCIENCE FICTION THRILLER starts with a shocking discovery deep below Central Park. Lots of action! B PLUS

NEW YORK DEEP
Andrew J. Morgan
2017

THE POWER OF PLACEBO, and other ways the brain is part of the healing process. Engaging, well researched! A MINUS

SUGGESTIBLE YOU: THE CURIOUS SCIENCE OF YOUR BRAIN'S ABILITY TO DECEIVE, TRANSFORM, AND HEAL (HARDCOVER)
National Geographic Society
2016

THE WORLD’S PRICIEST AQUARIUM FISH and the wild, sometimes dangerous world that surrounds it. Astonishing! A MINUS

THE DRAGON BEHIND THE GLASS: A TRUE STORY OF POWER, OBSESSION, AND THE WORLD’S MOST COVETED FISH
Scribner
2016

THE HORRORS OF CHILD TRAFFICKING deftly woven into a novel of family love, secrets, and betrayals. I cried! B PLUS

THE LOST DAUGHTER OF INDIA: A HEARTBREAKING NOVEL OF TRAGEDY AND SECRETS THAT WILL HAVE YOU HOOKED
Bookouture
2017

THE UNDEAD HAUNT HOLLYWOOD in this brilliantly imagined cocktail of ancient legend and film history. A MINUS

ONLY THE DEAD KNOW BURBANK: A NOVEL
HarperCollins Publishers
2016

INTENSE IRISH THRILLER combines ancient mythology with a very modern conspiracy. Lots of action, local color. B PLUS

THE FOUR TREASURES: AN IRISH CRIME NOVEL
David Dunne
2016

THOUGHTFUL GUIDE TO personal style has sound (if sometimes elementary) advice, attractive illustrations. B PLUS

THE CURATED CLOSET: A SIMPLE SYSTEM FOR DISCOVERING YOUR PERSONAL STYLE AND BUILDING YOUR DREAM WARDROBE
Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
2016

WISTFUL, DELICATE MEMOIR of a family haunted by ghosts, memories, and nostalgia for places real and imagined. B PLUS

GHOST SONGS: A MEMOIR (PAPERBACK)
Tin House Books
2016

A HUSTLING, BUSTLING BEIJING, observed from the sidelines by a melancholy audiophile. Gentle social satire. B PLUS

THE INVISIBILITY CLOAK (PAPERBACK)
New York Review of Books
2016

A SPELLBINDING VATICAN THRILLER! Somehow, Robert Harris infuses an arcane Catholic ceremony with suspense. A MINUS

CONCLAVE
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
2016