A FATHER’S BITTER OBSESSION, his sons’ desperation to escape the poverty of their Mumbai slum, and cricket. B PLUS

SELECTION DAY (HARDCOVER)
Scribner Book Company
2017

CATTY, ELEGANT, WARM-HEARTED collection of short pieces from style guru Clinton Kelly is lots of fun. SOLID B

I HATE EVERYONE, EXCEPT YOU
Gallery Books
2017

COMPELLING PORTRAIT OF A PRICKLY, insightful woman in a low-key crisis, told in a wonderful mosaic style. A MINUS

ALL GROWN UP (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin
2017

HARDBOILED AUSTRALIAN NOIR set on a seedy resort island, last-chance posting for a disgraced, addicted cop. B PLUS

DRAINLAND: TUNNEL ISLAND BOOK 1
Lamb House
2016

A DELICATE NIGHTMARE OF A NOVEL, weaving complex horrors from family and love and nature. B PLUS

FEVER DREAM (HARDCOVER)
Riverhead Books
2017