THE BOMB MAKER|HARDCOVER by Thomas Perry
A BOMB MAKER’S VENDETTA against the LAPD takes center stage in a high-tension, satisfying thriller. B PLUS
THE BOMB MAKER|HARDCOVER
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2018
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
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A BOMB MAKER’S VENDETTA against the LAPD takes center stage in a high-tension, satisfying thriller. B PLUS
THE BOMB MAKER|HARDCOVER
Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
2018
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
IF SHAKESPEARE HAD A BROTHER, we hope he’d have been as roguish, clever, and passionate as the hero of Bernard Cornwell’s latest! B PLUS
FOOLS AND MORTALS
Harper
2018
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
A STARSHIP CREWMEMBER, HAUNTED since childhood by a voice in his head, risks everything to find out if she’s real. Engrossing premise! B PLUS
MENTAL CONTACT
Beth Martin Books
2018
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
A CAMUS-FLAVORED MYSTERY SET in vaguely 1980s France has a daringly unpleasant protagonist, intriguing metafictional levels. B PLUS
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ADA]LE BEDEAU : AN INSPECTOR GORSKI INVESTIGATION
Arcade Publishing
2017
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
THE POWER OF BIG DATA in a future “infomocracy” is the fascinating backdrop for a high-stakes global thriller. A MINUS
NULL STATES (HARDCOVER)
Tor.com
2017
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
IN AN ALTERNATE 1944, a world war rages in the province of Gaul and a mythical beast stalks the countryside. Intriguing premise, lots of action. B PLUS
COPPER HARVEST
Alexandra Sipe
2017
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
AFTER GENERATIONS IN SPACE, an “underclass” rises against the autocrats who exploit them. Deep characterization, breathtaking worldbuilding. B PLUS
AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS|PAPERBACK
Akashic Books
2017
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
UNVARNISHED CANDOR AND THOUGHTFUL, informed analysis shine in a memoir of growing up as a Black woman writer in the US. A MINUS
THIS WILL BE MY UNDOING (PAPERBACK)
Harper Perennial
2018
Grade: A MINUS
Tags: A Minus Reviews
IN AN ENGLISH WOOD, an isolated family lives off the land until a savage destiny unfolds. Hardyesque, rough, lovely. B PLUS
ELMET
Algonquin Books
2017
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews
PIECING TOGETHER A LIFE after a strangely arbitrary apocalypse. Beautiful, odd, terrifying near-future SF. B. PLUS
THE RENDING AND THE NEST (HARDCOVER)
Bloomsbury USA
2018
Grade: B PLUS
Tags: B Plus Reviews