THE POST-MORTEM ADVENTURES OF famous people’s remains.  Witty, macabre, well-researched, entertaining!

TAUT, SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER features a retired FBI agent racing to find the killer targeting her.  Good stuff!

INCISIVE, IRREVERENT EXPLORATION of the challenges South Asian Americans have faced since the 9/11 attacks.

BLEAK, GORGEOUS, TENSE novel by a leading Syrian author in exile: snapshot of life in an oppressive regime.

LOVE LETTER TO New York’s temple of herring, Russ & Daughters, is also a history of Jewish life in the city.

THE ZOMBIE TALE REVITALIZED in this horror picaresque.  Strong writing, unforgettable characters.  Chilling!

AN INDIAN JOURNALIST researches the lives of the men who tried and failed to kill him. Complex, engrossing!

NESTED TALES OF gay men and single mothers, complex characterizations, rich historical context…good stuff.

VIVIDLY DRAWN PORTRAIT of a writer’s hardscrabble childhood and her charismatic, deeply troubled mother.

ENTERTAINING AND ENLIGHTENING look at how mathematics and statistics are used (and misused) in the courtroom.