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THE DARK ROSE, by Erin Kelly

March 4, 2012

INTRICATE PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE novel follows two loners and the secrets they carry to the English countryside.

Grade: B PLUS

THE DARK ROSE
Penguin/Pamela Dorman Books
2012

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HITCHERS, by Will McIntosh

March 3, 2012

COMPLEX, ULTRA-SMART PARANORMAL thriller takes us inside an epidemic where people are possessed by angry ghosts.

Grade: B PLUS

HITCHERS
Night Shade Books
2012

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PARTS OF A WORLD, by A. G. Mojtabai

March 2, 2012

POETIC AND TROUBLING novel follows a social worker’s loss of faith in himself, obsession with a homeless client.

Grade: B PLUS

PARTS OF A WORLD
Northwestern University Press
2011

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SPACE CHRONICLES, by Neil deGrasse Tyson

March 1, 2012

CHARISMATIC U. S.  ASTROPHYSICIST Neil deGrasse Tyson delivers an impassioned pro-space exploration argument.

Grade: B PLUS

SPACE CHRONICLES: FACING THE ULTIMATE FRONTIER
W. W. Norton and Company
2012

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THE TIME IN BETWEEN, by María Dueñas

February 28, 2012

SWEEPING EPIC ADVENTURE follows a Spanish woman from poverty to success as a couturiere to wartime espionage.

Grade: B PLUS

THE TIME IN BETWEEN
Atria
2011

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CHOKE HOLD (HARD CASE CRIME) by Christa Faust

February 24, 2012

WILD, GRITTY NOIR adventure has plenty of graphic sex and violence, a unique tough-broad protagonist’s voice. B PLUS

CHOKE HOLD (HARD CASE CRIME)
Hard Case Crime
2011

Grade: B PLUS

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CHOKE HOLD, by Christa Faust

February 23, 2012

WILD, GRITTY NOIR adventure has plenty of graphic sex and violence, a unique tough-broad protagonist’s voice.

Grade: B PLUS

CHOKE HOLD
Hard Case Crime
2011

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EFFIE, by Suzanne Fagence Cooper

February 22, 2012

FASCINATING BIOGRAPHY, RICH with newly released letters, of Victorian art figure Effie Gray Ruskin Millais.

Grade: B PLUS

EFFIE: THE PASSIONATE LIVES OF EFFIE GRAY, JOHN RUSKIN, AND JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
St. Martin's
2011

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MOFFIE, by André Carl van der Merwe

February 21, 2012

CHILLING, COMPELLING NOVEL shows a gay white South African man’s struggles with family, apartheid society, army.

Grade: B PLUS

MOFFIE
Europa Editions
2011

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UNORTHODOX, by Deborah Feldman

February 18, 2012

CANDID AND ENGROSSING memoir of a young woman’s decision to leave New York’s Satmar Hasidic Jewish community.

Grade: B PLUS

UNORTHODOX: THE SCANDALOUS REJECTION OF MY HASIDIC ROOTS
Simon and Schuster
2012

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