THE BAD ALWAYS DIE TWICE, by Cheryl Crane
HOLLYWOOD REALTOR TURNS sleuth with the help of her movie-star mom in a zippy debut mystery from Cheryl Crane.
Grade: B PLUS
THE BAD ALWAYS DIE TWICE
Kensington
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
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HOLLYWOOD REALTOR TURNS sleuth with the help of her movie-star mom in a zippy debut mystery from Cheryl Crane.
Grade: B PLUS
THE BAD ALWAYS DIE TWICE
Kensington
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
DREAMLIKE, GOTHIC TALE of time travel, paranormal powers, and a boy who misses his grandfather. Enchanting.
Grade: B PLUS
MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
Quirk
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Novels, Science Fiction
BEAUTIFULLY PACED AND CRAFTED steampunk Alt-Victorian adventure with lots of twists, turns, and technology.
Grade: B PLUS
THE IMMORALITY ENGINE: NEWBURY & HOBBES INVESTIGATION #3
Tor
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Novels, Science Fiction
DREAMLIKE, HAUNTING TALE of parallel universes and crossed destinies from Haruki Murakami. Vast and astonishing!
Grade: B PLUS
1Q84
Knopf
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Science Fiction
CHARMING HISTORICAL COZY features a group of spunky Georgia schoolteachers as sleuths, lots of WWII details.
Grade: B PLUS
MISS DIMPLE RALLIES TO THE CAUSE
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
EMMY-WINNING COMIC actor Jane Lynch’s memoir! Candid, dryly funny; maybe a bit too detached for some readers?
Grade: B PLUS
HAPPY ACCIDENTS
Hyperion
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, LGBTQ Interest, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
COMIC WRITER AND ACTOR Mindy Kaling’s hilarious observations are a delicious cocktail of whimsy and snark.
Grade: B PLUS
IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME? (AND OTHER CONCERNS)
Crown
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Memoirs, Non-Fiction
GRITTY, ABSURDIST NOIR caper–a new genre for Eoin Colfer!–stars an Irishman at odds with the New Jersey mob.
Grade: B PLUS
PLUGGED
The Overlook Press
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
GRANT MORRISON’S TRIPPY meditation on the psychology, sociology, and spirituality of comics is one wild ride!
Grade: B PLUS
SUPERGODS: WHAT MASKED VIGILANTES, MIRACULOUS MUTANTS, AND A SUN GOD FROM SMALLVILLE CAN TEACH US ABOUT BEING HUMAN
Spiegel & Grau
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Comics, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Social History, Sociology
QUIRKY, SARDONIC, SALINGERESQUE tale of a family both united and divided by the parents’ performance art.
Grade: B PLUS
THE FAMILY FANG
Ecco
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels