WILD WEST TWIST on a dystopian future: a young woman, sold into debt slavery, becomes Mars miners’ showgirl. SOLID B

THE GIRL THEY SOLD TO THE MOON
Intrigue Publishing
2014

THE SCIENCE OF ALCOHOL, ENTERTAININGLY explained in an informative, delightful book. Lots of facts and fun. B PLUS

PROOF : THE SCIENCE OF BOOZE
Houghton Mifflin
2014

THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL intertwine in this elegantly crafted novel set against a Cold War backdrop. SOLID B

THE UNWITTING: A NOVEL
Random House Publishing Group
2014

SWEET, OPEN-HEARTED MEMOIR about a family shaped by a father’s serious illness, and the love that united them. B PLUS

COMMA: A MEMOIR OF BELIEVING IN THE PROMISE OF EVERY MOMENT
self-published
2014

INTRIGUING NEAR-FUTURE THRILLER brings together smart drugs, cartels, psychotic spies, and scolding angels. B PLUS

QUESADILLAS
FSG Originals
2014

BRILLIANT, CAUSTIC SATIRE with a hint of magic skewers Mexico’s political corruption and widespread poverty. A MINUS

QUESADILLAS
FSG Originals
2014

GOVERNMENTS REPOSSESS EDUCATIONS in a near-future soft apocalypse; teacher turns reluctant revolutionary. SOLID B

CHIMPANZEE
self-published
2014

AN UNSUNG TRIUMPH OF World War II: how a double agent helped the FBI take down a Nazi spy ring in New York. B PLUS

DOUBLE AGENT: THE FIRST HERO OF WORLD WAR II AND HOW THE FBI OUTWITTED AND DESTROYED A NAZI SPY RING
Scribner Book Company
2014

DARK, DISTURBING PSYCHOLOGICAL suspense novel goes inside the head of a troubled murder suspect. Grim stuff. SOLID B

I CAN SEE IN THE DARK
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2014

A TENDER, ELEGANTLY UNSETTLING story of an English teen haunted by his fetal twin. Beautiful and spooky. A MINUS

BEING SMALL
Per Aspera Press
2014