SHARP, SAD, THOUGHTFUL memoir of alcoholism and recovery is startlingly open about a writer’s drinking life. SOLID B

BLACKOUT: REMEMBERING THE THINGS I DRANK TO FORGET
Grand Central Publishing
2015

JAMES BOND RETURNS in a period thriller starring Grand Prix racing (vintage Fleming) and a space race plot. SOLID B

TRIGGER MORTIS : WITH ORIGINAL MATERIAL BY IAN FLEMING
Harper
2015

GRITTY, BAWDY DYSTOPIAN fantasy with a Nordic flavor set in a fallen city. Lots of action, a strong heroine. SOLID B

AFTER THE FALL (RAUD GRIMA BOOK 2)
None
2015

AN ASTRONOMER, BRILLIANT AND UNSTABLE as the stars she studies, breaks down. Grueling yet poetic novel. SOLID B

BINARY STAR
Two Dollar Radio
2015

IN A NEAR-FUTURE WORLD of high-tech surveillance and reality-show diplomacy, an ambassador runs for her life. SOLID B

PERSONA
Saga Press
2015

GRITTY, TENSE MYSTERY, a U.K. bestseller, features lots of revved-up action but perhaps a bit too much plot. SOLID B

EENY MEENY (HELEN GRACE SERIES #1)
Penguin Publishing Group
2015

FASCINATING TRUE STORIES of space projects that never were, from a 1960s moon base to a monkey space station. SOLID B

FALSE STEPS
None
2015

INGENIOUS TIME-TRAVEL THRILLER spans seventy years and two continents. Lots of action, likable protagonists. SOLID B

LINEAR SHIFT
None
2015

INSIDE THE LEGAL MARIJUANA business: a chatty, informative tour of the booming industry by a Colorado grower. SOLID B

BIG WEED
St. Martin’s Press
2015

A CALIFORNIA EPIC WITH a twist: interwoven tales of family love and revenge span three centuries. Intense. SOLID B

BURNT
Pelekinesis
2015