CHARMING COZY MYSTERY, fifth in a series for mother/daughter antiquer sleuths. Complex plot, cute characters.

THE GREAT AMERICAN Opera Novel is sprawling, sensual, erudite, campy, and not for everyone–just like opera!

THE DELIGHTFULLY CANTANKEROUS Puzzle Lady is back in her 12th mystery. Lots of fun, as ever, and a strong plot.

ENGAGING HISTORY of the early 20th century’s most influential anarchists, communists, Utopians, fringe thinkers.

A JOURNEY INSIDE the power and processes of reading and writing, delicately led by Turkish Nobelist Orhan Pamuk.

REMAPPING THE SOLAR SYSTEM with the astronomer whose discoveries led to Pluto’s demotion. Surprisingly funny!

FUNNY/SAD/QUIRKY/HAUNTING memoir of a difficult childhood and coming of age as an outsider in rural Arkansas.

INTRICATE SOUTH AFRICAN THRILLER contrasts the hunt for a serial killer, a tangle of post-apartheid politics.

ENGROSSING MEDITATION on Russia’s history and geography by an English expatriate scholar is witty, informative.

TIMELY, TAUTLY PLOTTED thriller with a likable midlife heroine is compelling despite occasionally clunky prose.