FIERCE BATTLES AND FIERCER intrigue fill Bernard Cornwell’s latest Saxon Tale with tension, excitement. B PLUS

THE PAGAN LORD
Harper
2014

A SMALLTOWN NEWSPAPER OWNER solves a series of murders and finds love in this rural Michigan-set cozy. Fun! SOLID B

SNOOP
Cozy Cat Press
2013

THE SEEDY, FARCICAL LIVES of a family of hard-drinking Belgian no-hopers, depicted with tender brutality. SOLID B

THE MISFORTUNATES: A NOVEL
St. Martin’s Press
2013

THE POWER OF PARANOIA and conspiracy theory in US politics, from Colonial times to the present. Fascinating! B PLUS

THE UNITED STATES OF PARANOIA : A CONSPIRACY THEORY
Harper
2013

A NORTHERN IRELAND MYSTERY has an action-packed plot, background on human trafficking, immigration tensions. SOLID B

BORDER ANGELS
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
2013

A MEMOIR OF AMNESIA: intriguing enough right there, but the beauty here is the story of growth afterwards. B PLUS

THE ANSWER TO THE RIDDLE IS ME: A MEMOIR OF AMNESIA
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2014

STYLISH FAMILY SAGA with a touch of the supernatural follows several generations of a wealthy black family. SOLID B

LOOKING FOR TROUBLE
Kensington Publishing Corporation
2013

THE WILD WEST WORLD of professional mushroom hunting, brought to life in all its seedy, picaresque glory. B PLUS

THE MUSHROOM HUNTERS : ON THE TRAIL OF AN UNDERGROUND AMERICA
Ballantine Books
2013

THE WILD WEST WORLD of professional mushroom hunting, brought to life in all its seedy, picaresque glory.

SINGAPORE OR CALIFORNIA? Music or business? A young woman faces big choices at a time of family turmoil. B PLUS

SOY SAUCE FOR BEGINNERS
New Harvest
2014