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LITTLE GREEN, by Walter Mosley

May 22, 2013

SLEUTH EASY RAWLINS’S near death in a brutal crash adds a metaphysical perspective to this intricate LA noir.

Grade: B PLUS

LITTLE GREEN: AN EASY RAWLINS MYSTERY
Doubleday
2013

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A THOUSAND PARDONS, by Jonathan Dee

May 21, 2013

A SUBURBAN FAMILY SHATTERS in a time of crisis, but builds new futures in this sly comedy of manners.

Grade: B PLUS

A THOUSAND PARDONS
Random House
2013

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IS THIS TOMORROW, by Caroline Leavitt

May 19, 2013

A CHILD’S DISAPPEARANCE plays out against a backdrop of Cold War paranoia in this complex, deft historical.

Grade: A MINUS

IS THIS TOMORROW
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2013

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LITTLE ELVISES, by Timothy Hallinan

May 18, 2013

MARVELOUS COMIC NOIR stars a sleuthing burglar embroiled with mobsters and old-school rock ‘n’ roll.

Grade: A MINUS

LITTLE ELVISES: A JUNIOR BENDER MYSTERY
Soho Crime
2013

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THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL, by Carlos Rojas (translated by Edith Grossman)

May 16, 2013

GLORIOUS, DREAMLIKE SPANISH novel riffs on the life and death of poet García Lorca.  Luminous new translation!

Grade: B PLUS

THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN AND POET FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA ASCENDS TO HELL
Yale University Press
2013

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THE MAGIC CIRCLE, by Jenny Davidson

May 15, 2013

GAMES, THEATER, MAGIC, and the tangled relationships of young Manhattan academics.  Absorbing, complex novel.

Grade: A MINUS

THE MAGIC CIRCLE
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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THE BONE MAN, by Wolf Haas

May 11, 2013

WRYLY FUNNY AUSTRIAN private-eye yarn mixes hardboiled detective tropes with a healthy shot of satire.

Grade: B PLUS

THE BONE MAN
Melville House
2013

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DR. BRINKLEY’S TOWER, by Robert Hough

May 10, 2013

A TINY MEXICAN VILLAGE is transformed by a US quack doctor’s pirate radio station. Lovely 1930s historical.

Grade: SOLID B

DR. BRINKLEY'S TOWER
Steerforth Press
2013

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ORKNEY, by Amy Sackville

May 9, 2013

DELICATE AND EVOCATIVE NOVEL tells a modern fairy tale of a professor and his elusive, beautiful young wife.

Grade: B PLUS

ORKNEY
Counterpoint
2013

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DEATH OF YESTERDAY, by M. C. Beaton

May 7, 2013

HIGHLAND SLEUTH EXTRAORDINAIRE Hamish Macbeth solves his most complex crime yet.  Wonderful Scottish detail!

Grade: B PLUS

DEATH OF YESTERDAY: A HAMISH MACBETH MYSTERY
Grand Central
2013

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