TENSE, COMPELLING HISTORICAL thriller richly evokes 16th century Paris, terrors of the Inquisition. B PLUS #beachread

THE ASTRONOMER: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
Walker & Company
2010

MELLOW AND POIGNANT as always, this 11th novel of Botswana’s No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency satisfies. B PLUS #beachread

THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB
Wheeler Publishing
2010

NOIR-INFLECTED TIME TRAVEL is a gritty, appealing take on some of the genre’s most familiar themes. B PLUS #beachread

EXPIRATION DATE
Minotaur Books
2010

TRUE MEDICAL HISTORY of the “sleeping sickness” epidemic in ’20s America is grim, well researched, well written. B PLUS

ASLEEP: THE FORGOTTEN EPIDEMIC THAT REMAINS ONE OF MEDICINE’S GREATEST MYSTERIES
Berkley Trade Pub
2010

GRIM, COMPLEX THRILLER set in pre-World War II Berlin creates compellingly bleak atmosphere, trapped characters. B PLUS

THE INFORMER
Crown Publishing Group
2010

1943 NEW YORK vividly captured in this fourth Rosie Winter mystery; twisty plot, wisecracking dames. B PLUS #beachread

WHEN WINTER RETURNS: A ROSIE WINTER MYSTERY
Harper Paperbacks
2010

THE EVERYDAY DRAMAS of English family life, close up and in detail, form the heart of this elegant, spare novel. B PLUS

THE BRADSHAW VARIATIONS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2010

THE EVERYDAY DRAMAS of English family life, close up and in detail, form the heart of this elegant, spare novel. B PLUS

THE BRADSHAW VARIATIONS
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
2010

WISECRACKING LA DETECTIVES have a 4th outing in this fast-paced whodunnit full of twists and turns. B PLUS #beachread

CUT, PASTE, KILL (LOMAX AND BIGGS SERIES #4)
St. Martin’s Press
2010

SPOOKY TECHNOTHRILLER has a Michael Crichton-goes-World Wrestling Entertainment attitude. Scary fun! B PLUS #beachread

ANCESTOR
Crown
2010