LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS abound in this inside look at NASCAR’s legendary 1979 breakout season. B PLUS #beachread

HE CRASHED ME SO I CRASHED HIM BACK: THE TRUE STORY OF THE YEAR THE KING, JAWS, EARNHARDT, AND THE REST OF NASCAR’S FEUDIN’, FIGHTIN’ GOOD OL’ BOYS PU
Little Brown and Company
2010

DELIGHTFUL ENGLISH CHICK LIT: frothy fun as three wedding planners find the loves of their lives. B PLUS #beachread

WEDDING SEASON
St. Martin’s Press
2010

FAST-PACED POLICE PROCEDURAL set at the Jersey Shore features beachfront skullduggery, local flavor. B PLUS #beachread

ROLLING THUNDER: A JOHN CEEPAK MYSTERY
Pegasus Books
2010

FASCINATING ESSAYS, mostly from the New Yorker, about crime, obsession, and offbeat passions. B PLUS #beachread

THE DEVIL AND SHERLOCK HOLMES: TALES OF MURDER, MADNESS, AND OBSESSION
Doubleday Books
2010

COMPELLING AS ANY THRILLER is this inside look at the world of international corporate espionage. Fascinating! B PLUS

BROKER, TRADER, LAWYER, SPY: THE SECRET WORLD OF CORPORATE ESPIONAGE
HarperBusiness
2010

ATMOSPHERIC, EVOCATIVE tale of vampire hordes in 1942 England is all the more chilling for its restraint. B PLUS

WHITBY VAMPYRRHIC
Severn House Publishers Ltd
2010

AMAZING TRUE STORIES of art thefts and recoveries by a former FBI investigator in a page-turning memoir. B PLUS

PRICELESS: HOW I WENT UNDERCOVER TO RESCUE THE WORLD'S STOLEN TREASURES
Crown
2010

FASCINATING, VIVIDLY told memoir of a young woman’s life in the crumbling Cold-War world of the USSR. B PLUS

A MOUNTAIN OF CRUMBS: A MEMOIR
Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
2010

BEAUTIFULLY DONE HISTORICAL fiction looks at the Tudor courts through the eyes of Elizabeth’s beloved governess. B PLUS

THE QUEEN’S GOVERNESS
Putnam Adult
2010

ENGAGING, FUNNY, MIND-BENDING look inside the world of professional taxidermy, where offbeat characters abound. B PLUS

STILL LIFE: ADVENTURES IN TAXIDERMY
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2010