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A MAP OF TULSA, by Benjamin Lytal

April 15, 2013

A LOVE LETTER TO the city of Tulsa in the shape of an elegaic coming-of-age novel, complete with romance.

Grade: B PLUS

A MAP OF TULSA
Penguin
2013

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EXTINCTION, by Mark Alpert

April 14, 2013

A CYBORG SINGULARITY RUN wild is at the heart of this high-tech military thriller.  Page-turning suspense!

Grade: SOLID B

EXTINCTION
St. Martin's/Thomas Dunne Books
2013

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ESCAPE, by Perihan Magden

April 11, 2013

GRIPPING STORY OF a mother and daughter on the run, united by love and fear.  Great prose and translation.

Grade: A MINUS

ESCAPE
Amazon Crossing
2013

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THE DEAD WOMEN OF JUAREZ, by Sam Hawken

April 9, 2013

A BROKEDOWN US BOXER, drawn into investigating the hundreds of women murdered in Ciudad Juárez.  Grim, true.

Grade: SOLID B

THE DEAD WOMEN OF JUAREZ
Serpent's Tail
2012

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THE TALE OF RAW HEAD AND BLOODY BONES, by Jack Wolf

April 8, 2013

SPOOKY HISTORICAL NOVEL mixes horror, legend, and Enlightenment science in a gory, kinky, unsettling tale.

Grade: SOLID B

THE TALE OF RAW HEAD AND BLOODY BONES
Penguin/Viking
2013

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OUR MAN IN IRAQ, by Robert Perisic

April 6, 2013

SHARP, FUNNY CROATIAN novel contrasts everyday chaos in Zagreb with a reporter’s unhinged notes from Iraq.

Grade: B PLUS

OUR MAN IN IRAQ
Black Balloon
2013

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LOVESTAR, by Andri Snaer Magnuson

April 5, 2013

QUIRKY SF SATIRE of a future world where everyone is always connected, and life, love, death are monetized.

Grade: B PLUS

LOVESTAR
Seven Stories Press
2012

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THE BLUE BOOK, by A. L. Kennedy

April 4, 2013

CON ARTISTS, FAUX-PSYCHICS, ex-lovers still enmeshed: startling, poetic novel captures two vivid characters.

Grade: B PLUS

THE BLUE BOOK
Houghton Mifflin/New Harvest
2013

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RAGE AGAINST THE DYING, by Becky Masterman

April 2, 2013

TAUT, SUSPENSEFUL THRILLER features a retired FBI agent racing to find the killer targeting her.  Good stuff!

Grade: B PLUS

RAGE AGAINST THE DYING
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2013

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GUN MACHINE, by Warren Ellis

March 31, 2013

GRITTY, SPOOKY, FANTASTICALLY well plotted New York police thriller from comics great Warren Ellis.

Grade: A MINUS

GUN MACHINE
Little, Brown/Mulholland Books
2013

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