IN A FLORIDA TOWN haunted by a savage 1930s crime, family histories are revealed and redemptions sought.

ENGAGING BIOGRAPHY OF architect, artist, antiquarian Sarah Losh, whose 1840s church in Wreay still delights.

SHOCKING, TOUCHING, SALTY memoir from singer Bettye LaVette follows the highs and lows of her career and life.

MEMORABLY RESOURCEFUL HEROINE needs every bit of her fierceness to make her way in Victorian England. Engaging!

FIVE STORIES, CONNECTED by big themes like luck, love, and identity, each deftly handled by Sebastian Faulks.

QUIRKY, LAID-BACK HISTORY of gene research has lots of wacky examples of how the building blocks of life work.

FUTURISTIC THRILLER SET in a privatized San Francisco police state.  Some interesting ideas, poorly handled.

GHANA’S PRESIDENT DELIGHTS, educates with a charming, insightful memoir about his country and its changes.

A WINE CRITIC’S CHATTY, engaging memoir advocates informed enjoyment of wine, not competitive connoisseurship.

A SHARP, QUICK-WITTED THIEF tells her story, from impoverished childhood through the London Blitz to motherhood.