ENGAGING LOOK INSIDE the recent rebirth of Argentina’s wine industry; fun for aficionados and casual sippers!

DEFTLY PLOTTED UK mystery: brooding aristocrat Inspector Lynley investigates death among the rich and famous.

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY of the medieval and Renaissance Inquisitions sheds light on modern ideas of punishment.

GRIM, ATMOSPHERIC TALE traces the impact of Nazi occupation on the island of Guernsey, and on one girl’s family.

STARTLINGLY POETIC IMAGES of small-town life redeem this book’s soap-opera plot about a young girl in crisis. SOLID B

THE BEGINNERS
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
2011

STARTLINGLY POETIC IMAGES of small-town life redeem this book’s soap-opera plot about a young girl in crisis.

WORLD WAR II THRILLER with an all-star cast of science fiction writers and scientists; fun historical caper!

CHARMING HISTORICAL MYSTERY with a just pre-Regency English setting and an appealing heroine/sleuth is good fun.

BEAUTIFULLY NUANCED, POETIC essays on art, life, culture, and a black woman’s experience from Ntozake Shange.

WACKY ENGLISH COZY mystery, third in a series, features a D-list crime writer and his agent as sleuths.