CREEPY NOIR COMEDY about a woman who finds her calling in mercy killings–of her perfectly healthy friends.

WONDERFULLY IMAGINATIVE FANTASY riff on a takeover bid in Hell is a YA title plenty sharp enough for grownups.

A YOUNG WRITER’S MEMOIR of her mother’s disappearance eloquently conveys the impact of uncertainty and loss.

FUNNY, RUEFUL, WISE essays about family dysfunction, celebrity, love, and especially dogs from Merrill Markoe.

WISTFUL, HAUNTING LITTLE fable of how love, friendship, and imagination persist and flourish under oppression.

A YOUNG WOMAN’S MEMOIR of losing her sense of smell and (spoiler!) regaining it is intriguing, well researched.

DECK THE HALLS with Flavia de Luce! The spookily precocious child sleuth returns for a Christmassy whodunit.

A JOURNALIST’S DIVORCE MEMOIR is at its best when most personal, at its worst when it turns to pop sociology. B MINUS

IN SPITE OF EVERYTHING: A MEMOIR
Random House
2011

JUICY TRUE CRIME story of the German man who posed as “Clark Rockefeller” and others, exhaustively reported. SOLID B

THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT: THE ASTONISHING RISE AND SPECTACULAR FALL OF A SERIAL IMPOSTOR
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
2011

SHARP, THOUGHT-PROVOKING SF novel about a scientist obsessed with building his own prostheses is a wry parable. B PLUS

MACHINE MAN
Random House Inc
2011