THE INSIDE STORY of the stellar talents, monumental egos, epic slapfights that created DreamWorks film studios. SOLID B

THE MEN WHO WOULD BE KING: AN ALMOST EPIC TALE OF MOGULS, MOVIES, AND A COMPANY CALLED DREAMWORKS
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
2010

TECHNO-THRILLER WITH A MESSAGE, this sequel to 2009’s DAEMON is a dystopic utopia with explosions. SOLID B #beachread

FREEDOM
Penguin Group (USA)
2010

STRANGER THAN FICTION and just as fascinating is the true story of history’s biggest diamond heist. SOLID B #beachread

FLAWLESS: INSIDE THE LARGEST DIAMOND HEIST IN HISTORY
Union Square Press
2010

TENSE, COMPELLING HISTORICAL thriller richly evokes 16th century Paris, terrors of the Inquisition. B PLUS #beachread

THE ASTRONOMER: A NOVEL OF SUSPENSE
Walker & Company
2010

MELLOW AND POIGNANT as always, this 11th novel of Botswana’s No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency satisfies. B PLUS #beachread

THE DOUBLE COMFORT SAFARI CLUB
Wheeler Publishing
2010

NOIR-INFLECTED TIME TRAVEL is a gritty, appealing take on some of the genre’s most familiar themes. B PLUS #beachread

EXPIRATION DATE
Minotaur Books
2010

TRUE MEDICAL HISTORY of the “sleeping sickness” epidemic in ’20s America is grim, well researched, well written. B PLUS

ASLEEP: THE FORGOTTEN EPIDEMIC THAT REMAINS ONE OF MEDICINE’S GREATEST MYSTERIES
Berkley Trade Pub
2010

GRIM, COMPLEX THRILLER set in pre-World War II Berlin creates compellingly bleak atmosphere, trapped characters. B PLUS

THE INFORMER
Crown Publishing Group
2010

FIZZY COCKTAIL mixing paranormal tales, spy novels; fourth in the “Secret Histories” series. Twisty plot. Fun! SOLID B

FROM HELL WITH LOVE
Roc
2010

TRAVEL MEMOIR of a year spent on world’s most dangerous planes, boats, trains, buses. Cool info but whiny tone. B MINUS

THE LUNATIC EXPRESS: DISCOVERING THE WORLD…VIA ITS MOST DANGEROUS BUSES, BOATS, TRAINS, AND PLANES
Crown Publishing Group
2010