MAGIC AS A TOOL OF PEACE is the twist in quirky urban fantasy. Lots of local Seattle color, great characters. A MINUS

A KEY, AN EGG, AN UNFORTUNATE REMARK
Radar Avenue Press
2015

TERRIFYINGLY BLEAK, GORGEOUSLY written novel of life in an African dictatorship evokes both Kafka and Achebe. A MINUS

ARROWS OF RAIN
Soho Press
2015

SEARING, INSIGHTFUL MEMOIR paints a vivid picture of old-school thug life in L. A. Eloquent and devastating. A MINUS

GROWING UP GANGSTER: THE RISE, FALL, AND REDEMPTION OF A NOTORIOUS HUSTLER
Brown Girls Publishing
2015

BRILLIANT HISTORY OF “PASSING” across racial boundaries in the US, rich in research, moving personal stories. A MINUS

A CHOSEN EXILE
Harvard University Press
2014

RIVETING FAMILY SAGA sweeps readers from Guyana to London, from the 1930s to the present. Unforgettable! A MINUS

THE SMALL FORTUNE OF DOROTHEA Q: AN EPIC PAGE-TURNING FAMILY SAGA
Bookouture
2015

ABSOLUTELY MASTERFUL SHERLOCKIAN pastiche set in the turmoil following the events at the Reichenbach Falls. A MINUS

MORIARTY
Harper
2014

IN A POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD where humans, animals have mutant powers, a hostage crisis unfolds. Thrilling! A MINUS

HOSTAGE
Book View Cafe
2015

HAUNTING, EXTRAORDINARY NOVEL follows a young Moroccan man to Barcelona amid revolution, love, and loss. A MINUS

STREET OF THIEVES
Open Letter
2014

FEARLESS, POETIC MEMOIR of a writer’s early years centers on his fierce, hardscrabble Louisiana childhood. A MINUS

FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES
Houghton Mifflin
2014

CHARMING SAUDI FANTASY! A “humanistic djinn” takes an interest in a mortal family, and much drama ensues. A MINUS

HWJN (ENGLISH 2ND EDITION)
Yatakhayaloon
2014