HIGH-ENERGY FUTURE THRILLER stars an android FBI agent, his burned-out partner, a wonderfully complex crime. A MINUS

LOCK IN
Tor Books
2014

GLORIOUSLY DETAILED COMPENDIUM of information on daily life in Victorian England, by a historian/reenactor. A MINUS

HOW TO BE A VICTORIAN
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2014

AN EXTRAORDINARY, RICHLY IMAGINED fantasy world is the stage for a high-stakes epic of a planet in crisis. A MINUS

THE CHANGING OF THE SUN
Tenth Muse Publishing
2014

THE SCIENCE OF RESUSCITATION, and the challenges it presents for doctors, patients, and society. Fascinating! A MINUS

SHOCKED: ADVENTURES IN BRINGING BACK THE RECENTLY DEAD
Current Hardcover
2014

INTENSE, ENGROSSING BIOGRAPHY of double agent Kim Philby focuses on the friends who enabled his deception. A MINUS

A SPY AMONG FRIENDS
Crown
2014

LIZZIE BORDEN REIMAGINED as a monster hunter, her sister Emma as scientist. Gripping horror, full of action. A MINUS

MAPLECROFT
Roc
2014

SUBTLE, WRENCHING, IMPECCABLY spare novel follows a doctor in crisis: as surgeon, as woman, as ethical being. A MINUS

DIRTY WORK
Little
2014

AN ELOQUENT, TROUBLING NOVEL traces a complex family drama against the vivid backdrop of modern Nepal. A MINUS

THE CITY SON
Soho Press
2014

BRILLIANT, CAUSTIC SATIRE with a hint of magic skewers Mexico’s political corruption and widespread poverty. A MINUS

QUESADILLAS
FSG Originals
2014

A TENDER, ELEGANTLY UNSETTLING story of an English teen haunted by his fetal twin. Beautiful and spooky. A MINUS

BEING SMALL
Per Aspera Press
2014