THE PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS and science, elegantly explored in a concise meditation on Euclid’s “Elements”.

A PROFESSIONAL CLIMBER LEARNS skydiving, BASE jumping as her way of dealing with a life crisis. Engaging!

A CYBORG SINGULARITY RUN wild is at the heart of this high-tech military thriller.  Page-turning suspense!

A BROKEDOWN US BOXER, drawn into investigating the hundreds of women murdered in Ciudad Juárez.  Grim, true.

SPOOKY HISTORICAL NOVEL mixes horror, legend, and Enlightenment science in a gory, kinky, unsettling tale.

CURMUDGEONLY PUZZLE LADY Cora Felton sleuths again in this engaging cozy (with an Old Hollywood theme).

FAST-PACED MYSTERY YARN has a fine flavor of the 1890s San Francisco underworld and an appealing sleuth duo.

THE MAGIC OF CENTRAL PARK takes center stage in this New York fable, a quirky picture book for grown-ups.

A MIDLIFE MIDLIST WRITER’S howl of pain in the form of a memoir.  Admirably honest, yet somehow unappealing.

INTERESTING LOOK AT how ideas, products, and media “go viral,” with in-depth data from studies and interviews.