HIGH-ENERGY SUPERNATURAL THRILLER pits super-powered secret agents against creepy horrors. Lots of fun! B PLUS

STILETTO
Little, Brown and Company
2016

A VERY ENGLISH FANTASY blends the world of 1920s Oxford with the oldest legends of pre-Roman Britain. Wow! B PLUS

THE WOLF IN THE ATTIC
Solaris
2016

NEW YORK’S ART scene in 1980 is the setting for this richly textured novel (with a touch of magic realism). SOLID B

TUESDAY NIGHTS IN 1980
Gallery/Scout Press
2016

BRILLIANT, STYLISH MYSTERY set among Buenos Aires’s elite features two infinitely likable writer-sleuths. A MINUS

BETTY BOO
Bitter Lemon Press
2016

INTRIGUING MIX OF HISTORY, fiction creates a detailed if a bit detached portrait of a woman and her family. SOLID B

THE DOUBLE LIFE OF LILIANE
Atlantic Monthly Press
2015

A BALLET DANCER’S COMPLICATED life, from her late 1970s childhood to the present, makes for a vivid novel. SOLID B

GIRL THROUGH GLASS: A NOVEL
HarperCollins
2016

A DARING, EXTRAORDINARY THRILLER dives into family secrets, youthful ambition, and the deadly lies we tell. A MINUS

YOU WILL KNOW ME
Little Brown and Company
2016

GORGEOUS, HEARTBREAKING JAMAICAN novel captures the beauty of the country, the struggles of its people. A MINUS

HERE COMES THE SUN
Liveright Publishing Corporation
2016

WELL-CRAFTED HORROR tale centers on a house’s malign influence on a neighborhood. Clever premise, prose. B PLUS

HOLLOW HOUSE
Omnium Gatherum
2016

MARVELOUS FAUX-VICTORIAN THRILLER mashes up the Brontës and Dickens with a fierce, unconventional heroine. A MINUS

JANE STEELE
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
2016