Posts tagged with ‘Novels’
July 28, 2012
SHANGHAI POLICE INSPECTOR Chen’s vacation is marred by murder and environmental skulduggery. Appealing mystery!
Grade: B PLUS
DON'T CRY, TAI LAKE: AN INSPECTOR CHEN NOVEL
St. Martin's/Minotaur
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, China, Mystery, Novels
July 27, 2012
ELEGAIC, MOVING RE-IMAGINING of the lives of Emmett Till, the girl who loved him, and her family. A triumph.
Grade: A MINUS
GATHERING OF WATERS
Akashic Books
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, African American Writers, Black Writers, Historical Fiction, Novels
July 25, 2012
HEARTBREAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL, DELICATE English novel about a young girl isolated by a tiny religious community.
Grade: B PLUS
THE LAND OF DECORATION
Henry Holt & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
July 21, 2012
AN ARTIFICIAL ISLAND CITY wracked by class struggle and environmental threats in a future world; compelling.
Grade: SOLID B
OSIRIS (OSIRIS PROJECT #1)
Night Shade Books
2012
Tags: Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
July 18, 2012
NUANCED, POETIC NOVEL explores love, death, memory, and secrets among three generations of a Finnish family.
Grade: B PLUS
TRUE
Other Press
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Finland, Finnish Writers, Novels
July 16, 2012
HIGH-ENERGY FANTASY of an alternate England where a vampire Victoria has ruled for generations. Entertaining!
Grade: SOLID B
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
Orbit Books
2012
Tags: Fantasy, Novels, Solid B Reviews
July 14, 2012
LONDON’S PECULIAR CRIMES Unit rides again, in another entertaining mystery starring the UK’s oddest cops.
Grade: B PLUS
THE MEMORY OF BLOOD: A PECULIAR CRIMES UNIT MYSTERY
Bantam
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
July 12, 2012
COMPLEX, ENTERTAINING THRILLER follows a psychiatrist and a cop along the trail of a serial killer.
Grade: SOLID B
KILL SWITCH
Kensington
2011
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
July 10, 2012
ENTHRALLING RECREATION OF the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal, with vivid characterizations, detail.
Grade: A MINUS
WATERGATE: A NOVEL
Pantheon
2012
Tags: A Minus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Novels, Politics
July 7, 2012
TIGHTLY CRAFTED HISTORICAL mystery stars a Sherlock-brilliant detective tracking a serial killer in 1892 Maine.
Grade: B PLUS
THE TRUTH OF ALL THINGS
Crown
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Novels