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DON’T CRY, TAI LAKE, by Qiu Xiaolong

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

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GATHERING OF WATERS, by Bernice L. McFadden

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

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THE LAND OF DECORATION, by Grace McCleen

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

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OSIRIS, by E. J. Swift

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

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TRUE, by Riikka Pulkkinen

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

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GOD SAVE THE QUEEN, by Kate Locke

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

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THE MEMORY OF BLOOD, by Christopher Fowler

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

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KILL SWITCH, by Neal Baer and Jonathan Greene

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

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WATERGATE, by Thomas Mallon

July 10, 2012

ENTHRALLING RECREATION OF the Nixon administration’s Watergate scandal, with vivid characterizations, detail.

Grade: A MINUS

WATERGATE: A NOVEL
Pantheon
2012

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THE TRUTH OF ALL THINGS, by Kieran Shields

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

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