CHATTY BIOGRAPHY OF the late, great rock icon Freddie Mercury has an insider feel, if no profound depths.

THE DETECTIVE ADVENTURES of a gentle but worldly (a WWII combat veteran!) vicar in 1950s England. Charming.

WILD, ROUGH AND TUMBLE memoir by a high-end art forger of his checkered career and jet set life.  Unruly fun!

COMPLEX, THOUGHTFUL HISTORICAL mystery features vivid characterization and a wealth of 1780s English detail.

SURPRISINGLY ENTERTAINING MEMOIR details a writer’s multi-decade struggle with a serious anxiety disorder.

THE SHATTERING IMPACT of World War I is vividly depicted here; the portrayal of family conflict is less strong.

A MOTHER/DAUGHTER relationship, fractured by addiction and depression, is healed by feminism and by coming out.

SWEET FABLE ABOUT love, loss, and neighborhood from Sandra Cisneros, with charming art by Ester Hernández.

BLEAK, COMPLEX POLICE procedural from Swedish crime fiction star Håkan Nesser. Atmospheric, if dour, puzzler!

TOPICAL TECHNO-THRILLER FEATURES drones, hackers, “black ops”–ripped-from-the-headlines Crichtonesque chills!