SHARP LONDON THRILLER with a tough detective heroine and a filmland setting. Admirably twisty plot! B PLUS

THE FORGOTTEN MOTHER: A SPINE CHILLING CRIME THRILLER WITH A HEART STOPPING TWIST (DETECTIVE ARLA BAKER SERIES BOOK 3)
M.L Rose
2019

THE LURES OF SCIENTOLOGY, and the work to end a connection forged in part by a tragedy in the writer’s complicated family. Beautiful memoir, intense and compassionate. B PLUS

FLUNK. START. (HARDCOVER)
Counterpoint LLC
2018

A VIRTUAL REALITY ENFORCER faces unprecedented threats in both the virtual and real worlds. Wonderful plot, lots of action. B PLUS

MIND PARK
Robert Lundeen
2018

THE REAL MYERS AND BRIGGS: the lives of the mother and daughter behind the wildly popular and controversial personality test. Brilliantly researched. B PLUS

THE PERSONALITY BROKERS (HARDCOVER)
Doubleday
2018

SUPERNATURAL SPIES CROSS swords with ancient horrors. Another fine Laundry novel from Charles Stross. B PLUS

THE LABYRINTH INDEX
Tom Doherty Associates Book
2018

THE NEW SCIENCE OF PSYCHEDELIC drugs, from clinical research to personal experience. Intriguing and timely. B PLUS

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR MIND (HARDCOVER)
Penguin Press
2018

A MURDER IN MADRID starts uncovering some dark secrets long kept by supporters of Spain’s brutal Franco dictatorship. Sharp, insightful thriller. B PLUS

MALA VIDA (HARDCOVER)
Arcade
2019

A ROGUE SHARK MENACES a California beach, and an unlikely duo of scientist and surf bum fight to find out why. Vivid excitement! B PLUS

WHITE POINTER
Severed Press
2018

THE SCIENCE AND STUDY OF DREAMS, from neuroscience labs to informal groups. Engaging and thought-provoking. B PLUS

WHY WE DREAM : THE TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF OUR NIGHTLY JOURNEY
Eamon Dolan/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2018

A BAGHDAD CHILD’S TALES of her neighborhood as it dissolves under the strains of war. Beautiful, dreamlike novel. B PLUS

THE BAGHDAD CLOCK (HARDCOVER)
ONEWorld Publications
2018