THE AFFAIR, by Alicia Clifford
AFTER HER DEATH, an English writer’s children and grandchildren discover her secrets. Well done family drama.
Grade: SOLID B
THE AFFAIR
St. Martin's Press
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
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AFTER HER DEATH, an English writer’s children and grandchildren discover her secrets. Well done family drama.
Grade: SOLID B
THE AFFAIR
St. Martin's Press
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews
ROLLICKING COMIC NOVEL about the misadventures of a larger-than-life country girl in a snooty beach resort.
Grade: SOLID B
HAPPILY EVER MADDER
Penguin
2012
Tags: Humor, Novels, Solid B Reviews, Women's Fiction
PRE-WAR ENGLISH COMEDY OF manners turns into a dreamlike tale of family secrets and the afterlife. Haunting!
Grade: SOLID B
THE UNINVITED GUESTS
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Paranormal, Solid B Reviews
WISTFUL, COMPELLING GHOST story in the grand English tradition of Daphne du Maurier and Susan Hill.
Grade: SOLID B
THE GREATCOAT: A GHOST STORY
Atlantic Monthly Press
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Horror, Novels, Paranormal, Solid B Reviews
SHARP FRENCH THRILLER has an admirably complex plot, lots of action, intriguing neuroscience-fiction premise.
Grade: SOLID B
SYNDROME E
Viking
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews, Thriller
PLUCKY PLUS-SIZED PARALEGAL and sleuth Odelia Grey is on another complex murder case. Well-done cozy fun!
Grade: SOLID B
HIDE AND SNOOP
Midnight Ink
2012
Tags: Mystery, Novels, Solid B Reviews
CHARMING SCIENCE-FICTION SATIRE pits an entertainment lawyer against the rest of the universe. Snarky fun!
Grade: SOLID B
YEAR ZERO
Del Rey
2012
Tags: Humor, Novels, Science Fiction, Solid B Reviews
THE SECRET WORLD of stage magic and magicians, explored with love and humor by a writer/scientist/magician.
Grade: SOLID B
FOOLING HOUDINI: MAGICIANS, MENTALISTS, MATH GEEKS AND THE HIDDEN POWERS OF THE MIND
HarperCollins
2012
Tags: Mathematics, Memoirs, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Solid B Reviews, Stage Magic
A JOURNALIST DELVES INTO the complex science (and business) of sleep and makes some interesting discoveries!
Grade: SOLID B
DREAMLAND: ADVENTURES IN THE STRANGE SCIENCE OF SLEEP
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: Health, Mental Health and Illness, Neuroscience, Non-Fiction, Solid B Reviews
ATMOSPHERIC HISTORICAL NOVEL set in an 1850s English mental hospital is rich in vivid Victorian period detail.
Grade: SOLID B
THE PAINTED BRIDGE
Charles Scribner and Sons
2012
Tags: Historical Fiction, Novels, Solid B Reviews