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THE REVISIONISTS, by Thomas Mullen

May 19, 2012

SUBTLE, MIND-BENDING THRILLER compellingly mixes time travel, espionage, and digital revolutionaries. Wild!

Grade: A MINUS

THE REVISIONISTS
Little, Brown and Company
2011

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GETAWAY, by Lisa Brackmann

May 17, 2012

A VACATIONING WIDOW gets caught in the undertow of a Mexican drug war in this savvy noir-esque thriller.

Grade: B PLUS

GETAWAY
Soho Press
2012

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THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST, by Nick Arvin

May 16, 2012

QUIETLY COMPELLING, EVOCATIVE novel about an accident investigator haunted by his brother’s early death.

Grade: B PLUS

THE RECONSTRUCTIONIST
Harper Perennial
2012

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BEFORE THE POISON, by Peter Robinson

May 13, 2012

MARVELOUSLY CRAFTED NOVEL of an expatriate returning to England and being caught up in a 60-year-old murder.

Grade: A MINUS

BEFORE THE POISON
William Morrow
2012

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THE MIRAGE, by Matt Ruff

May 11, 2012

ENGROSSING ALTERNATE HISTORY thriller inverts the War on Terror in a parallel universe. Beautifully done!

Grade: B PLUS

THE MIRAGE
Harper
2012

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THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, by Pamela Redmond

May 9, 2012

MULTIGENERATIONAL FAMILY SAGA takes on class, race, adoption, reproductive rights, but never quite comes alive.

Grade: SOLID B

THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU
Gallery Books
2012

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SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER, by Grace Octavia

May 6, 2012

MAGNIFICENTLY ENTERTAINING SOAP-OPERA tale of a woman finding a secret society/support group for spurned wives.

Grade: B PLUS

SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER
Kensington/Dafina
2011

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CHOCOLATE COVERED MURDER, by Leslie Meier

May 2, 2012

CHARMING COZY MYSTERY set in small-town coastal Maine features a local newspaper reporter (and mom) as sleuth.

Grade: SOLID B

CHOCOLATE COVERED MURDER
Kensington
2011

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HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES, by Tim Powers

May 1, 2012

INTRICATE VICTORIAN TALE of horror finds ghosts and vampires haunting London’s literati. Chilling and poetic!

Grade: A MINUS

HIDE ME AMONG THE GRAVES
HarperCollins
2012

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RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard

April 26, 2012

KENTUCKY NOIR RIDES again in these latest adventures of Elmore Leonard’s US Marshal antihero, Raylan Givens.

Grade: B PLUS

RAYLAN
William Morrow
2012

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