SHARP CORPORATE THRILLER with a clever plot and a fierce, intriguingly flawed heroine. B PLUS

THE ASSISTANT: A JESSICA WARNE SPY NOVEL (EMERALD CITY SPIES BOOK 1)
Adventurous Ink
2018

SEARINGLY FRANK MEMOIR of illnesses acute and chronic, addictions to love and drugs, and the dislocations of being Iranian in America. B PLUS

SICK (PAPERBACK)
Harper Perennial
2018

A BORING SUBURB WITH A SECRET: three misfits try to figure out the quirks in their seamless existence. B PLUS

THE MALTINGS
Nathan T. Kaminski
2018

A DEVASTATED EARTH, BATTLING pandemic and nuclear fallout, sees interstellar travelers return. Last in a trilogy. B PLUS

TERRAN TOMORROW
Tor Books
2018

A MILWAUKEE DETECTIVE’S WITCHCRAFT is her secret weapon in solving a wild, complex crime. Great characters and laughs as well. B PLUS

BADGE OF THE BONE RITUAL: A HUMOROUS OCCULT CRIME NOVEL FEATURING DETECTIVE SCOTTY C.
Ah-ha! Publications
2018

A SHIP’S LAST CRUISE turns sour, as things fall apart and tensions build. Sharp parable of changing times, vivid characters. B PLUS

THE LAST CRUISE
Doubleday Books
2018

A FAMILY’S TWIN LEGACIES: Jell-O, and a profound dysfunction that wealth did nothing to relieve. Thoughtful, touching memoir. B PLUS

JELL-O GIRLS (HARDCOVER)
Little
2018

A DEEP-SPACE COLONY IN CRISIS as they start life on a new planet. Fast-paced SF thriller with memorable characters. B PLUS

THE CONCORDIA DECEPTION – A SPACE COLONIZATION EPIC ADVENTURE (SPACE COLONY ONE BOOK 1)
InfiniteBook
2018

ENTERTAINING RIFF ON AUSTEN recasts awkward sister Mary from Pride and Prejudice as a keen observer with a gift for words. B PLUS

MARY B : A NOVEL: AN UNTOLD STORY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Random House
2018

VAMPIRES GO VIRAL: a bloodborne epidemic leads to the creation of a new elite. Cleverly framed thriller with a touch of satire. B PLUS

A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE VAMPIRE UPRISING (HARDCOVER)
Mulholland Books
2018