TWO SISTERS, SURVIVORS of a childhood crime, drift apart; one seeks a reconnection decades later. Dreamlike, yet wrenching. B PLUS

EDEN (HARDCOVER)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2018

A POLITICAL PRISONER’S MEMORIES haunt him as he empties his house. Elegiac Brazilian novel explores the impact of the 1964-1985 dictatorship. B PLUS

I DIDN'T TALK (PAPERBACK)
New Directions Publishing Corporation
2018

A SHIPWRECK HUNTER’S MEMOIR casts light on his fascinating profession, and on the science and technology that make his work possible. B PLUS

THE SHIPWRECK HUNTER (HARDCOVER)
Pegasus Books
2018

A SMALL-TOWN WITCHCRAFT MYSTERY with a clever love/hate romance twist. Lots of charm, well plotted. B PLUS

THE WITCH OF AVERY
Kaeraz Publishing
2017

INTRICATE THRILLER FINDS an appealing balance between glossy page-turner and metafiction. Great fun for mystery lovers. B PLUS

THE WORD IS MURDER
HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
2018

A WOMAN’S LIFE IN PRISON, and all the dead ends that led her there. Brutally vivid novel captures despair. B PLUS

THE MARS ROOM (HARDCOVER)
Scribner
2018

VIVIDLY AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL captures the life of an Indian grad student in 1990s New York with heartbreaking precision. B PLUS

IMMIGRANT MONTANA A NOVEL
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
2018

ELEGANTLY SURREAL NOVEL explores grief and obsession through the eyes of a recent widow visiting Havana. B PLUS

THE THIRD HOTEL
FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX
2018

A HERITAGE OF VIOLENCE, and its impact on one Black family and their community. Impassioned, insightful. B PLUS

MY BROTHER MOOCHIE (HARDCOVER)
Other Press
2018

COMPLEX PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER about a serial murderer and his onetime teenage accomplice. Deeply chilling. B PLUS

JAR OF HEARTS (HARDCOVER)
Minotaur Books
2018