THE STRENGTH (AND WEAKNESS) of Augusten Burroughs’s meta-self-help book is its no-nonsense candor.  Also, wit!

A NAIVE AMERICAN COUPLE face the complexities of oil-company politics in 1967 Saudi Arabia. Evocative in parts.

AN INSPIRING MEMOIR follows a man’s search for his birth parents, brothers and sister. Touching and direct!

ATMOSPHERIC HISTORICAL MYSTERY set in a stately English manor haunted by World War I–and by family secrets.

MARIE ANTOINETTE’S LOVER, Swedish diplomat Axel von Fersen, is brought to life in a complex fictional memoir.

A US EXPATRIATE’S COMPELLING memoir of how his fascination with antique opium paraphernalia led to addiction.

A YOUNG WOMAN’S BATTLE with bipolar disorder, related in parallel with her mother’s caregiving story. Touching.

TWO ENGROSSING NOVELLAS from one of the UK’s star crime writers, Minette Walters. Complex and entertaining!

HIGH-ENERGY, TWISTILY PLOTTED “innocent man in jeopardy” thriller is edge-of-the-seat entertainment done well.

ART THEFT, LOOKED at from the perspectives of detectives, lawmakers, victims, and even thieves. Eye-opening!