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THE ODDS, by Stewart O’Nan

January 25, 2012

BITTERSWEET PARABLE OF midlife crisis follows a couple risking their finances and marriage in one last gamble.

Grade: B PLUS

THE ODDS: A LOVE STORY
Viking
2012

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BELIEVING THE LIE, by Elizabeth George

January 23, 2012

DEFTLY PLOTTED UK mystery: brooding aristocrat Inspector Lynley investigates death among the rich and famous.

Grade: SOLID B

BELIEVING THE LIE
Dutton
2012

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THE BOOK OF LIES, by Mary Horlock

January 21, 2012

GRIM, ATMOSPHERIC TALE traces the impact of Nazi occupation on the island of Guernsey, and on one girl’s family.

Grade: B PLUS

THE BOOK OF LIES
Harper Perennial
2011

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THE BEGINNERS, by Rebecca Wolff

January 19, 2012

STARTLINGLY POETIC IMAGES of small-town life redeem this book’s soap-opera plot about a young girl in crisis.

Grade: SOLID B

THE BEGINNERS
Penguin
2011

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THE ASTOUNDING, THE AMAZING, AND THE UNKNOWN, by Paul Malmont

January 18, 2012

WORLD WAR II THRILLER with an all-star cast of science fiction writers and scientists; fun historical caper!

Grade: SOLID B

THE ASTOUNDING, THE AMAZING, AND THE UNKNOWN
Simon and Schuster
2011

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THE GILDED SHROUD, by Elizabeth Bailey

January 17, 2012

CHARMING HISTORICAL MYSTERY with a just pre-Regency English setting and an appealing heroine/sleuth is good fun.

Grade: B PLUS

THE GILDED SHROUD
Penguin
2011

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THE HERRING IN THE LIBRARY, by L. C. Tyler

January 16, 2012

WACKY ENGLISH COZY mystery, third in a series, features a D-list crime writer and his agent as sleuths.

Grade: SOLID B

THE HERRING IN THE LIBRARY
Felony & Mayhem
2011

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LIGHTNING RODS, by Helen DeWitt

January 14, 2012

POINTED SATIRE OF the business world’s sociopathy, misogyny is like spending 2+ hours with a misogynist sociopath.  SOS

LIGHTNING RODS
New Directions
2011

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CALLING MR. KING, by Ronald De Feo

January 13, 2012

AN ODDLY APPEALING HITMAN in the grip of a midlife crisis is the protagonist of this unusual, surprising novel.

Grade: SOLID B

CALLING MR. KING
Other Press
2011

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TEN THOUSAND SAINTS, by Eleanor Henderson

January 12, 2012

THE LOST BOYS (and girls) of the 1980s punk and straight-edge scenes take center stage in this elegaic novel.

Grade: SOLID B

TEN THOUSAND SAINTS
Ecco
2011

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