A TOUGH OLD DETECTIVE surrounded by over-the-top theater types and murders in an historic Bath playhouse. Fun!

LONDON’S HIGH SOCIETY, titled Russian expatriates, and complex murders add up to a snazzy 1922-set procedural!

INTENSE, SENSITIVE, EVOCATIVE story of the impact of a hate crime in a small town; YA that resonates for adults.

RUTH RENDELL’S WEXFORD, now retired, shines in his first case as a London consultant. Complex and well-wrought.

FAST-PACED MILITARY science fiction with a vividly drawn future setting. Fights, explosions, adrenaline galore!

STEAMPUNK, ALIEN LIZARDS, and a queenly Dahomeyan secret agent assassin add up to complex alt-Victorian fun.

ULTRASTYLISH CAPER SET in Venice finds a gentleman thief-turned-novelist protagonist in a twisted conspiracy.

CORRUPTION, TURF WARS in the Edinburgh police brought to life; Ian Rankin’s gutsy, gritty panache is inimitable.

BREATHTAKING HISTORICAL FANTASY: glorious take on the power of magic AND sharp commentary on race in the US.

WELL-CRAFTED REGENCY COZY mystery, complete with an Austenesque plucky, bookish spinster sleuth. Quality fun.