A CORPSE AT A WEDDING launches the peppy plus-size paralegal Odelia Grey on her 6th juicy murder investigation.

NEAR-FUTURE DISASTER novel places its slacker protagonist in a world where civilization ends with a whimper.

PAMPERED RICH KIDS on an adventure game turned deadly find help from an intrepid shrink, EMT in tense thriller.

ENCHANTING, LUMINOUS NOVEL about the power (and limitations) of love and of stories. Haunting and delightful.

QUANTUM PHYSICS THRILLER is an over-the-top pageturner; THE DA VINCI CODE meets A BEAUTIFUL MIND, maybe?

DRIVEN LONDON DETECTIVE Anna Travis hunts a serial killer in this tense, edgy procedural from Lynda La Plante.

1920s PARIS, VIVIDLY reimagined from the point of view of Hadley Richardson (Mrs. Ernest) Hemingway. Great beachread!

GRIM, CHILLING BLEND of alternate history, science fiction, and fantasy takes on early 20th-century eugenics. B PLUS

ELIZABETHAN THRILLER STARS philosopher Giordano Bruno as sleuth; rich in details of court life, low on thrills. B MINUS

TAUT POLICE PROCEDURAL with a richly depicted cast of characters is 13th outing for London detective Bill Slider. B PLUS