LUCKY 13! The newest caper starring Serge Storms, enforcer of his own quirky Florida justice, is the best yet.

LINKED NARRATIVES tell the history of a space project, its human (and artificial intelligence) pioneers. Fun!

LYRICAL NOVEL brackets motherhood, daughterhood, women’s friendship with the spectre of Wichita’s BTK killer.

TUDOR COURT INTRIGUE swirls as a conflicted young hero makes his way in the world. Nothing new here, but fun!

BRAD MELTZER’S UMPTEENTH Washington thriller is good fun despite its unlikely archivist hero, confusing plot.

CULTURE CLASHES, NANOTECHNOLOGY are flashpoints for this suspenseful SF novel set in a near-future Istanbul.

EROTIC REGENCY gets an A for playful, sexy fun and complex characters, but draws a D for historical accuracy.

DELIGHTFUL HISTORICAL ADVENTURE continues Lauren Willig’s series of spy romps with strong, smart heroines.

FUNNY DUDEBRO TWIST on the “immortal being falls in love with human” trope; New York setting adds grit.

COMPLEX NOVEL portrays a troubled young woman–a US expatriate in Berlin–literally haunted by Nazi history.