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

A TUDOR SCANDAL RETOLD with a journalistic touch in this well researched examination of the Amy Robsart mystery.

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

A BELOVED DOG inspires a man to stop drinking and start living. Touching, candid, and surprisingly wry.

GOSSIPY, FUN HISTORY looks at the madams and dance-hall girls who were high rollers in 19th-century Montana.

SPACE OPERA, THRILLER, nanotech fantasia combine in tale of folks on an asteroid battling both thugs, rogue AIs. SOLID B

FOOD ALLERGY SELF-HELP/MEMOIR by a counselor who also has severe food allergies is clear, helpful, and detailed. SOLID B

ALLERGIC GIRL: ADVENTURES IN LIVING WELL WITH FOOD ALLERGIES
Turner Publishing Company
2011

TRIPPY, HALLUCINATORY 1960s coming-of-age novel brings a troubled teen’s real, fantasy lives vividly into focus. SOLID B

JOURNAL OF A UFO INVESTIGATOR
Viking Adult
2011

INTERESTING “PSYCHOBIOGRAPHY” OF 20th century writer Truman Capote links his life and work. Voyeuristic but fun. SOLID B

TINY TERROR: : WHY TRUMAN CAPOTE (ALMOST) WROTE ANSWERED PRAYERS (INNER LIVES)
Oxford University Press
2011

SNARKY, OVER-THE-TOP tale of the home renovation from Hell has some hilarious moments but doesn’t quite gel. SOLID B

IF YOU WERE HERE
Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
2011