TV PERSONALITY NANCY GRACE brings us a thriller that’s strongest in its behind-the-scenes celebrity touches. SOLID B

DEATH ON THE D-LIST (HAILEY DEAN SERIES #2)
Hyperion
2010

BREEZY OVERVIEW of the economics and culture of online, video, and computer gaming is informative, chatty. SOLID B

FUN INC.: WHY GAMING WILL DOMINATE THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
Pegasus Books
2010

TALE OF A BRILLIANT woman’s life (1880s to 1940s) may be too good at capturing claustrophobia of her marriage. SOLID B

PRIVATE LIFE
Knopf Publishing Group
2010

WITTY, CHARMING MEMOIR of growing up gay in the 1970s Midwest; no new ground here, but lots of warmth, humor. SOLID B

WHERE’S MY WAND?: ONE BOY’S MAGICAL TRIUMPH OVER ALIENATION AND SHAG CARPETING
Amy Einhorn Books
2010

TRAGICOMEDY OF MANNERS and marriage skewers the cashmere-and-granola self-righteousness of Brooklyn Heights. SOLID B

THE HEIGHTS
Penguin Group (USA)
2010

STRONG CHARACTERIZATION does a lot to redeem the overused “cat and mouse game with a serial killer” plot here. SOLID B

ON THE LINE (LYDIA CHIN AND BILL SMITH SERIES #10)
St. Martin’s Press
2010

STYLISH CAPER, third in a series, features an English thief-turned-writer and his loyal agent trapped in Vegas. SOLID B

THE GOOD THIEF’S GUIDE TO VEGAS (GOOD THIEF’S GUIDES)
Minotaur Books
2010

OVERSTUFFED EPIC/COMIC vampire romance/thriller with a jazzy chick-lit twist is fun, but a bit too crowded. SOLID B

INSATIABLE
HarperCollins Publishers
2010

INFORMATIVE HISTORY of the US Epidemic Intelligence Service is a rich resource but not a compelling read. SOLID B

INSIDE THE OUTBREAKS: THE ELITE MEDICAL DETECTIVES OF THE EPIDEMIC INTELLIGENCE SERVICE
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2010

CANDID, CHARMING–if a bit precious–memoir by the child of two Jungian therapists whose work shaped his life. SOLID B

GROWING UP JUNG: COMING OF AGE AS THE SON OF TWO SHRINKS
W. W. Norton & Company
2010