CLEVER, ENGAGING FANTASY set in an otherworldly kingdom at war and plagued by magical amnesia. Good stuff! B PLUS

SWEEPING CHANGES
BookBaby
2015

COMPLETELY DELIGHTFUL COZY mystery marks the return of Simon Brett’s Mrs. Pargeter, dowager queen of crooks. B PLUS

MRS PARGETER’S PRINCIPLE : A COZY MYSTERY FEATURING THE RETURN OF MRS PARGETER
Creme de La Crime
2015

A POST-PANDEMIC POLICE STATE; a broke former socialite playing dangerous games. Haunting near-future thriller. B PLUS

IMMUNITY
Simon & Schuster
2015

ON A HARSH, NEWLY settled planet, a leader—warrior, mother, hunter, conservationist—fights for her people. B PLUS

ARCHANGEL
Resurrection House
2015

SLICK, STYLISH THRILLER stars a duo of globetrotting supercriminals, but fear, desperation are vividly evoked. B PLUS

VANISHING GAMES
Knopf Publishing Group
2015

GLOSSY, CLEVER, SURPRISINGLY complex novel about a woman whose upscale life is haunted by a past tragedy. B PLUS

LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE A NOVEL
SIMON & SCHUSTER TRADE
2015

MAXINE KUMIN’S MEMOIR is as terse, elegant, and full of love as any of the late Pulitzer Prize winner’s poems. B PLUS

THE PAWNBROKER’S DAUGHTER
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
2015

CHARMING “OLD HOLLYWOOD” novel captures the wild life of Olive Thomas, a winsome star of the silent film era. B PLUS

THE FORGOTTEN FLAPPER
None
2015

THE UNFLINCHING JOURNALISTIC EYE of Jon Krakauer turns to rape in a Montana town, uncovers wrenching details. B PLUS

MISSOULA: RAPE AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM IN A COLLEGE TOWN
BANTAM DOUBLEDAY DELL
2015

A TAUT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER in the great English tradition: secrets and danger at an isolated house party. B PLUS

IN A DARK, DARK WOOD
Gallery/Scout Press
2015