A MEMOIR OF FAMILY SECRETS that turn out to be Family secrets, as in “Mafia”. Deftly written and insightful. SOLID B

NEVER TELL OUR BUSINESS TO STRANGERS: A MEMOIR
Random House Publishing Group
2010

DASHING SPACE OPERA set in a post-Earth interstellar diaspora with a Celtic/Chinese flavor. Second in a series. SOLID B

UP JIM RIVER
Tor Books
2010

FIFTH IN CORNWELL’S “Saxon Tales” may be the best yet, as our 9th-century warlord hero questions his alliances. SOLID B

THE BURNING LAND (SAXON TALES #5)
HarperCollins Publishers
2010

INSIDE JERRY FALWELL’S megachurch with a secular writer who starts out undercover, ends up enamored. SOLID B

IN THE LAND OF BELIEVERS: AN OUTSIDER'S EXTRAORDINARY JOURNEY INTO THE HEART OF THE EVANGELICAL CHURCH
Metropolitan Books
2010

FICTIONAL FANTASIA on the real-life, now lost, correspondence between Judge Roy Bean and Lillie Langtry. SOLID B

ROY & LILLIE: A LOVE STORY
Forge
2010

NIGERIAN POLICE PROCEDURAL tells a taut, tense story of murder and political corruption. SOLID B

TREACHERY IN THE YARD: A NIGERIAN THRILLER
Minotaur Books,US
2010

TRUE STORY of a 19th-century bigamy scandal that shocked England and its social implications; well researched. SOLID B

WILD ROMANCE: A VICTORIAN STORY OF A MARRIAGE, A TRIAL, AND A SELF-MADE WOMAN
Walker & Company
2010

TRIPPY, EVOCATIVE novel about a collapsing family in 1980s California has both poignant and hilarious moments. SOLID B

MODEL HOME
Scribner Book Company
2010

TWO WORLDS COLLIDE for a 17-year-old: his father’s porn theater, and his mother’s newfound Hasidic faith. SOLID B

PEEP SHOW
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill
2010

HIGH-SOCIETY SCANDAL, seen from a secondhand store, in newest of the “Dead End Jobs” mystery series. SOLID B #beachread

HALF-PRICE HOMICIDE: A DEAD-END JOB MYSTERY
NAL Hardcover
2010