BOSTON’S 1721 SMALLPOX epidemic, public roles of Cotton Mather, Ben Franklin cast light on Colonial science. SOLID B

POX AND THE COVENANT: MATHER, FRANKLIN, AND THE EPIDEMIC THAT CHANGED AMERICA’S DESTINY
Sourcebooks, Incorporated
2010

HIGH-QUALITY CHICK LIT adds a yoga theme to tried and true formula of “four young NYC women becoming friends.” SOLID B

BALANCING ACTS
Harper Paperbacks
2010

A WRITER’S SPIRITUAL SEARCH captured in a thoughtful memoir; her family stories are the best parts by far. SOLID B

DEVOTION: A MEMOIR
Harper
2010

EERIE, UNSETTLING LITTLE FABLE about a wandering little-girl philosopher and the people she encounters. SOLID B

THE PEOPLE WHO WATCHED HER PASS BY
Two Dollar Radio
2010

SOLID THRILLER gets extra pizzazz from its vividly-presented setting: a fancy New York fertility clinic. SOLID B

HUSH by Kate White
New York: HarperCollins
March, 2010

ENGAGING, CLEARLY WRITTEN bio is a love letter to activist Jane Jacobs’s fight vs. overdevelopment in NYC. SOLID B

WRESTLING WITH MOSES: HOW JANE JACOBS TOOK ON NEW YORK’S MASTER BUILDER AND TRANSFORMED THE AMERICAN CITY by Anthony Flint
New York: Random House
July 2009

ISTANBUL’S DRAG-QUEEN HOTSPOTS are the setting for a charming mystery with offbeat characters, Turkish flavor. SOLID B

THE GIGOLO MURDER
Penguin Books
2009

CHARMING MYSTERY set in the earliest days of the US silent film industry has a wealth of historical detail. SOLID B

THE EDGE OF RUIN
St. Martin’s Press
2010

TIGHTLY CRAFTED legal thriller is full of plot twists, sharp dialogue that redeem over-the-top storyline. SOLID B

FALSE CONVICTIONS
Grand Central Publishing
2010

A YEAR ON THE INSIDE of a couples’ therapy group brings us absorbing stories of five marriages in transition. SOLID B

THE HUSBANDS AND WIVES CLUB: A YEAR IN THE LIFE OF A COUPLES THERAPY GROUP
Touchstone
2010