AS THE COMMAND POST outside the mysterious Area X decays, eerie things are happening. Thrilling, uncanny SF! B PLUS

THOUGHTFUL, ELOQUENT MEMOIR of a writer’s day jobs in sex work and in human services work. Stunning, raw! B PLUS

WICKEDLY CLEVER SATIRE takes on Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom and bust, along with love, death, metaphysics. B PLUS

THE DEVIL I KNOW
Grove Press
2014

WICKEDLY CLEVER SATIRE takes on Ireland’s “Celtic Tiger” boom and bust, along with love, death, metaphysics. B PLUS

SAD, THOUGHTFUL NOVEL follows a seven-year-old Italian boy through a major life crisis. Beautifully observed. B PLUS

THE FIRST TRUE LIE
Hogarth
2014

ATLANTIC CITY IN its 1970s heyday comes alive in this richly evocative novel of love, loss, and the boardwalk. B PLUS

MR. BOARDWALK
New Door Books
2014

THE SALTIEST SENIOR CITIZEN in all of mystery fiction is back! The Puzzle Lady’s on the track of a killer. B PLUS

NYPD PUZZLE
Minotaur Books
2014

THE SCIENCE OF GETTING SMARTER takes center stage in this engaging overview of intelligence research. B PLUS

SMARTER
Hudson Street Press
2013

AN EERILY BEAUTIFUL STORY of the customs and ceremonies of three nations on a post-technology world. B PLUS

THE STONE BOATMEN
Aqueduct Press
2001

A NATURALIST’S LOVE LETTER to the extraordinary flora and fauna of Florida captures the state’s richness. B PLUS

BITTEN
University Press of Florida
2014