YEARS-OLD MURDERS HAUNT a small German village, spark new violence. Suspenseful mystery is a riveting read. B PLUS

SNOW WHITE MUST DIE
Minotaur Books
2013

WONDERFUL COMIC NOIR with a burglar/sleuth tracking down the ghosts of an Old Hollywood scandal. Great stuff! B PLUS

THE FAME THIEF (JUNIOR BENDER #3)
Soho Crime
2013

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ON ESP and other paranormal phenomena, reviewed in entertaining detail. Fun and smart! B PLUS

EXTRA SENSORY: THE SCIENCE AND PSEUDOSCIENCE OF TELEPATHY AND OTHER POWERS OF THE MIND
St. Martin’s Press
2013

UNETHICAL ADOPTIONS, INTERNATIONAL and domestic, examined in detail and with compassion. Eye-opening and sad. B PLUS

THE CHILD CATCHERS: RESCUE, TRAFFICKING, AND THE NEW GOSPEL OF ADOPTION
PublicAffairs
2013

A SMART, WITTY LOOK at “paleofantasy” and other misconceptions about human evolution, from a biologist. B PLUS

PALEOFANTASY: WHAT EVOLUTION REALLY TELLS US ABOUT SEX, DIET, AND HOW WE LIVE
Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
2013

ATMOSPHERIC SWEDISH MYSTERY features a philosophical detective solving a murder that echoes a long-past case. B PLUS

ROOM NO. 10 (ERIK WINTER SERIES #7)
Simon & Schuster
2013

SWASHBUCKLING HISTORICAL ADVENTURE has a dashing secret-agent hero, lively supporting cast, and Napoleon too! B PLUS

THE BARBED CROWN : AN ETHAN GAGE ADVENTURE
Harper
2013

AN AFFECTIONATE PORTRAIT OF ARMENIA in the early 1960s; gorgeous, newly translated work by Vasily Grossman. B PLUS

AN ARMENIAN SKETCHBOOK
New York Review Books
2013

THE MOST NOTORIOUS FEUD in US history, the long conflict between the Hatfields and McCoys, vividly recounted. B PLUS

THE FEUD: THE HATFIELDS AND MCCOYS: THE TRUE STORY
Little Brown and Company
2013

LIFE WITH A NARCISSISTIC mother whose beauty and glamour masked her cruelty to some. Compassionate, candid. B PLUS

CHANEL BONFIRE
Gallery Books
2013