Challenger Deep, Neil Shusterman, (Harper Teen)–Challenger Deep plunges boldly into the depths of mental illness without the protection of a diving bell, giving the reader a visceral sense of how the mind tries to cope from the intimate perspective of the sufferer.
Death in Florence, Paul Strathern, (Pegasus Books)–Italy in the late fifteenth century comprised a number of city-states engaged in often vicious competition for trade and resources. Alliances between them were made and broken and remade with astonishing frequency.
The Monet Murders, by Terry Mort (Pegasus Crime)| Hollywood is a place for aliases. Nobody’s who they claim to be which suits Bruno Feldspar, PI to the stars, just fine. He has his own reasons for working under a pseudonym.
Spring Remains Mons Kallentoft Emily Bestler Books (Washington Square Press) Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . will please all readers of gritty Scandinavian crime fiction." Spring in the Swedish city of Linköping, Detective Malin Fors is at her...
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H.W. Bush Geoff Dyer Vintage Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a great read for fans of naval vessels and Navy life." Geoff Dyer, who grew up enjoying WW II movies and building model planes,...
Robogenesis Daniel H. Wilson Vintage Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com "Entertainment and warning all in one . . ." In the not-too-distant future a vicious no-holds-barred war between humans and machines rages for three long years, engulfing the world...
The Thickety: The Whispering Trees by J. A. White Katherine Tegen Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a taut, dark and gripping tale . . ." When Kara Westfall’s magical talents are uncovered by her fellow villagers, she and her younger brother...
The Nightmare Place by Steve Mosby Pegasus Crime Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . . a taut no-holds-barred psychological thriller . . ." Detective Inspector Zoe Dolan and her team are faced with a cop's nightmare. A serial rapist they call The Creeper...
Loving Learning: How Progressive Education Can Save America’s Schools Tom Little and Katherine Ellison W.W. Norton & Company Buy This Book www.amazon.com ". . .a bold solution to our nation’s educational challenges. . ." Almost every parent in the...
The Fair Fight Anna Freeman Riverhead Books Buy This Book www.amazon.com "Readers of historical fiction will cheer . . ." The Fair Fight follows three people whose lives come together in the world of pugilism in late Eighteenth century England. Ruth...
