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The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Alan C. Bradley

Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, is propelled into a mystery when a man is found murdered on the grounds of her family's decaying English mansion and Flavia's father becomes the main suspect. [NoveList]

The Yiddish Policemen's Union
Michael Chabon

In a world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy. [NoveList]

Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter
Tom Franklin

Crooked letter is the letter S. It can also stand for a snake, symbol of evil In Mississipi, a young girl has gone missing and everyone blames Larry Ott. Years ago he dated a girl who disappeared shortly afterwards and though the body was never found Ott is perceived as a killer and ostracised. Ott had a black friend named Silas Jones and though they no longer are friends their lives will intertwine and the truth will surface changing the way they perceive themselves and each other.

A very atmospheric and well-crafted novel, more of a psychological drama than a suspense.

The White Devil
Justin Evans

Andrew Taylor is a young American student who goes to Britain to attend Harrow, an exclusive private boy’s school in London. The description of the gothic school sets the tone to the book from the start. Andrew will perceive the presence of a ghost and witness the murder of one of his friends. People close to him will be infected by tuberculosis. Andrew will discover that the ghost is a young boy who attended Harrow around 1807 and was the lover of Lord Byron.

A Drink Before the War
Dennis Lehane

Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are private detectives in Boston. They are hired by a Congressman to find his employee who has disappeared with very important documents. Kenzie and Gennaro will discover that the documents in question are highly compromizing photos of the politician. They will also be in the middle of a gang war between two rival black gangs. Through this thriller Lehane paints a vivid portrait of modern Boston society -the racism and violence of the streets and the hypocrisie and corruption of the white politicians.