The Crazy Man, by Pamela Porter

I loved it so much I'm not sure where to begin. It was the first novel-in-verse I've ever read and finished--it was beautiful, breathtaking, touching, sad, heartwarming, funny, sweet, poignant...and also easy to read and lacking in the pretension I had found in other novels-in-verse I had tried to read in the past. Truly one of my favourites of the year!

Dead Guy's Stuff, by Sharon Fiffer

I loved it! This is the first Sharon Fiffer I've read, only the second in her Jane Wheel series. I think I'll have to go back and read her debut, then add her to my list of go-to mystery authors!