Midnight Never Come, by Marie Brennan, copyright 2008 by Bryn Neuenscwander; ISBN-13 978-0-316-02029-9.

I really enjoyed this mix of faerie an Elizabethan England. Interestingly, this novel was inspired by part of a campaign of the Changeling RPG, which was one of the things talked about in the informative “Extras” section of the book, where she recommends three books by the folklorist Katherine Briggs: two on general British faerie lore (British Folk-Tales and Legends and The Faeries in Tradition and Literature) and one specifically about Shakespeare's time (The Anatomy of Puck). I'll have to look for those, and for Maire Brennan's other books. She has a website <http://www.mariebrennan.net>.

SPQR XII — Oracle of the Dead, by John Maddox Roberts.

I've enjoyed this series, and this entry was good.

The Water Thief, by Ben Pastor.

I enjoyed this, though it was sometimes annoying.

Where Serpents Sleep, by C. S. Harris, copyright 2008 by The Two Talers; Obsidian/New American Library/Penguin Group (USA) Inc./Penguin Books Ltd.; November 2008; ISBN 987-0-451-22512-2.

A Sebastian St. Cyr mystery. The others are: What Angels Fear, When Gods Die, and Why Mermaids Sing. (I think I've missed that latter. Have to find it.)

Jerico Moon, copyright 1998 by Matthew Woodring Stover; ROC/The Penguin Group, April 1998; ISBN 0-451-45678-5.

An excellent historical fantasy.