This week you can look for another Lisa Scottoline novel, while the nonfiction shelves have a story of the harrowing life of a relief worker in Somalia in the mid- to late ’90s. Former President Bill Clinton’s autobiography, “My Life,” is out in paperback, both trade and mass-market.
FICTION
“Devil’s Corner,” by Lisa Scottoline, HarperCollins, 393 pages, $25.95|Prosecutor Vicki Allegretti is out to administer justice for two people who are gunned down right in front of her.
“Life by Moonlight,” by Amanda Quick, Putnam, 385 pages, $24.95|The best-selling romance novelist is back with a historical novel set in venerable Victorian England.
“Gods of Aberdeen,” by Micah Nathan, Simon & Schuster, 369 pages, $24|This debut novel is set in the halls of an elite New England college where a young man learns more than he bargained for in the search for the clues to an ancient mystery.
NONFICTION
“Where Soldiers Fear to Tread: A Relief Worker’s Tale of Survival,” by John S. Burnett, Bantam, 345 pages, $24|Burnett, a former journalist, recounts the time he spent providing relief to Somalia during 1997 and 1998.
“Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier’s Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo,” by Erik Saar and Viveca Novak, Penguin, 292 pages, $24.95|Saar shocked the world when his report illuminated some disturbing accounts of what was going at “Gitmo.” This book goes even further into the story.
“The Story of My Life: An Afghan Girl on the Other Side of the Sky,” by Farah Ahmedi with Tamim Ansary, Simon Spotlight, 249 pages, $22|As a 7-year- old in Afghanistan, Ahmedi lost a leg to a land mine. She eventually found her way to the United States. This is her story.
PAPERBACKS
“My Life,” by Bill Clinton, Vintage, 969 pages, $17.95|Here is the story of former President Bill Clinton, told in his own words, from his upbringing in Arkansas, through college, the governorship in Arkansas and, finally, the White House.
“A Song I Knew by Heart,” by Bret Lott, Ballantine, 303 pages, $13.95|Naomi and Ruth are thrown together for comfort when an automobile accident leaves one a widow and the other a grieving mother.
“Between Two Rivers,” by Nicholas Rinaldi, Harper Perennial, 432 pages, $14.95|Mingling tales offer portraits of the characters who inhabit the fictional condominium building Echo Terrace.
COMING UP
“Oh Pure and Radiant Heart,” by Lydia Millet, Soft Skull, 448 pages, $25, July|Here is one of those “what if” tales: What if all the primary physicists from the crew that built the atomic bomb for the U.S. came back to assess their legacy?
“In Time of War: Hitler’s Terrorist Attack on America,” by Pierce O’Donnell, The New Press, 464 pages, $27.95, June|The true story of how eight Germans came ashore in New Jersey and Florida intent on blowing up buildings and railroad hubs throughout the country.
“The Patriots Club,” by Christopher Reich, Delacorte, 435 pages, $26, July|The author of “Numbered Account” returns with a thriller about a man raised in foster homes who becomes a success on Wall Street. Then his world spins out of control after a strange kidnapping.
