Christopher Reich is back with another suspense tale set in the world of high finance with “The Patriots Club,” while in nonfiction, look for “Room Full of Mirrors,” a new biography of tragic ’60s rock star Jimi Hendrix. Howard Frank Mosher’s nostalgic coming-of-age tale “Waiting for Teddy Williams” is out in paperback. Looking ahead, you can expect “Ordinary Heroes,” from “Presumed Innocent” author Scott Turow.
FICTION
“The Patriots Club,” by Christopher Reich, Delacorte, 431 pages, $26|Thomas Bolden is kidnapped and forced to reveal information about people he doesn’t know. Despite his escaping, Bolden’s troubles have just begun.
“Up From Orchard Street,” by Eleanor Widmer, Bantam, 389 pages, $23|This debut novel tells the story of a Russian-Jewish immigrant family trying to survive the 1930s in its Orchard Street tenement.
“Adam Runaway,” by Peter Prince, Touchstone, 438 pages, $24.95|Adam Hanaway is a young Englishman struggling to work his way into the British merchant society of 18th-century Lisbon, Portugal.
NONFICTION
“Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix,” by Charles R. Cross, Hyperion, 384 pages, $24.95|Coinciding with the 35th anniversary of the rock star’s death, Cross interviews more than 330 people, many of whom haven’t spoken on the subject before.
“The Last True Story I’ll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier’s Account of the War in Iraq,” by John Crawford, Riverhead, 219 pages, $23.95|Crawford’s stories chronicle the daily life of a young soldier in Iraq with humor and heartbreak.
“Strawberry Days: How Internment Destroyed a Japanese American Community,” by David A. Neiwert, Palgrave, 280 pages, $29.95|The author relates the story of the creation and ultimate destruction of a Japanese immigrant community in a quiet town in Washington state during World War II.
PAPERBACKS
“Waiting for Teddy Williams,” by Howard Frank Mosher, Mariner, 280 pages, $13|If you like baseball, particularly the Red Sox, this lively tale of growing up in a gentler time is just for you.
“The Last Run: A True Story of Rescue and Redemption on the Alaska Seas,” by Todd Lewan, Harper, 368 pages, $13.95|When the oldest fishing boat registered in Alaska wrecks, five crewmen are cast into the cold sea. This is the story of the teams that tried to rescue them in the teeth of a tempest.
“Outside Valentine,” by Liza Ward, Picador, 301 pages, $14|Ward’s debut novel is based on the Charles Starkweather and Caril Ann Fugate murders in Nebraska in the 1950s.
COMING UP
“Ordinary Heroes,” by Scott Turow, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 320 pages, $25, November|Turow describes a family with secrets dating to World War II and the young man determined to learn the truth.
“States of Being,” by E.L. Doctorow, Random House, 256 pages, $25.95, September|Here is a novel of the Civil War set during Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman’s devastating march through Georgia to the sea.
“Opus Dei, The First Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church,” by John L. Allen Jr., October, Doubleday, 320 pages, $24.95, Oct. |The international association of conservative Catholics has become the target of suspicions both inside and outside the church.
