From the ranks of thriller fiction comes “On the Run” from author Iris Johansen. In nonfiction, look for “My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope,” by L. Paul Bremer III. And, in paperback, “102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers,” by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn. Coming in April, “Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of of the First Lady,” by Ronald Kessler.
FICTION
On the Run, by Iris Johansen, Bantam, 340 pages, $26|The bestselling Johansen returns with another thriller. This one is about a woman and her daughter who are being secreted by the CIA on a horse ranch after a miffed mission when they are pursued by bad characters.
My Lucky Star, by Joe Keenan, Little, Brown, 368 pages, $24.95|The author, a writer with the TV show “Frasier,” offers up this spoof of Hollywood featuring a trio of writers who are lured to Tinseltown with the hope of hitting it big.
The Space Between Us, by Thrity Umrigar, William Morrow, 321 pages, $24.95|Set in Bombay, this is the story of Sera Dubash, an upper middle-class Parsi housewife, and Bhima, the domestic servant who works in her home. Although the women share emotions, their stations in life keep them at a distance.
NONFICTION
My Year in Iraq: The Struggle to Build a Future of Hope,” by L. Paul Bremer III with Malcolm McConnell, Simon & Schuster, 417 pages, $27|Here are the memories of Bremer, who was the senior American civilian in Iraq during the first 14 months after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime in Baghdad.
Where the Lightning Strikes: The Lives of American Indian Sacred Places, by Peter Nabokov, Viking, 350 pages, $24.95 |The author takes a comprehensive look at 16 sacred places across the nation describing how they each play a significant part in the history of native Americans. One is the Colorado River.
You’ll Never Nanny in This Town Again: The True Adventures of a Hollywood Nanny by Suzanne Hansen, Crown, 289 pages, $22|Hansen describes her life as a trained nanny to the stars as “misadventures in nannyhood.”
PAPERBACKS
102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers,” by Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, Times Books, 337 pages, $15|In a gripping read, the authors, reporters for The New York Times, take readers inside the Twin Towers for the time between the crash of the airliner into the first tower to the collapse of the second.
The Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe, by Sarah Churchwell, Picador, 371 pages, $16 |The author takes a step back to look at the people who have looked at the famous actress, asking why so much has been written about her and what that says about us.
What Comes After Crazy, by Sandi Kahn Shelton, Three Rivers Press, 324 pages, $13.95 |In this comedic debut novel, a woman’s “free spirit” mother has left her woefully unprepared for life as a single parent.
COMING UP
Laura Bush: An Intimate Portrait of the First Lady,” by Ronald Kessler, Doubleday, 288 pages, $26, April|The author, who also wrote “A Matter of Character,” about the president, offers the only book about the First Lady written with White House cooperation.
The Last Witchfinder, by James Morrow, William Morrow, 576 pages, $25.95, March|A story of bigotry and closed-mindedness set in London and the American colonies when everyday acts were judged by the official Parliamentary Witchcraft Act.
Manhunt: The Twelve-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer,” by James L. Swanson, William Morrow, 432 pages, $26.95, February|After shooting Lincoln on April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth relied on his intelligence and luck to elude the nation’s best detectives and an army of government agents for nearly two weeks.
