EDITOR’S CHOICE
Anatomy of Fear by Jonathan Santlofer, $24.95
Santlofer, a visual artist, adds a graphic element to his latest police procedural. It’s the story of two men, one good and the other evil. The good guy is a police sketch artist who uses his psychic abilities to visualize perpetrators. The bad guy, a serial killer, leaves his own drawings at the scenes of his crimes.
Tom Walker
FICTION
The Color of a Dog Running by Richard Gwyn, $27.95 | An atmospheric love story turns into a mystery. Set in Barcelona, it’s as much about the city as it is the relationships.
The Color of Blood by Declan Hughes, $24.95 | Set in the author’s hometown of Dublin, Ireland, this is another in his series of whodunits in a story about a missing girl.
NONFICTION
Hate Mail From Cheerleaders: And Other Adventures From the Life of Reilly by Rick Reilly, $25.95 | Here are 100 of Reilly’s columns carried over the years on the back page of Sports Illustrated magazine. It also includes a new foreword and postscripts from the author.
Ralph Ellison by Arnold Rampersad, $35 | The life of one of the most important books of the 20th century, “The Invisible Man,” is given a full treatment in this new biography.
The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution by David O. Stewart, $27 | Although this is not new material, the author manages to make the story of how our most revered document came into being readable.
PAPERBACKS
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, $13.95 | A highly acclaimed novel set in a traveling circus during the Depression, it’s essentially the story of star-crossed lovers.
Mayflower by Nathaniel Philbrick, $16 | From the author of the best-selling “In the Heart of the Sea” comes the story of the founding of Plymouth Colony.
Uncommon Carriers by John McPhee, $14 | This is a story of people who move things, either by truck, ship, boat, train or air, the people who work in freight transportation.
COMING UP
JUNE
Spare Change by Robert B. Parker, $24.95 | Parker brings back Boston private detective Sunny Randall, who joins with Phil, her retired-cop father, as they set out to nab a serial killer whose trademark is three coins left at each murder site.
The Bestiary by Nicholas Christopher, $25 | Christopher’s latest is part fantasy, part historical fiction. It’s all about the hunt for a medieval text that purportedly details the animals not allowed on Noah’s ark.
JULY
The Fabric of America: How Our Borders and Boundaries Shaped the Country and Forged Our National Identity by Andro Linklater, $25.95 | Linklater goes into detail to discuss how surveyors like Andrew Ellicott created property, which in turn united us into a country.
