Editor’s Choice
The Whole Truth, by David Baldacci, $26.99. Nicholas Creel, the head of the Ares Corp., a huge defense contractor, hires a “perception management” firm to start a second cold war by planting fake news stories on the Internet about Russian atrocities. Publishers Weekly
FICTION
Trauma, by Patrick McGrath, $24.95. McGrath (“Port Mungo”) manipulates reader expectations expertly in this sharp-edged psychological study of a man deluded by his personal demons. This is a haunting story of a man in the grip of a painful and beautifully articulated spiritual malaise. Publishers Weekly
Lambrusco, by Ellen Cooney, 25. Cooney (“A Private Hotel for Gentle Ladies”) explores how war causes not just injury to the body but more importantly explains how every participant can be “injured in his nerves, in his self, in his soul.” Kirkus
NONFICTION
Man Killed by Pheasant and Other Kinships, by John T. Price, $25. An appealing, occasionally humorous journey from isolated childhood to fulfilling adulthood, set against the ever-dwindling prairies of small-town Iowa. Price uses a self-effacing voice to guide us through his early days as a youngster in Fort Dodge, surrounded by relatives who had emigrated there decades earlier from Sweden. Kirkus
McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld, by Misha Glenny, $27.95. Former BBC World correspondent Glenny (“The Balkans, 1804-1999”) presents a riveting and chilling journey through the myriad criminal syndicates flourishing in our increasingly globalized world, which make up as much as 20 percent of global GNP. Publishers Weekly
White House Ghosts: Presidents and Their Speechwriters, by Robert Schlesinger, $30. Schlesinger, son of the late historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr., has penned a detail-packed volume chronologically covering presidents from Franklin D. Roosevelt through the George W. Bush administration, with extensive insight into how these leaders have had their messages crafted and packaged. Library Journal
PAPERBACKS
Loving Frank, by Nancy Horan, $14. The novel belongs to the feminist genre not only in its depiction of a woman’s conflicting desires for love and motherhood and a central role in society, but also through its sophisticated — and welcome — focus on the topic of feminism itself. Washington Post
The Wildfire Season, by Andrew Pyper, $14. This third novel by award-winning Canadian Pyper is an edge-of-the-seat thriller, laced with a hint of Native American mysticism. It is also a study in character, set in the beautiful but unforgiving landscape north of the 60th parallel. Publishers Weekly
If I Am Missing or Dead: A Sister’s Story of Love, Murder, and Liberation, by Janine Latus, $15. At age 37, Janine Latus’ younger sister, Amy, was strangled to death by her live-in boyfriend, bundled in a plastic tarp and buried beside a remote country road. … Unforgettable, unsentimental and profoundly affecting, Latus’ book resonates long after the final page is turned. Publishers Weekly
COMING UP
America America, by Ethan Canin, $27. Canin has created a story of political power, ambition and small-town life, set in the ’70s. (June)
The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848, by Martin Dugard, $29.99. Before they faced each other in the Civil War, these giants fought a common enemy. (May)
