EDITOR’S CHOICE
Scarpetta, by Patricia Cornwell, $27.95. While the series may be getting a little long in the tooth, Cornwell has made quite a career out of the scrappy know-it-all forensic pathologist. In this latest, the good doctor has given up her practice, but takes on a strange case involving an injured psych patient who claims he’s being stalked by a killer. The Denver Post
FICTION
The Sweet In-Between, by Sheri Reynolds, $23. Best seller Reynolds delivers again. Simple prose rich with subtext, convincing dialogue and a fascinating protagonist combine to produce a heartstring-plucker that’s explicit, tender, sad, and hopeful. Publishers Weekly
Born to Run, by James Grippando, $25.95. The author of “Last Call” brings back Miami attorney Jack Swyteck, only this time Swyteck moves to the political world of Washington. It seems the vice president, while out hunting alligators in the Everglades, has turned up dead and Jack’s father, Harry, has been offered the VP post. Harry wants Jack to be his lawyer. Of course, Jack soon finds himself up to his armpits in a high-profile murder investigation. The Denver Post
NONFICTION
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945, by Carlo D’Este, $39.95. D’Este (“Patton: A Genius for War”) is a master analyst of 20th-century military leadership, and this book may be his finest yet. Showing a remarkable knowledge of archival and printed sources, he tells the complex story of a statesman and warrior. The New York Times
Stories Done: Writings on the 1960s and Its Discontents, by Mikal Gilmore, $27. In this collection of 18 essays, all but two of which have been previously published, Gilmore ranges over topics as diverse as Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Ken Kesey, Jim Morrison and Johnny Cash. Library Journal
The Lost Art of Walking, by Geoff Nicholson, $24.95. Prolific author and novelist Nicholson (“The Food Chain”) has penned an engaging and entertaining treatise on walking. Chapters include amusing descriptions of walks through cities such as Los Angeles, New York and London, and musings about professional and nonprofessional walkers past and present, walking through nature, street photographers and their craft, and the long walk home or away from home. Library Journal
PAPERBACKS
Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World … One Child at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, $8.99. Rescued by Pakistani villagers after a failed attempt at climbing K2, Mortenson vowed to build them a school. Twelve years later, his Central Asia Institute has built 55 schools (some serving girls) despite fatwas and worse. Publishers Weekly
Fallen Skies, by Philippa Gregory, $16. After losing her father in the Great War, working- class girl Lily Pears becomes chorus girl Lily Valance to help support her widowed mother in Gregory’s moody 1920s historical. Predating her popular Tudor series, this novel attempts to give equal time to both halves of its unhappy couple. Publishers Weekly
Sacco & Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind, by Bruce Watson, $16. Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti are among the most famous political martyrs of 20th-century America, convicted of murder by a Massachusetts jury and executed in 1929. Watson (“Bread and Roses”) expertly runs through the facts of the case and the basic legal injustices perpetrated against the two men. Publishers Weekly
COMING UP
Dante’s Numbers, by David Hewson, $24. Hewson’s popular continuing character Detective Nic Costa finds himself swept up on a journey that takes them from Rome to San Francisco and beyond in a case that centers on Dante’s ancient view of sin and punishment. (February)
