Editor’s Choice
Very Valentine, by Adriana Trigiani, $25.99. In Trigiani’s (“Big Stone Gap”) launch of a new trilogy, 33-year-old Valentine attempts to save her family’s custom shoe business while dealing with family and relationship dramas set against the backdrop of New York City and Italy. Nicely written with vivid images of high fashion, New York, and traditional Italy. Library Journal
FICTION
The Renegades, by T. Jefferson Parker, $26.95. After helping to bring down a corrupt lawman in L.A., sheriff’s deputy Charlie Hood has transferred to the desert community of Antelope Valley, where his hopes for a quieter life are shattered one night during a routine call. Publishers Weekly
The Silent Man, by Alex Berenson, $25.95. CIA superagent John Wells (“The Ghost War”) returns in another well-crafted thriller. When his people botch a hit on Wells, ruthless international weapons dealer Pierre Kowalski knows he needs to think fast of something valuable to trade for his skin. Wells isn’t one to let something like this slide. Kirkus
NONFICTION
Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America’s Legendary Suburb, by David Kushner, $26. Kushner skillfully pieces together a shameful chronicle of racial discrimination during the American postwar economic boom. A remarkable story fashioned into a dramatic narrative. Kirkus
Hide and Seek: The Search for Truth in Iraq, by Charles Duelfer, $29.95. One of the few senior-level officials who dealt with Saddam Hussein’s government on a regular basis before the U.S.-led invasion relates his experiences as a former weapons inspector and WMD hunter. A knowledgeable look at Iraq from a unique perspective. Kirkus
Selling Your Father’s Bones: America’s 140-Year War Against the Nez Perce Tribe, by Brian Schofield, $26. British journalist Schofield debuts with a finely detailed history of the Nez Perce tribe. He concentrates on the flight of 750 Nez Perce from U.S. troops in 1877. White settlers’ determination to extract every last natural resource from the West through mining, logging and other destructive activities emerges as the story’s true villain. A moving look at a shameful period in American history. Kirkus
PAPERBACK
The Silver Swan, by Benjamin Black, $14. Following the success of “Christine Falls,” Black, the pen name of Booker Prize-winning author John Banville (“The Sea”), returns with a second atmospheric crime novel once again starring Quirke, a 1950s Dublin pathologist and unlikely hero. Library Journal
The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country, by Laton McCartney, $16. Journalist McCartney (“Friends in High Places: The Bechtel Story”) examines corruption and scandal at the highest levels of the federal government in his look at the scandal of Warren G. Harding’s administration, Teapot Dome. Library Journal
Celebutantes, by Amanda Goldberg and Ruthanna Khalighi Hopper, $13.95. A debut novel from Goldberg (daughter of producer Leonard Goldberg) and Hopper (daughter of actor Dennis Hopper) about a career-challenged Hollywood princess who tries to make her mark on the fashion world during Oscar week.
COMING UP
The Increment, by David Ignatius, $26.95. From the author of “Body of Lies” comes this novel about an Iranian scientist who wants to send secrets about his country’s nuclear program to the West. (May)
