Editor’sChoice
Roadside Crosses, by Jeffery Deaver, $26.95. In best-seller Deaver’s surprise-filled, third Kathryn Dance novel (after “The Sleeping Doll”), Dance, an agent with the California Bureau of Investigation, gets an eye-opening education in some of the hottest areas of the cyberworld. Deaver’s expert and devious plotting makes it a challenge to stay only a couple of steps behind him. Publishers Weekly FICTION
April & Oliver, by Tess Callahan, $23.99. Troubled April and cautious Oliver, former childhood friends, find themselves reconnecting after the sudden, tragic death of April’s teenage brother, Buddy. Callahan spins a dark, gritty tale of love, yearning and choices while presenting engaging characters and substantial action that packs more than a few punches. Wise beyond words. Library Journal The Lovers, by John Connolly, $26. While previous books in the Charlie Parker series explored the trauma at the heart of Parker’s back story, the murder of the PI’s wife and daughter, this one examines an equally devastating family trauma — the suicide of his New York City policeman father, Will, after Will gunned down two unarmed teenagers decades earlier. Publishers Weekly
NONFICTION
Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend, by Larry Tye, $26. Tye, a Boston Globe reporter . . . offers the first biography on Satchel Paige, the premier pitcher of the Negro Leagues. Having interviewed more than 200 veteran fellow players of the Negro and Major leagues, he is able to flesh out the Satchel Paige persona. This is the definitive biography of a black showman-athlete, and as Tye makes the case, one of the finest pitchers ever. Publishers Weekly
The Economic Naturalist’s Field Guide: Common Sense Principles for Troubled Times, by Robert H. Frank, $26. Frank (“The Economic Naturalist”), a regular economics columnist for The New York Times, has long been a voice of common sense, and in this latest work he attempts to group complicated concepts into a handful of easily understandable principles. Publishers Weekly
Losing Mum and Pup, by Christopher Buckley, $24.99. Breezy, witty, savvy and perceptive — and occasionally bitchy and biting — “Losing Mum and Pup” displays all the hallmarks of the younger Buckley’s acclaimed fiction. As testimony to what Pat and Bill Buckley were really like, the book bears supreme witness and delivers many laughs; as an account of what it’s like to watch one’s parents suffer and die, it is moving to the point of tears. The Washington Post
PAPERBACKS
Master of the Delta, by Thoms Cook, $13.95. Edgar-winner Cook (“Red Leaves”) examines the slow collapse of a prominent Southern family in this magnificent tale of suspense set in 1954. Publishers Weekly
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America, by Thurston Clarke. The hope (Kennedy) inspired, though eclipsed by his assassination on June 6, still proves instructive and pertinent . . . (“The Last Campaign” is) generous without being slavish, beautifully capturing Kennedy’s passion and dignity. Kirkus Weekly
The Gift of Rain, by An Twan Eng, $15.95. This remarkable debut saga of intrigue and aikido flashes back to a darkly opulent WWII-era Malaya. Eng’s characters are as deep and troubled as the time in which the story takes place, and he draws on a rich palette to create a sprawling portrait of a lesser-explored corner of the war. Publishers Weekly
COMING UP
Jericho’s Fall, by Stephen L. Carter, $25.95. Carter, best known for his highly acclaimed first novel, “The Emperor of Ocean Park,” returns with a story of spies, secret agents and financial fraud. (July)
