Fiction
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party, by Alexander McCall Smith.
At a remote cattle post south of Gabor- one two cows have been killed, and Precious Ramotswe, Botswana’s “No. 1 Lady Detective,” is asked to investigate by a rather frightened and furtive gentleman. From the publisher
All the Time in the World: New and Selected Stories, by E.L. Doctorow.
Twelve tales, contemporary and historical, from the author who scored big with “Ragtime” and “Billy Bathgate.”
Invincible, by Sherrilyn Kenyon
The second novel in the new teen series, “The Chronicles of Nick, a spinoff from the blockbuster “Dark-Hunter” series. From the publisher
Afraid of the Dark, by James Grippando In Grippando’s rousing ninth Jack Swyteck legal thriller, Jack successfully defends a supposed Somali prisoner in his mid-20s held at Guantánamo. Publishers Weekly
Mozart Conspiracy, by Scott Mariani. British author Miriani makes his U.S. debut with the second in his series featuring ex-SAS warrior Ben Hope, a fast, exciting read in the “Da Vinci Code” tradition. Publishers Weekly
Nonfiction
Reckless Endangerment: How Outsized Ambition, Greed, and Corruption Led to Economic Armageddon, by Gretchen Morgenson and Joshua Rosner. Morgenson, the Pulitzer Prize-winning business columnist of The New York Times, joins with Rosner to show how mortgage behemoth Fannie Mae resisted government oversight and how the Federal Reserve, FDIC and more went right along with that game plan instead of protecting the public interest. Library Journal
Unfamiliar Fishes, by Sarah Vowell. From the radio personality and author of “The Wordy Shipmates,” an examination of Hawaii. From the publisher
The Now Eat This! Diet, by Rocco DiSpirito. This follow-up volume offers an uncomplicated plan for cutting calories and losing weight, in two sections. Publishers Weekly
