What’s to get excited about besides the new J.D. Robb, which will soon be ubiquitous on subways and bedside tables across the nation? Top-notch crime fiction from the late Donald E. Westlake, sophomore novelist Matt Pavelich, and Arthur Ellis Award winner Peter Robinson. There’s also an eye-opening, page-turning true crime from journalist Raymond Bonner, a look at the subversive side of Jesus from Robin Meyers, and Media Matters founder David Brock’s exhaustive investigation into Roger Ailes’ captaining of Fox News. Plus: debut fiction from Susan Sherman and Adam Wilson, a new novel from Thomas Mallon, and more.
Adults
February 21
The Other Shoe by Matt Pavelich (Counterpoint, $16.95; ISBN 978-1-58243-795-8).
The Little Russian by Susan Sherman (Counterpoint, PGW dist., $25; ISBN 978-1-58243-772-9).
Londoners by Craig Taylor (Ecco, $29.99; ISBN 978-0-06-200585-4).
The Comedy Is Finished by Donald E. Westlake (Hard Case Crime, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-85768-409-7).
Flatscreen by Adam Wilson (Harper Perennial, $14.99; ISBN 978-0-06-209033-1).
Talking With My Mouth Full: My Life as a Professional Eater by Gail Simmons (Hyperion, $25.99; ISBN 978-1-4013-2450-6).
Anatomy of Injustice: A Murder Case Gone Wrong by Raymond Bonner (Knopf, $25.95; ISBN 978-0307700216).
Before the Poison by Peter Robinson (Morrow, $25.99; ISBN 978-0-06-200479-6),
Watergate by Thomas Mallon (Pantheon, $27.95; ISBN 978-0-307-37872-9).
February 22
The Fox Effect: How Roger Ailes Turned a Network into a Propaganda Machine by David Brock (Anchor, $15; ISBN 978-0307279583). Review forthcoming.
The Underground Church: Reclaiming the Subversive Way of Jesus by Robin Meyers (Jossey-Bass, $24.95; ISBN 978-1-118-06159-6).
Children’s/YA
February 21
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz (Simon & Schuster, $16.99; ISBN 978-1-4424-0892-0).
