ALGONQUIN BOOKS
A Reliable Wife (Mar., $24.95) by Robert Goolrick. Trouble ensues when a deceptive woman answers a businessman's ad for a spouse. 40,000 first printing.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Ultimatum (Apr., $24) by Matthew Glass. This political thriller, set in 2032, focuses on the issue of climate change.
BLOOMSBURY PRESS
Valeria's Last Stand (May, $25) by Marc Fitten celebrates late-flowering love in a Hungarian village.
CANONGATE U.S.
The Earth Hums in B Flat (June, $24) by Mari Strachan centers on a 12-year-old who unravels family secrets in her small Welsh village.
DELACORTE
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Apr., $23) by Alan Bradley introduces a new kind of detective: a pigtailed preteen with a passion for poisons. 75,000 first printing.
Fragment (June, $25) by Warren Fahy imagines a reality TV crew filming on an unexplored island teeming with terrifying creatures. 75,000 first printing.
ECCO
You or Someone Like You (June, $25.95) by Chandler Burr describes an unraveling marriage. 60,000 first printing.
FABER AND FABER
An Elegy for Easterly (June, $22) by Petina Gappah. This story collection captures the confusion of everyday life in Zimbabwe.
FARRAR, STRAUS & GIROUX
All the Living (Apr., $23) by C.E. Morgan observes a young woman traveling with her lover to an isolated Kentucky tobacco farm.
Come Sunday (June, $25) by Isla Morley. A South African woman living in Hawaii grapples with her past and the death of her three-year-old daughter. 75,000 first printing.
GRAND CENTRAL
April & Oliver (June, $23.99) by Tess Callahan considers two platonic friends who share sexual chemistry. 75,000 first printing.
GROVE PRESS
(dist. by PGW)
A Girl Made of Dust (July, $24) by Nathalie Abi-Ezzi views the 1980s Israeli invasion of Lebanon through the eyes of an eight-year-old girl.
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
Vanessa and Virginia (May, $23) by Susan Sellers imagines the complex relationship between Virginia Woolf and her sister, painter Vanessa Bell.
KNOPF
Swimming (July, $24.95) by Nicola Keegan. Escaping childhood tragedies through her swimming competitions, Pip eventually scores Olympic gold. 100,000 first printing.
The Invisible Mountain (Aug., $24.95) by Carolina De Robertis captures three generations of Uruguayan women as unrest sweeps their nation. 150,000 first printing. 9-city author tour.
NORTHWESTERN UNIV. PRESS
Where I Must Go (June, $24.95) by Angela Jackson follows Magdalena Grace as she negotiates the promise and peril of the civil rights era.
OCEANVIEW PUBLISHING
(dist. by Midpoint Trade)
Spirit Horses (Apr., $25.95) by Alan S. Evans. When a mysterious mustang appears at his farm, a Tennessee horse trainer discovers unexpected promise.
OTHER PRESS
The Unit (June, $23.95) by Ninni Holmqvist, trans. by Marlaine Delargy, asks: are all people of equal worth?
OVERLOOK PRESS
All in the Mind (June, $25.95) by Alistair Campbell. A psychiatrist finds that he has troubles of his own.
PANTHEON
Hothouse Flower and the Nine Plants of Desire (June, $24) by Margot Berwin. A recently divorced advertising executive becomes obsessed with plants. 100,000 first printing. 8-city author tour.
PENGUIN PRESS
The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet (May, $25.95) by Reif Larsen follows the eponymous master mapmaker, age 12, on a cross-country adventure.
RIVERHEAD
The Wish Maker (June, $25.95) by Ali Sethi. In Pakistan, a fatherless boy is being raised by a family of outspoken women.
SEVEN STORIES PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
The Others (Apr., $24.95) by Siba al-Harez reveals the inner world of an all-girl school in a Shi'ite province of Saudi Arabia.
SOHO PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
Exiles (Aug., $24) by Elliot Krieger. During the Vietnam War, an American student finds himself at the center of an international web of danger and deception. 35,000 first printing.
ST. MARTIN'S/MINOTAUR
The Cutting (June, $24.95) by James Hayman. A New York City cop moves to Maine, only to confront the most brutal killer of his career.
UNBRIDLED BOOKS
Shimmer (July, $25.95) by Eric Barnes. This thriller spotlights a worldwide corporate Ponzi scheme.
UNIV. OF NEW MEXICO PRESS
A Sandhills Ballad (Apr., $26.95) by Ladette Randolph. A Nebraska ranch woman forges a new life after tragedy strikes.
UNIV. OF WISCONSIN/TERRACE BOOKS
In Love with Jerzy Kosinski (Mar., $24.95) by Agate Nesaule follows a Latvian refugee who, after fleeing Russian confinement to Wisconsin, still feels restricted.
