New and noteworthy
USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1 The Fix
by David Baldacci ( Grand Central, fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Amos Decker is told to back off investigating a murder outside FBI headquarters that may have ties to a planned terrorist attack.
The last Decker thrillTHE BUZZ: er, The Last Mile, landed at No. 1 on USA TODAY’s Best- Selling Books list in April 2016.
2 The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand for
by David McCullough ( Simon & Schuster, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday)
Collects WHAT IT’S ABOUT: speeches the historian has given over the years, everywhere from Congress to college campuses, on “core American values.”
The many bestTHE BUZZ: selling books by the Pulitzer Prize winner include John Adams, Truman
and The Wright Brothers.
3 Finding Gideon
by Eric Jerome Dickey ( Dutton, fiction, on sale Tuesday) Dickey WHAT IT’S ABOUT: brings back his popular Gideon character, a hit man battling international mercenaries known as the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. The author THE BUZZ: will do a USA TODAY # BookmarkThis Facebook Live chat with fans April 18 at 2: 30 p. m. ET/ 11: 30 a. m. PT.
4 The Stars Are Fire
by Anita Shreve ( Knopf, fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Inspired by the Great Fires of 1947 in Maine, Shreve’s novel revolves around a young mother whose firefighter husband disappears during the disaster. THE BUZZ: “Stunning,” says Library Journal.
5Killers of the Flower Moon
by David Grann ( Doubleday, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Account of murders of members of the oil- rich Osage tribe in the 1920s and the FBI’s investigation. The movie adaptaTHE BUZZ: tion of Grann’s The Lost City of Z starring Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson and Sienna Miller is now in theaters.