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USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1Y Is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton (Marion Wood/ Putnam, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In the penultimate book in Grafton’s Alphabet Mystery series, P.I. Kinsey Millhone is called into a case involving the murder of a girl at an elite private school.
THE BUZZ: “Masterful. … Prime Grafton,” says Booklist.
2My First Coach: Inspiring Stories of NFL Quarterbacks and Their Dads by Gary Myers (Grand Central, non-fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Looks at the strong relationships that NFL quarterbacks such as Tom Brady and Eli and Peyton Manning have with their dads.
THE BUZZ: Football fans jonesing for the new season can limber up with this title.
3 The Room of White Fire by T. Jefferson Parker (Putnam, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
Parker WHAT IT’S ABOUT: launches a new series with this thriller about a private detective named Roland Ford on the hunt for an escapee from a mental institution.
“Excellent,” THE BUZZ: says Publishers Weekly.
4 Megafire: The Race to Extinguish a Deadly Epidemic of Flame by Michael Kodas (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, non-fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: A journalist charts the phenomenon of huge, devastating forest fires and those who fight them.
THE BUZZ: This well-timed book arrives on the heels of headline-making wildfires this summer in Europe.
5 To Siri With Love by Judith Newman (Harper, non-fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Author tells the story of how her 13-year-old autistic son is helped by Siri, Apple’s digital personal assistant.
THE BUZZ: Written with “wit, humor, and effervescent honesty,” says Kirkus Reviews.