Tales of war, mystery and inspiration

From Grit To Great Author: Jonathan Yabut

Publisher: Cleverheads Publishing, non-fiction

WINNER of The Apprentice Asia Jonathan Yabut shares personal stories from his childhood, recounts his journey on the reality TV series (and dishes about what went on behind the scenes), and reveals tips on climbing the corporate ladder in his first book.

Pope Francis: His Essential Wisdom Editor: Carol Kelly-Gangi

Publisher: Sterling Publishing, non-fiction

EDITOR Carol Kelly-Gangi has put together excerpts drawn from the Pope’s homilies, books, interviews, speeches, and other writings, not just dating from his papacy but also from his time in Buenos Aires. She has also included quotations from others about Pope Francis, gathering them from those who know him well, and world leaders, writers and celebrities, as well as the man in the street.

Picking Up The Pieces: An Asian Single Mother’s PostDivorce Road Map Author: J. Ooi

Publisher: MPH Publishing, non-fiction

J. OOI, who has been raising three children on her own for past 10 years, shares her insights and observations on what it means to face the world as an Asian single parent. She covers topics that range from moving on from the past to learning how to accept yourself, as well as connecting with your children.

The Mime Order (The Bone Season #2) Author: Samantha Shannon

Publisher: Bloomsbury, fiction

IN the sequel to The Bone Season, which is set in a dystopian London ruled by the republic of Scion, clairvoyant Paige Mahoney has just escaped the prison camp Sheol I and is on the run. Meanwhile, crime lord Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals are plotting to take centre stage, holding a rare meeting uniting the dangerous mimelords and mime-queens all over the city.

The Shadow Of War (The Great War #1) Author: Stewart Binns

Publisher: Penguin Books, fiction

IN the first instalment of The Great War series, the life-changing journey of five British communities begins. They are very different from each other, ranging from the working class to the aristocrats and political leaders such as Winston Churchill, but they will all be touched by an assassination in a distant European land. Author Stewart Binns plans to release a book for each year of World War I in this historical fiction series.

The Monogram Murders (Hercule Poirot #43) Author: Sophie Hannah

Publisher: Harper Collins, fiction

BRITISH crime novelist Sophie Hannah was asked by the Agatha Christie estate to write the first new Hercule Poirot mystery since Christie’s death in 1976. In her new mystery, the iconic Belgian detective and his “little grey cells” are put to the test when three people turn up dead in the rooms of a fashionable hotel, all posed carefully and with cuff links stuffed into their mouths. But, as Poirot points out, cuff links come in pairs – so will there be a fourth body holding the last cuff link?

The City Author: Dean Koontz

Publisher: Bantam Books, fiction

JONAH is a young boy growing up in the 1960s with music pumping in his veins – he’s the son of a nightclub singer and the grandson of a piano player. He is befriended by a woman named Pearl who takes him under her wing. Then things take a turn into Dean Koontz’s spooky supernatural territory when a mysterious woman named Fiona Cassidy, who has been appearing in Jonah’s nightmares, shows up at his apartment building.

When I Was A Kid 3 Author: Cheeming Boey

Publisher: Cheeming Boey, non-fiction

US-BASED, Malaysia-born artist and author Cheeming Boey is back with a third instalment of his successful

When I Was A Kid series, bringing readers more personal, relatable stories from his childhood in Malaysia. – Compiled by Kenneth Chaw