New and noteworthy
USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1 Murder Games
by James Patterson and Howard Roughan ( Little, Brown, fiction, on sale Monday) WHAT IT’S
Dr. ABOUT: Dylan Reinhart is an Ivy League professor and author specializing in criminal behavior who’s called on by the NYPD when his book is found at a murder scene.
CBS has picked up a
THE BUZZ: series based on the book, called Instinct and starring Alan Cumming.
2Seven Stones to Stand or Fall
by Diana Gabaldon ( Delacorte, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Seven works of short fiction from the romantic, timetraveling Outlander world featuring Jamie Fraser.
Fans already
THE BUZZ: are getting overheated as they await the third season of Outlander starring Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan on the Starz network.
3 The Duchess
by Danielle Steel ( Delacorte, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In the 19th century, a high- born woman is forced to flee England for Paris, where she survives by opening a place of business for gentlemen called Le Boudoir. The prolific Steel has had
THE BUZZ: 66 top 10 USA TODAY best sellers.
4 The Child
by Fiona Barton ( Berkley, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In London, construction workers discover the long- buried remains of a baby, which sparks a reporter to find out the who and the why. Reporter
THE BUZZ: Kate Waters returns in this book, a follow- up to Barton’s The Widow, which hit No. 12 on USA TODAY’s Best- Selling Books list last year.
5 But Seriously
by John McEnroe ( Little, Brown, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The former bad boy of tennis picks up where he left off in this sequel to his bestselling 2002 memoir, You Cannot Be Serious. McEnroe, who has carved out
THE BUZZ: an excellent broadcasting career as a tennis analyst, also still hits the court on the senior circuit. John McEnroe partnered with Cédric Pioline of France during the Men’s Legends match against Pat Cash of Australia and American Michael Chang at the French Open this month in Paris.