New and noteworthy
USA TODAY’s Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.
1 Exposed
by Lisa Scottoline ( St. Martin’s Press, fiction, on sale Tuesday)
WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Legal partners Mary DiNunzio and Bennie Rosato are pitted against each other in a case involving a man wrongly fired when his daughter’s cancer treatment strains his company’s bottom line.
THE BUZZ: Damaged, the last book in the Rosato & DiNunzio series, hit No. 9 on USA TODAY’s Best- Selling Books list.
2Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music
by Ann Powers ( Dey Street, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: Explores how pop music became an erotic art form, practiced by the likes of Little Richard, Britney Spears and Beyoncé; by NPR’s music critic. THE BUZZ: “Informative and entertaining,” says Booklist.
3A Stranger in the House
by Shari Lapena ( Pamela Dorman Books/ Viking, fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: In this psychological thriller, a husband doesn’t know what to believe when his wife claims not to remember being in a car crash.
THE BUZZ: A “diverting pageturner,” says Publishers Weekly.
4 Wild Things: The Joy of Reading Children’s Literature as an Adult
by Bruce Handy ( Simon & Schuster, non- fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: The author revisits classics we loved as children, including works by Beatrix Potter, Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak. THE BUZZ: “Spirited, perceptive, and just outright funny,” says Publishers Weekly.
5 How to Find Love in a Bookshop
by Veronica Henry ( Pamela Dorman Books/ Viking, fiction, on sale Tuesday) WHAT IT’S ABOUT: After her father dies, a woman tries to keep open an English bookshop beloved by the locals in the Cotswolds. THE BUZZ: “Charming… a light romantic comedy,” says Kirkus Reviews.