"Blood Standard: a Novel" (G.P. Putnam's Sons), by Laird Barron Isaiah Coleridge, muscle for the Chicago mob's Alaska subsidiary, isn't your typical Mafia hit man. He's college educated,...

"The Outsider" (Scribner), by Stephen King Stephen King's new novel, "The Outsider," opens with witness interviews in a typewriter font, laying out the details of a grisly crime and setting the...

Lisa Scottoline, the best-selling crime writer, has a new publisher and is working on a different kind of book. A book inspired in part by Philip Roth. G.P. Putnam's Sons told The Associated...

Best-selling children's author Andrea Beaty has new adventures in store for Rosie Revere. Abrams Children's Books told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Beaty is working on chapter books...

"All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother" (William Morrow), by Danielle Teller Have you ever considered the beloved fairy tale of Cinderella from the perspective of the...

"All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother" (William Morrow), by Danielle Teller Have you ever considered the beloved fairy tale of Cinderella from the perspective of the...

"Little Disasters" (Viking), by Randall Klein The shared birthday of their sons initially connects Michael and Rebecca to Paul and Jenny. While the women labor, the husbands introduce themselves,...

I honestly do not know how this book came to be among the books I intended to review, or who had sent it.           This is his first book, followed...

"Amateur Hour: Motherhood in Essays and Swear Words" (Harper Perennial), by Kimberly Harrington Motherhood is nothing if not a roller coaster of emotions, and a new book on the topic captures the...

"The Crooked Staircase" (Bantam), by Dean Koontz Jane Hawk continues her quest to bring down a vast conspiracy in "The Crooked Staircase" by Dean Koontz, a follow-up to "The Silent Corner" and...