"Strong as Steel" (Forge), by Jon Land Jon Land's insubordinate, trigger-happy Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong is back again in another action-packed thriller in "Strong as Steel." This is the...

"The Better Sister: a Novel" by Alafair Burke (Harper) In "The Better Sister," Chloe Taylor edits a woman's magazine and is married to Adam, a high-profile attorney. She is mom to Ethan, her...

"Stone Mothers: a Novel" (Minotaur), by Erin Kelly An imposing former mental asylum reconfigured as a high-end spa and apartment building looms over a remote England town and over the life of...

Nine years after her book deal was first announced, Demi Moore is ready to release a memoir her publisher calls "deeply candid and insightful." Moore's "Inside Out" is scheduled for Sept. 24,...

"Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen," by Brian Raftery (Simon & Schuster) Everybody's entitled to their opinion, especially when it comes to the movies. Somewhere...

This is, as far as I know, the last publication by APS Bank of its Occasional Papers series, the 12th in the series, all written by Professor EP Delia when he was chairman of the bank. The series...

"The Peacock Emporium" (Penguin), by Jojo Moyes Suzanna Peacock's marriage can only be described as stagnant. After financial troubles require her and her husband to move back to her hometown,...

"Saving Meghan" by D.J. Palmer (St. Martin's Press). A teenage girl seems to have an illness that doctors cannot diagnose in D.J. Palmer's psychological thriller. Fourteen-year-old Meghan...

"The Risk of Us," (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)  by Rachel Howard With breathtaking brevity, Rachel Howard's debut novel, "The Risk of Us," illuminates the joys, challenges, fears and...

"They All Fall Down" (Forge) by Rachel Howzell Hall After four well-received novels about LAPD homicide cop Elouise "Lou" Norton, Rachel Howzell Hall confidently delivers a highly entertaining...