Fiction

An extraordinary, darkly comic story of resilience and love, of troubled Warren Spooner and the stepfather who will never understand but will always stand by him. Complex and breathtaking, this is the novel some say the National Book Award-winning author of Paris Trout was born to write.

Weaving together the high-tech fixing of major golf tournaments,the historical antecedents of a Roman Consul who leaves his home to save the Republic and a highranking officer of the Continental Army who forms a secret society to preserve the ideals of the American Revolution, Cincinnatus is a riveting dramatic tale full of intrigue, murder, and lost love. That the authors could imagine such an implausible mixture is only slightly less amazing than the fact that he pulled it off with so successfully. Suspenseful and morally complex, this is the rare thriller whose meaning resonates with readers long after they have turned the final page.

From the #1 bestselling author comes another heartwarming Friday Night Knitting Club novel — a loving, moving, laugh-out-loud celebration of special times with friends and family.

Edited by best-selling author Alice Sebold, the stories in this year’s collection serve as a provocative literary “antenna for what is going on in the world” (Chicago Tribune). The collection boasts great variety with contributions by Joseph Epstein, Jill McCorkle, Richard Powers, and more.

N&K is a proper, venerable Bostonian law firm trying to rebrand itself for the Internet era. Derek Dover is a young lawyer just trying to maintain his tenuous toehold on the precarious ladder to success. Nibble & Kuhn is what happens when the two collide, resulting in a clever, eviscerating critique of lawyering and corporate law with its two appealing main characters trading repartee as they negotiate law and love.

Kay Scarpetta faces a sensational case and a string of unexpected events in the explosive new novel from the world’s #1 bestselling crime writer.

#1 New York Times bestselling author David Baldacci is back with his next blockbuster thriller. For former firebrand cop Mace Perry, trying to reclaim her reputation after two years in jail for a crime she didn’t commit, taking on a fairly routine homicide investigation quickly turns into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal.