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By Barbara Hoffert -- Library Journal, 04/15/2007

Fiction | Nonfiction

Fiction

Brown, Sandra. Play Dirty. S. & S. Aug. 2007. 400p. ISBN 978-0-7432-8935-1. $26. CD: S. & S. Audio.
Dirty doings? A crippled millionaire hires a notorious football player to get his wife pregnant. With a four-city tour.

Crusie, Jennifer & Bob Mayer. Agnes and the Hitman. St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 384p. ISBN 978-0-312-36304-8. $24.95.
It's caterer Cranky Agnes vs. a mysterious dognapper, with mob-connected hit man Shane to the rescue. With a five-city tour.

Finder, Joseph. Power Play. St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 448p. ISBN 978-0-312-34748-2. $24.95.
A mild-mannered junior exec with a not-so-mild past is the only guy who can save the day when armed men crash Hammond Aerospace's off-site (very off-site) meeting. With a national tour.

Gaffney, Patricia. Mad Dash. Shaye Areheart: Harmony. Aug. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-0-307-38211-5. $23.
Her husband's staunch refusal to take in an abandoned puppy is just a pretext for Dash's decision to walk out the door. Reading group guide.

Jance, J.A. Justice Denied: A J.P. Beaumont Novel. Morrow. Aug. 2007. 384p. ISBN 978-0-06-054092-0. $25.95. lrg. prnt. CD: HarperAudio.
Who knew that Beaumont's investigation of an ex-con's murder would link up with some cold cases colleague/lover Mel has dug up? With a one-day laydown; seven-city tour.

Jones, Lloyd. Mister Pip. Dial. Aug. 2007. 256p. ISBN 978-0-676-97927-5. $29.95.
When violence hits a tropical island, the only white man who refuses to leave delights the children by reading them Great Expectations. Great expectations, too, for New Zealand author Jones. Reading group guide.

Kellerman, Faye. The Burnt House: A Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus Novel. Morrow. Aug. 2007. 384p. ISBN 978-0-06-122732-5. $25.95. lrg. prnt. CD: HarperAudio.
A plane has smashed into an apartment building, and when LAPD lieutenant Peter Decker uncovers the last body aboard, it's not the one he expected.

Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Devil May Cry: A Dark-Hunter ® Novel. St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 352p. ISBN 978-0-312-36950-7. $19.95.
A former god seeks revenge by kidnapping nasty goddess Artemis but instead comes up against her loyal servant. With a one-day laydown.

Lent, Jeffrey. A Peculiar Grace. Atlantic Monthly. Aug. 2007. 416p. ISBN 978-0-87113-965-8. $25.
Reclusive blacksmith Hewitt Pearce is shaken out of his misery by several very different women. With an eight-city tour; reading group guide. (LJ 4/15/07)

Lewycka, Marina. Strawberry Fields. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Aug. 2007. 320p. ISBN 978-1-59420-137-0. $24.95.
Workers from Eastern Europe, China, and Africa toil to pick strawberries on a British farm, but when the farmer's wife runs down her cheating husband, they set off like Canterbury pilgrims. Following the celebrated debut A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian; with a five-city tour.

Lourie, Richard. A Hatred for Tulips. Thomas Dunne Bks: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 160p. ISBN 978-0-312-34933-2. $22.95.
Author of the highly praised novel The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin, Lourie here re-creates the life of Anne Frank's betrayer.

McCaffrey, Anne & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough. Third Watch: Acorna's Children. Eos: HarperCollins. Aug. 2007. 304p. ISBN 978-0-06-052541-5. $24.95.
Wrapping up the “Acorna's Children” series, starring devil-may-care Khorii.

McNamer, Deirdre. Red Rover. Viking. Aug. 2007. 224p. ISBN 978-0-670-0

Nonfiction

Alvarez, Julia. Once Upon a Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA. Viking. Aug. 2007. 208p. ISBN 978-0-670-03873-2. $23.95. CD: Penguin Audio.
How Latinas celebrate their 15th birthday. With an eight-city tour.

Andoe, Joe. Jubilee City: A Memoir at Full Speed. Morrow. Aug. 2007. 208p. ISBN 978-0-06-124031-7. $22.95.
Andoe's artwork has been called cowboy noir with a fashionista twist; what about his memoir?

Behar, Joy. When You Need a Lift: Two Cups of Comfort and Support from Joy Behar and Friends. Crown. Aug. 2007. 256p. ISBN 978-0-307-35171-5. $19.95.
Grinning at the bad hand you've been dealt; from View cohost Behar.

Blake, James with Andrew Friedman. Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life. HarperCollins. Jul. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-0-06-134349-0. $25.95.
A broken back, his father's death, and a serious viral infection couldn't stop tennis player Blake.

Braestrup, Kate. Here If You Need Me: A True Story. Little, Brown. Aug. 2007. 224p. ISBN 978-0-316-06630-3. $23.99; lrg. prnt. $25.99. CD: Hachette Audio.
Braestrup took up her deceased husband's dream to become a minister and now serves on search-and-rescue missions in the Maine wilderness. (LJ 4/15/07)

Gerth, Jeff & Don Van Natta Jr. Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton. Little, Brown. Aug. 2007. 416p. ISBN 978-0-316-01742-8. $29.99; lrg. prnt. $31.99. CD: Hachette Audio.
From two Pulitzer Prize–winning New York Times reporters.

Gordon, Mary. Circling My Mother: A Memoir. Pantheon. Aug. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-0-375-42456-4. $24.
Novelist Gordon's meditation on her bonds with her struggling Catholic working-class mother.

Guha, Ramachandra. India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy. Ecco: HarperCollins. Aug. 2007. 896p. ISBN 978-0-06-019881-7. $34.95.
A really big history of a really big country that's hot with publishers right now.

King, Larry. The People's Princess: Cherished Memories of Diana, Princess of Wales, from Those Who Knew Her Best. Crown. Jul. 2007. 256p. ISBN 978-0-307-33953-9. $19.95.
Still remembering ten years after her death.

Klein, Edward. Katie: The Real Story. Crown. Aug. 2007. 304p. ISBN 978-0-307-35350-4. $25.95.
Views of Katie Couric. Will this be Klein's next best-selling portrait?

Kozol, Jonathan. Letters to a Young Teacher. Crown. Aug. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-0-307-39371-5. $19.95.
Kozol continues his assault on everything wrong with our education system.

Pearlstine, Norman. Off the Record: The Press, the Government, and the War over Anonymous Sources. Farrar. Jul. 2007. 320p. ISBN 978-0-374-22449-3. $25.
Issues surrounding the use of confidential sources; from the former Time editor in chief who agreed to surrender a reporter's notes.

Rose, Chris. 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina. S. & S. Aug. 2007. 256p. ISBN 978-1-4165-5298-7. pap. $15.
Times-Picayune reporter Rose's self-published collection of post-Katrina columns sold a whopping 65,000 copies. Here's expanded coverage.

Sachs, Jeffrey D. Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. Penguin Pr: Penguin Group (USA). Aug. 2007. 400p. ISBN 978-1-59420-127-1. $27.95.
After the best-selling The End of Poverty: the case for a new economic paradigm that's global, cooperative, and inclusive. With a four-city tour.