Prepub Alert

Armstrong, Kelley. Men of the Otherworld. Spectra: Bantam. Feb. 2009. c.496p. ISBN 978-0-553-80709-7. $22.

Two novellas that originally appeared on the author's web site give us the lowdown on the Otherworld's sexy werewolves Clay and Jeremy.

Berenson, Alex. The Silent Man. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-399-15538-3. $24.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

CIA agent John Wells must go to Russia to track down operatives who left several folks in Washington dead or injured, including his fiancée.

Binchy, Maeve. Heart and Soul. Knopf. Feb. 2009. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-307-26579-1. $26.95. CD: Random Audio.

Dr. Clara Casey establishes a heart clinic that saves lives—and heals her soul. With a reading group guide.

Brockmann, Suzanne. Dark of Night. Ballantine. Feb. 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-345-50155-4. $25.

Remember Into the Fire's cliff-hanger ending? Here's the continuation, with Troubleshooters Inc. battling the murderous Agency.

Eisler, Barry. Fault Line. Ballantine. Feb. 2009. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-345-50508-8. $25. lrg. prnt. CD: Random Audio.

Taking a break from his John Rain novels, Eisler introduces lawyer Alex Treven and his estranged brother, Ben, an undercover agent who reluctantly agrees to help Alex when a client is murdered. With a ten-city tour by request.

Fairstein, Linda. Lethal Legacy. Doubleday. Feb. 2009. c.416p. ISBN 978-0-385-52399-8. $26. lrg. prnt. CD: Random Audio.

A woman is found murdered in an apartment belonging to the Hunts, benefactors of the New York Public Library, and Assistant DA Alex Cooper is on the case. With a national tour; reading group promotion.

Harper, Karen. Mistress Shakespeare. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.432p. ISBN 978-0-399-15545-1. $24.95.

When forced to marry a pregnant Anne Hathaway, Shakespeare was actually betrothed to Anne Whateley. What if their relationship endured?

Harvey, Samantha. The Wilderness. Nan A. Talese: Doubleday. Feb. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-385-52763-7. $23.95.

A highly touted debut about a man slowly succumbing to Alzheimer's who is trying to rescue his memories—not all of which are entirely true. With a reading group guide and promotion.

Higgins, Jack. A Darker Place. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-399-15550-5. $26.95.

Famed Russian writer and former paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky arranges to “disappear” into the West, claiming that he fears Putin's nasty security forces—for whom he's still secretly working.

James, Marlon. The Book of Night Women. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Feb. 2009. c.464p. ISBN 978-1-59448-857-3. $26.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

Slaves planning a revolt in 19th-century Jamaica, the Night Women are awed by the birth of green-eyed Lilith, sensing that she has dangerous powers.

Khoury, Raymond. The Sign. Dutton. Mar. 2009. c.448p. ISBN 978-0-525-95097-4. $26.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

Why is a man watching TV in an Egyptian bar so shocked by the glowing white light that suddenly appears during a major CNN broadcast? Only Last Templar author Khoury knows for sure.

LaHaye, Tim & Jerry B. Jenkins. The Jesus Chronicles: Luke's Story. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-399-15523-9. $24.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

Adding to the Chronicles: How a Greek slave named Luke became a physician and finally wrote the Gospel about Jesus, whom he had never met.

Mueenuddin, Daniyal. In Other Rooms, Other Wonders: Connected Stories. Norton. Feb. 2009. c.224p. ISBN 978-0-393-06800-9. $23.95.

A Yale Law grad, Mueenuddin now manages a farm in Pakistan, the country that serves as backdrop for this debut literary collection. With a six-city tour and reading group guides and promotion; rights sold to seven countries.

Parker, Robert B. Night and Day. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.304p. ISBN 978-0-399-15541-3. $25.95.

What do an aggressive Peeping Tom and a female high school principal accused of impropriety have in common? They're in Parker's latest Jesse Stone thriller.

Parker, T. Jefferson. The Renegades. Dutton. Feb. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-525-95095-0. $26.95.

The West is still wild for patrolman Charlie Hood, especially when his partner is shot dead. With a national tour.

Robb, J.D. Promises in Death. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-399-15548-2. $26.95.

A cop is dispatched with her own weapon, which is later returned to Lt. Eve Dallas with a note saying maybe Eve's weapon will be forwarded to a colleague next.

Smith, Roger. Mixed Blood. Holt. Feb. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8875-5. $25.

An American bank robber tries to go straight in Cape Town, South Africa, but a local gang would come and knock down his door.

Stockett, Kathryn. The Help. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.464p. ISBN 978-0-399-15534-5. $24.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

A black maid who's lost her son, her feisty best friend, and a defiant young white woman come together with a purpose in 1962 Mississippi. With a reading group guide.

Verghese, Abraham. Cutting for Stone. Knopf. Feb. 2009. c.560p. ISBN 978-0-375-41449-7. $26.95. CD: Random Audio.

Marion Shiva must reconcile with his estranged twin brother and the father who abandoned them both at birth in Addis Ababa. Masterly physician/author Verghese (My Own Country ) tries his hand at fiction. With a 14-city tour; reading group guide.

Wiesel, Elie. A Mad Desire To Dance. Knopf. Feb. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-307-26650-7. $25. CD: Random Audio.

The orphaned son of a World War II resistance leader cannot contain his grief and eventually comes to believe that he is possessed by a dybbuk.

Willig, Lauren. The Temptation of the Night Jasmine. Dutton. Feb. 2009. c.400p. ISBN 978-0-525-95096-7. $25.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

As British spy Robert, duke of Dovedale, prepares to avenge a murder, he's waylaid by the affections of starry-eyed Charlotte, who's doing a little spying of her own. With a national tour.

Winspear, Jacqueline. Among the Mad: A Maisie Dobbs Novel. Holt. Feb. 2009. c.336p. ISBN 978-0-8050-8216-6. $25. CD: Macmillan Audio.

Maisie is drawn in when a letter to the prime minister promises a massive loss of life if demands are not met. With a ten-city tour.

Barnett, Thomas P.M. Great Powers: America and the World After Bush. Putnam. Feb. 2009. c.480p. ISBN 978-0-399-15537-6. $29.95.

Having shown us a redrawn world in The Pentagon's New Map, Barnett explains how isolationist-mode America can reconnect with it.

Baum, Dan. Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans. Spiegel & Grau. Feb. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-385-52319-6. $24.95.

Nine lives, over four decades, framed by two horrendous hurricanes in one great American city; compiling a New Yorker series.

Beck, Judith. The Complete Beck Diet for Life: The Five Step Program for Permanent Weight Loss. Oxmoor House. Jan. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-0-8487-3274-5. $24.95.

This follow-up to The Beck Diet Solution, which has 175,000 copies in print, integrates nutritional information with cognitive therapy to create a lifelong diet plan.

Beauchamp, Cari. Joseph P. Kennedy Presents: His Hollywood Years. Knopf. Feb. 2009. c.512p. ISBN 978-1-4000-4000-1. $35.

Joseph P. Kennedy as Hollywood producer—and wrecker of stars. With a four-city tour.

Brody, Jane. Jane Brody's Guide to the Great Beyond: Prepare Now for a Smooth Ride to the End of Life. Random. Jan. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-4000-6654-4. $26.

Stay healthy, wealthy, and wise to the very end with tips from the noted New York Times health columnist. With a ten-city tour.

Hallinan, Joseph T. Why We Make Mistakes. Broadway. Feb. 2009. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-7679-2805-2. $24.95. CD: Random Audio.

From a Pulitzer Prize winner; what we overlook, why we forget.

Holzer, Harold & Joshua Wolf Shenk, eds. In Lincoln's Hand: His Original Manuscripts. Bantam. Feb. 2009. c.208p. ISBN 978-0-553-80742-4. $35.

Some 40 full-color, high-resolution original scans and dozens of full-color images deliver Lincoln's letters, speeches, and more.

Khamisa, Azim & Jillian Quinn. Bounce Back: The Secrets of the Bulletproof Spirit. Ballantine. Feb. 2009. c.320p. ISBN 978-0-345-50603-0. $25.

He lost son Tariq to gang violence, but Khamisa now lectures on forgiveness with the grandfather of Tariq's killer. After a failed pregnancy, Quinn adopted a motherless Chinese girl. Here they explain spiritual resiliency. With a three-city tour.

Paglen, Trevor. Blank Spots: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon's Secret World on the Map. Dutton. Feb. 2009. c.352p. ISBN 978-0-525-95101-8. $25.95.

Geography doctoral student Paglen investigates hundreds of unmarked spots on the map—like a covert site in Nevada that doesn't officially exist, so the widow of a worker poisoned there by toxic waste can't collect compensation.

Sanders, Lisa, M.D. Diagnosis: Dispatches from the Frontline of Medical Mysteries. Broadway. Feb. 2009. c.256p. ISBN 978-0-7679-2246-3. $24.95.

From the Yale University physician who writes the “Diagnosis” column for the New York Times Magazine : stories of medical puzzles and how they were solved.

Walker, Rebecca, ed. One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Polyamory, Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Househusbands, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Life. Riverhead: Penguin Group (USA). Feb. 2009. c.288p. ISBN 978-1-59448-862-7. $25.95.

In America, there's more than one way to enjoy love and marriage. Edited by the author of Black, White, and Jewish .

Weir, Alison. Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster. Ballantine. Feb. 2009. c.368p. ISBN 978-0-345-45323-5. $28.

After her successful plunge into historical fiction, celebrated historian Weir returns with the first biography ever of Katherine Swynford, mistress and then wife of John of Gaunt. With a six-city tour.