Upcoming releases
Books out next week include the latest from the author of The Devil Wears Prada, thrillers about drug smuggling and the Cold War, and the memoir of a real-life warrior in Iraq. Also, the intriguing Dogfessions.
Tuesday. Chasing Harry Winston, by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster, $25.95). The best-selling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing is back with a new novel about a trio of best friends in Manhattan who agree to change their lives in the most personal and dramatic way possible — and within one calendar year.
Warrior King: The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Soldier, by Lt.Col. (Ret.) Nathan Sassaman with Joe Layden. (St. Martins, $25.95). A memoir by one of the most prominent members of the U.S. fighting forces in Iraq — an officer brought down by his decision to cover up the drowning of an Iraqi detainee.
Dogfessions, by Nikki Moustaki (HarperCollins, $19.99). Based on the Web site dogfessions.com, this full-color collection contains hundreds of handmade postcards that reveal the deepest confessions from dogs and their owners.
Seekers #1: The Quest Begins, by Erin Hunter (HarperCollins, $16.99). The author of the nationally best-selling Warriors books offers a new animal fantasy series — this one about three bear cubs separated from their families.
Smithsonian Field Guide to the Birds of North America, by Ted Floyd (Collins, $24.95). This new field guide provides a suite of modern tools to effectively aid in the identification of more than 750 species of birds across North America.
Your Government Failed You: Breaking the Cycle of National Security Disasters, by Richard A. Clarke (Ecco, $25.95). The former counterterrorism czar elaborates on his testimony before the 9/11 Commission.
Fearless, by Diana Palmer (HQN, $24.95). Even in the wide open spaces of Texas, secrets find a place to hide … in the heart of a shy, determined woman; behind the hard, rugged exterior of a DEA agent; and in the dangerous world of drug smuggling.
Blue Smoke and Murder, by Elizabeth Lowell (Morrow, $24.95). A river guide discovers that the perils of running the rapids are tame compared with the hidden dangers in the high-stakes game of art collecting.
Wednesday. Devil May Care, by Sebastian Faulks writing as Ian Fleming (Doubleday, $24.95). Written by novelist Sebastian Faulks, Devil May Care is set in the Cold War, picking up where Fleming left off in 1966 with Octopussy and The Living Daylights.
-- Publishers Weekly, amazon.com
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