New releases: Danielle Steel, Meg Cabot and more
Next week, we can look forward to releases on psychics and presidents, rogue scientists and rip-off artists. And we welcome back Danielle Steel, Meg Cabot and Joyce Carol Oates.
Tuesday: Rogue by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). Maxine Williams is a dedicated doctor with three great kids, a challenging career and the perfect new man in her life. Her only problem? Her irresistibly charming, utterly infuriating ex-husband.
The Last Oracle by James Rollins (Morrow, $26.95). Best-selling author Rollins brings back SIGMA Force to battle a group of rogue scientists who’ve unleashed a bioengineering project that could bring about the extinction of humankind.
Fleeced by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann (HarperCollins, $26.95). The authors reveal the hundreds of ways American taxpayers are routinely fleeced — by government, foreign countries, Washington lobbying firms and hedge-fund billionaires.
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched by Meg Cabot (Morrow, $22.95). Is Lizzie really ready to embrace her new role as wife and mistress of Château Mirac? Or is she destined to fall into another man’s arms ... and into the trap of becoming a Bad Girl instead?
Letter to a New President by Sen. Robert C. Byrd with Steve Kettmann (St. Martin’s, $23.95). In this book-length letter to the next president, Sen. Robert Byrd, a West Virginia Democrat, draws on his 56 years of experience in Congress to offer advice, admonition and encouragement.
Hit and Run by Lawrence Block (Morrow, $24.95). A man known only as Keller felt like your basic New York single guy, living alone, eating out or bringing home takeout. schlepping his wash to the Laundromat, doing the Times crossword with his morning coffee. ... Except that every once in a while, he got a phone call, packed a bag, caught a plane and killed somebody.
Tailspin by Catherine Coulter (Putnam, $25.95). FBI Special Agent Jackson Crowne is flying his Cessna over the Appalachians with a very important passenger: renowned psychiatrist Dr. Timothy MacLean. But they don’t make it.
End of Days: Predictions and Prophecies About the End of the World by Sylvia Browne with Lindsay Harrison (Dutton, $23.95). Popular psychic tackles the question of whether the end is indeed near.
My Sister, My Love by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco, $25.95). Nineteen-year-old Skyler Rampike tells the story of being the only surviving child of an “infamous” American family. A decade before, the Rampikes were destroyed by the murder of Skyler’s 6-year-old ice-skating champion sister, Bliss, and the media scrutiny that followed.
America, America by Ethan Canin (Random House, $27). Set in a small town during the Nixon era and today, the book tells the story of America and family, politics and tragedy, and the impact of fate on a young man’s life.
