By Hakan Nesser, Laurie Thompson Pantheon, $24.95, 293 pages The Inspector and Silence is a thoughtful police procedural in which Detective Chief Inspector Van Veeteren slowly shifts through the morass of detail and finally picks out the key facts that …
By Charles Duhigg Random House, $28.00, 373 pages Charles Duhigg depicts a clever diagram to uncover why we do what we do. He does so by identifying a craving, which gives us a cue, which leads to a routine, reinforced …
By Melanie Rawn Tor, $25.99, 363 pages In a world where the paranormal races are inextricably mixed, you find magic talents appearing in surprising ways. Theater is performed by just four people, who are always men. Prized inclusion on the …
By Matt Tavares Candlewick Press, $15.99, 32 pages Zachary’s father takes him to a baseball game at Fenway Park, home of his favorite team, the Boston Red Sox. Being in the park is a dream come true. Everything seems so …
By Christopher Elliott Wiley, $24.95, 209 pages Part of one’s basic education should include learning to recognize and avoid scams. Con artists parallel the emergence of new products and rely on the gullibility of the consumer. Chris Elliott is both …
By Jonathan Green Solaris, $9.99, 325 pages Anno Frankenstein is the seventh book in Jonathan Green’s Pax Britannia alternate-reality series featuring Ulysses Quicksilver, agent of the Crown. This book has us traveling back in time to 1943 when Magna Britannia …
By Allison Wortche, Patrice Barton (illustrator) Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 40 pages Violet seems to outshine Rosie and just about everyone else in class. Violet is the fastest runner, sings the highest notes, is the loudest storyteller and …
By Todd Moore O’Reilly Media, $29.99, 254 pages Apps are where it’s at these days. They let you play Scrabble with friends, find out the best time to hit the bathroom while watching a movie, and vintage up your photography. …
By Martha Wells Night Shade Books, $14.99, 320 pages In the second book of her Raksura series, Martha Wells continues the story of Moon, a shapeshifter who grew up ignorant of his culture and is finally learning the rules of his tribe. …
By Geoffrey Hayes Random House Books for Young Readers, $11.99, 23 pages In the search for a night-light for Bunny, Geoffrey Hayes’ glow-in-the-dark story helps ease children into readiness for sleep by working to dispel much of the scariness of …
By Rick Rodgers Andrews McMeel Publishing, $19.99, 156 pages Rick Rogers, a cooking teacher and media guest chef, has successfully written dozens of books about cooking. This one successfully makes your mouth water and inspires hunger pangs through its photography …
By Diane L. Schneider Prometheus Books, $21.00, 491 pages Your skeleton is more than a bunch of bones. Dr. Diane Schneider, a gerontologist specializing in the effects of aging on our bones, has crafted a wonderfully helpful and easy-to-use reference …
By Ellen Jensen Abbott Marshall Cavendish, $17.99, 320 pages This novel brings high fantasy to the young adult market. Political intrigue, magical quests and more creatures than a Charlaine Harris novel grace the page of this sequel to Watersmeet. Absinia …
By Gerard Girasole, M.D., and Cara Hartman, CPT Harlequin, $16.95, 272 pages “This book will make the fear of back pain and the panic disappear, as it will tell you what to do, why you’re doing it, and how to move …
By Julie Zickefoose Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 355 pages In The Bluebird Effect, Julie Zickefoose walks a fine line. She writes about the various birds she has encountered throughout her many years as an artist, writer and rehabilitator. She writes …
