FICTION
1. THE SIXTH MAN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central, $27.99.) The lawyer for an alleged serial killer is murdered, and two former Secret Service agents are on the case.
2. THE LAND OF PAINTED CAVES, by Jean M. Auel. (Crown, $30.) The latest volume in a series that began with "The Clan of the Cave Bear," set during the Ice Age.
3. THE FIFTH WITNESS, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown, $27.99.) Defense lawyer Mickey Haller represents a woman facing home foreclosure who is accused of killing a banker.
4. CHASING FIRE, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam, $27.95.) A smoke jumper faces a new season of firefighting in Montana after the loss of her partner.
5. I'LL WALK ALONE, by Mary Higgins Clark. (Simon & Schuster, $25.99.) A woman haunted by the disappearance of her young son discovers that someone has stolen her identity.
6. QUICKSILVER, by Amanda Quick. (Putnam, $25.95.) In this Arcane Society novel set in Victorian London, two paranormal talents must find a murderer before they become the next victims.
7(x). EVE, by Iris Johansen. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan searches for answers to the mystery of her daughter's disappearance.
8. SAVE ME, by Lisa Scottoline. (St. Martin's, $27.99.) A mother's action during a school emergency causes an uproar in a Philadelphia suburb.