FICTION
1. Night School, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher becomes involved in an investigation with elite agents from the FBI and CIA.
2. The Whistler, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the Mob and Indian casinos.
3. The Wrong Side of Goodbye, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) Detective Harry Bosch helps a small police department track a serial rapist, while as a P.I. he aids a billionaire in search of a possible heir.
4. Two by Two, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) A man who became a single father when his marriage and business collapsed learns to take a chance on a new love.
5. The Chemist, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown) A specialist in chemically controlled torture, on the run from her former employers, takes on one last job — pursuing a man with whom she joins forces.
6. Small Great Things, by Jodi Picoult. (Ballantine) A medical crisis entangles a black nurse, a white supremacist father and a white lawyer.
7. This Was a Man, by Jeffrey Archer. (St. Martin's) Final installment of the Clifton Chronicles.
8. The Award, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A Frenchwoman who worked with the Resistance but was accused of collaboration finally has her name cleared. (x)