FICTION
1. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman. (Norton) A retelling of Norse folklore.
2. Echoes in Death, by J.D. Robb. (St. Martin's) Lt. Eve Dallas of the NYPD investigates a fatal home invasion. By Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.
3. Never Never, by James Patterson and Candice Fox. (Little, Brown) Harriet Blue, a Sydney sex crimes detective, is sent to the outback (the never never) to investigate the disappearance of a mine worker. The first in a series.
4. The Whistler, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the mob and Indian casinos.
5. Right Behind You, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton) Former FBI profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, foster a girl whose older brother murdered their drunken father. Now, eight years later, he has killed again.
6. The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead. (Doubleday) A slave girl heads toward freedom on the network, envisioned as actual tracks and tunnels.
7. 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.
8. The Girl Before, by J.P. Delaney. (Ballantine) A sadistic architect builds a house that controls its (young, female) inhabitants in this psychological thriller, soon to be a movie.