"Day for Night" by Frederick Reiken $25
A novel with a sawbuck of narrators could easily devolve into an unreadable mess, but in Reiken's (The Lost Legends of New Jersey) able hands becomes a compelling tale in which one thread deftly connects 10 people. (Publisher's Weekly)

"Canary" by Duane Swierczynski $26
A cunning, zippy, plot-twister . . . Swierczynski keeps the action pulsating along [with] an array of compelling characters, crisp dialogue, and pop culture references. . . . It's those touches [that] make Canary sing. (Boston Globe)

"Saints of the Shadow Bible" by Ian Rankin $26
Longtime fans of the series will savor every nuance in the subtle interplay between characters here, but Rankin doesn't forget the thriller plot, either, corkscrewing the narrative into a surprising and satisfying conclusion. Hats off to a writer who can keep a long-running series fresh by upsetting our expectations and rummaging ever deeper into the rag-and-bone shop of his characters' hearts. (Booklist)

"The Secret Wisdom of the Earth" by Christopher Scotton $26
THE SECRET WISDOM OF THE EARTH is a marvelous debut...The setting, in the coal country of Appalachia, is rich in history and lore and tragedy. A young teenager comes of age under the wise counsel of his grandfather. An ugly murder haunts a small town. The story has everything a big, thick novel should have, and I hated to put it down. (John Grisham)

"Nick Drake - Remembered for a While, The Authorized Companion to the Music of Nick Drake" by Bryter Music $45 (note, this is non-fiction)
Nicholas Rodney "Nick" Drake was an English singer-songwriter and musician, known for his acoustic guitar-based songs. Forty years after Nick's death, Remembered for a While peels back some of the mystery surrounding his life. The book will feature gorgeous color photographs, as well as original letters and interviews with family and friends.

"Delicious Foods" by James Hannaham $26
Delicious Foods has plenty of magic in it, and plenty of tragedy... A powerful allegory about modern-day slavery, Delicious Foods explores the ways that even the most extraordinary black men and women are robbed of the right to control their own lives... [Hannaham] is serious about investigating the long-term effects of internalized racism, and the despair that prevents people from helping themselves... A sharp critique of the American belief that you can do anything as long as you work hard. (Entertainment Weekly)

"Munich Airport" by Greg Baxter $25
MUNICH AIRPORT confirms [Baxter] as a writer of courage and lucidity. His fluent and assured prose owes some debt to the Austro-Hungarian Franz Kafka and the Austrian Thomas Bernhard... Baxter is high literature. (NY Times)