Chamberlin's latest revolves around bullying and friendship in the lives of mothers and their adolescent daughters. (July)



Mission to Paris   

Alan Furst

Random House, $27

In 1938 Europe, Hollywood star Frederic Stahl's not only interesting to his French film crew — a Paris network of spies considers him a potentially valuable ally. (June)


Monarch Beach  


Anita Hughes

St. Martin's Griffin, $14.99

Can a woman create a new life after her husband's infidelity? The answer is yes for Amanda, who ditches that fellow (a French chef) and belongs to a fabulously wealthy San Francisco family. (June)


The Nightmare 


Lars Kepler

Sarah Crichton Books, $27

Detective Inspector Joona Linna is good at making connections, and if anyone can figure out the ties between two corpses in Stockholm, Linna can. (July)


The Orphanmaster  


Jean Zimmerman

Viking, $27.95