New releases for week of Jan. 27
January 27, 2009 - 5:00 am
There’s no question what the big new release will be this week.
Best-selling author John Grisham returns with another legal thriller, “The Associate,” featuring attorney Kyle McAvoy.
Kyle is on his way to a promising law career when a secret from his college days is used against him. The young lawyer is forced to take a job with the largest law firm in the world, and he’s expected to break the law in ways that could get him sent to prison or even killed.
Other books hitting shelves this week: “Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: A Foolproof Guide to Getting and Keeping a Man” by Steve Harvey; “Dark of Night (Troubleshooters Series No. 14)” by Suzanne Brockmann; “A Darker Place” by Jack Higgins; “Mistress of the Monarchy: The Life of Katherine Swynford, Duchess of Lancaster” by Alison Weir; “Scat” by Carl Hiaasen; “Basketball Jones” by E. Lynn Harris; and “Hotel On the Corner of Bitter and Sweet” by Jamie Ford.