Donna Has Left the Building

Susan Jane Gilman (fiction, Grand Central Publishing)

Donna Koczynski is a 45-year-old ex-rocker, a recovering alcoholic and a mom to two teenagers who sets off on an epic road trip to reclaim her lost youth and the person she used to be. From the author of “Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress.”

American Cipher

Matt Farwell and Michael Ames (nonfiction, Penguin Press)

A thoroughly researched and reported look at the Bowe Bergdahl case and his fateful decision to leave his base in eastern Afghanistan on June 30, 2009.

We Were Killers Once

Becky Masterman (fiction, Minotaur Books)

Perry Smith and Dick Hickok were the real-life murderers immortalized in Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood.” This novel asks: What if there was a third killer, and another family killing, this one unsolved?

Those People

LouiseCandlish (fiction, Berkley)

A new couple has moved into the close-knit Lowland Way neighborhood in London, and they aren’t doing much to make themselves well-liked. Tensions escalate quickly — and then a person winds up dead on their property.

Such a Perfect Wife

Kate White (fiction, Harper Paperbacks)

Shannon Blaine has gone missing, ever since she went for a run in Lake George, NY — and never came back. True-crime writer Bailey Weggins is on the case from NYC, and she’s digging up all sorts of town secrets.

The Conservative Sensibility

George F. Will (politics, Hachette)

A look at the Founders’ original vision for America, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, who argues that true conservatism is under attack both from progressives and people within the GOP.