May's roundup of New in Paperback fiction titles includes THE HUSBAND, a Dean Koontz thriller about an ordinary man whose extraordinary commitment to his wife takes him on a harrowing journey; KILLER INSTINCT by Joseph Finder, in which the life of a sales executive is turned upside down when he meets a former Special Forces officer; MARKED MAN, William Lashner's sixth book to feature Philadelphia defense attorney Victor Carl; ONCE UPON A DAY, a wise, humorous and compassionate novel from Lisa Tucker about two lost souls who find each other as they come to terms with their tragic pasts; QUEEN OF BABBLE by Meg Cabot, whose main character is stranded in the middle of London by her up-to-no-good boyfriend; and HELEN OF TROY, Margaret George's retelling of the story of the woman whose face "launched a thousand ships."
Among our nonfiction highlights are DISPATCHES FROM THE EDGE, Anderson Cooper's up-close view of the most harrowing crises of our time and the profound impact they have had on his life; CHASING GHOSTS by Paul Rieckhoff, who writes with heartbreaking intensity and raw emotion about his experience as a first lieutenant and platoon leader for the U.S. National Guard in Iraq; and CONFESSIONS OF A WALL STREET ANALYST, in which Dan Reingold describes how his enthusiasm for his job as a telecom analyst on Wall Street gradually gave way to disgust as he learned how deeply corrupted his industry had become.