Books: New and noteworthy

Paste BN's Jocelyn McClurg scopes out the hottest books on sale each week.

1. Lessons from Tara by David Rosenfelt (St. Martin's Press, non-fiction, on sale July 21)

What it's about: Offers "Life Advice from the World's Most Brilliant Dog," Tara, who inspired the author's mystery series.

The buzz: Rosenfelt's latest canine mystery Who Let the Dog Out (Minotaur) will be published the same day.

2. Green Hills of Africa: The Hemingway Library Edition by Ernest Hemingway (Scribner, non-fiction, on sale July 21)

What it's about: A new edition of Hemingway's 1935 big-game hunting memoir, including second wife Pauline Pfeiffer's safari journal and other archival material.

The buzz: "Papa's best and worst on full display, sometimes in the same paragraph," says Kirkus Reviews.

3. Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper by Hilary Liftin (Viking, fiction, on sale July 21)

What it's about: Novel about a young actress who marries a mega-star, until it all unravels thanks to a controlling cult called One Cell. Hello Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise?

The buzz: "The beach read of the summer," says Library Journal.

4. Speaking in Bones by Kathy Reichs (Bantam, fiction, on sale July 21)

What it's about: Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan deals with a marriage proposal, her mother's illness, and, more dangerously, a secretive religious sect.

The buzz: TV's Bones, inspired by Reichs' series, was just renewed for an 11th season on Fox.

5. Our Man in Charleston by Christopher Dickey (Crown, non-fiction, on sale July 21)

What it's about: The little-known story of Robert Bunch, "Britain's Secret Agent in the Civil War South."

The buzz: Sports a jacket blurb by author Joan Didion: "A perfect book about an imperfect spy."