Fiction

1. “Innocent in Death,” by J. D. Robb (Putnam, $25.95). Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of an apparently inoffensive private-school history teacher; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously.

2. “Step on a Crack,” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Little, Brown, $27.99). A detective raising 10 children alone must rescue 34 high-level hostages.

3. “Sisters,” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $27). After a family tragedy, four sisters with very different lives decide to share a Manhattan brownstone.

4. “The Double Bind,” by Chris Bohjalian (Shaye Areheart, $25). A young woman who works at a homeless shelter struggles to understand the mysterious photographs taken by a recently deceased resident.

5. “For One More Day,” by Mitch Albom (Hyperion, $21.95). A troubled man gets a last chance to reconnect and restore his relationship with his dead mother.