Zero day, By David Baldacci, Pan Macmillan, Rs 350, pp 434
War hero John Puller is known to be the top investigator in the US Army’s CID. So when a family with military connections is brutally murdered in a remote area of West Virginia, Puller is called in to investigate, and soon suspects the case has wider implications. As the web of deceit is revealed, it becomes clear that there’s much more to this case than they had first thought.

The fall, By Gillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, HarperCollins, Rs 250, pp 390
The deadly virus strain unleashed in New York ravages the country. If the epidemic cannot be contained, soon the whole world will fall. Amid the chaos, Dr Goodweather leads a ragged crew defying the bloodthirsty masterminds behind the outbreak. Guided by Holocaust survivor Abraham Setrakian and guarded by veteran examinator Fet, they survive in the city’s infested underground.

The adventures of rusty, By Ruskin Bond, Penguin Books, Rs 299, pp 278
Rusty, the boy whose stories have charmed and entertained children for years, brings together his best adventures in one volume. From the time he was a boy, living with his grandparents in Dehradun, to when he gets sent away to school, then makes his way to London and becomes a writer, Rusty’s had more adventures than one can count. The book contains his best, funniest, most exciting escapades. And tales that were always loved and never forgotten.