Newsmax Rising Bestsellers examines both the current and most recent past U.S. presidencies, a political resurrection and a corruption scandal. There is also a humor-filled escape from politics, and an offering in which the author submits that the key to success and happiness can be found in two words: Let them. And for fiction, there is the latest volume in a long-running series.

“Open Season,” by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine Books)

Psychologist Alex Delaware and Los Angeles homicide detective Milo Sturgis are back in their 40th adventure. It begins with the discovery of a drugged and murdered aspiring actress, whose body was callously dumped near a hospital emergency room. There’s no apparent motive for her murder. Then, just when the duo believe they have a likely suspect — another Hollywood hopeful, he’s shot and killed by a sniper, using a rifle that was evidence in another crime. And soon the bodies start piling up, with no obvious connection among them. “No spoilers here to ruin the riveting mystery for others beyond there are murders that need solving and much as the amateur detective in me wanted to figure things out before they were revealed, this excellent mystery kept me perplexed until Alex’s ah-ha! moment,” wrote Miss PickyPants in her GoodReads review.  [Fiction]“All the President’s Money: Investigating the Secret Foreign Schemes That Made the Biden Family Rich,” by James Comer (Broadside Books)

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