Two of this week’s Newsmax Rising Bestsellers address “promises made, promises kept” of President Donald Trump. The first deals with his vow to release government files from one of America’s darkest periods, and the second with his pledge to charge reciprocal tariffs against our trading partners. Another offering describes one man’s journey from addiction to a senior position in the 2020 Trump re-election campaign, and a final pick chronicles the rise of a “Wild Heart” in the entertainment world. And for fiction, there is the latest installment in a long-running series of police thrillers.

“Paranoia,” by James Patterson & James O. Born (Little, Brown and Company)

This is the 17th installment of the Patterson-Born series of New York police Detective Michael Bennett thrillers. In this one, there is an inordinate number of recent deaths among of fellow law enforcement officers, prompting a special assignment for Bennett. “I want you to look at these deaths on special assignment,” Inspector Celeste Cantor tells Bennett. “Report only to me.” The detective soon realizes that the subject of his investigation is a killer who feeds on isolation… and paranoia. “The Michael Bennett series is another long-running James Patterson series and is probably my favorite, along with the Alex Cross series,” wrote Heather for GoodReads. “The action was non-stop in the story as Michael and his new partner, former Ranger Robert Trilling, go about solving the case. Overall, a fast-paced good read, and I already have the next book on my TBR list.”  [Fiction]“Donald Trump’s Order for the Release of Declassified Files on JFK, RFK, and MLK: What Happened in America’s Darkest Days,” by Paul Zillman (Independently published)

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