Publishers Weekly articles from June 2003

Publishers Weekly archives from June 2003

Scholastic cuts 400 from global workforce: downsizing eliminates 4% of worldwide staff. (News).(Scholastic Inc.)
June 2, 2003... SCHOLASTIC TOOK A dramatic step last week toward propping up its falling earnings by announcing that it has eliminated 400 positions, or about 4% of its worldwide staff. The cuts are effective immediately, and all employees affected will be...

ALA keeping options open. (News).(American Library Association convention attendance)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... With reports of mare SARS cases coming from Toronto, the American Library Association said it is continuing to monitor the situation. As of May 28, the association said it was still planning to go ahead with the June 19-25 convention, but said...

New Grisham due September 9. (Pleasant Surprise).(book by John Grisham to be published)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Doubleday announced last week that it will release a new John Grisham novel on September 9. A surprise addition to the fall list, Bleachers will not be a legal thriller, but will be about high school football and coming of age in a small Texas...

Intervisual to buy Tango books. (Expanding).(Intervisual Books Inc.)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... IN A DEAL that will unite two children's novelty book publishers, Intervisual Books Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire London-based Tango Books. The acquisition also includes the purchase of Sadie Fields Productions Ltd., Tango s...

AMS expects better performance in fiscal '04. (Strategy).(Advanced Marketing Services)
June 2, 2003... IN A MAY 22 conference call with analysts, Advanced Marketing Services president Michael Nicita explained that a major factor in the disappointing results for the year ended March 31 (News, May 26) was the poor performance of bestsellers, which...

More books, more publishers, higher prices. (Book Industry Statistics).(Industry Overview)
June 2, 2003... ALTHOUGH THE LARGEST U.S. trade book houses published significantly fewer titles last year, the total number of books published in the U.S. jumped 6%, to more than 150,000 titles in 2002, according to R.R. Bowker's annual look at book industry...

New SARS cases add to ALA uncertainty. (Thinking it Over).(severe acute respiratory syndrome; attendance at American Library Association annual meeting)
June 2, 2003... THE NEW OUTBREAK of SARS in a Toronto hospital over the Memorial Day weekend has rekindled debate among the American publishing community about whether to attend the American Library Association's annual meeting scheduled there on June 19. The...

Hopkins is 125. (News).(Johns Hopkins University Press )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... James Jordan, director of the Johns Hopkins University Press, shows off a special citation awarded to the press from AAUP president Peter Givler to honor the JHU Press's 125th anniversary.

HCI names Witter editorial director. (People).(Healthe Communications Inc.'s Bret Witter)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Health Communications Inc. has named Bret Witter editorial director. Witter, who began at HCI last week, replaces Christine Belleris, who has moved into special projects and freelance work for the company. Witter had been an editor at Berkley...

Franklin Electronic has profitable fiscal '03. (Fiscal 2003 Results).(Franklin Electronic Publishers)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... DESPITE A 7.6% decline in revenue, to $63.6 million, Franklin Electronic Publishers returned to profitability for the fiscal year ended March 31, posting net income of $2.3 million. In the previous year, Franklin had a net loss of $26.6...

Taunton adds new brand. (Inspired).(Taunton Press)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... IN A MOVE that book division chief Jim Childs calls "the culmination of branching out to the consumer market," the Taunton Press has announced a new brand that will encompass books, a television show and a magazine. Called Inspired House, all...

Running Press inks mini deal with Zondervan. (Co-Venture).(Inspirio)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... RUNNING PRESS HAS teamed up with Inspirio, the gift division of Zondervan, to produce a series of Running Press's miniature editions. The line, which will be co-branded Inspirio/Running Press, will launch in September with 12 abridged editions...

Brown juvenile publishing program. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... HOUGHTON MIFFLIN Sheila Smallwood, former creative director of the Little, Brown juvenile publishing program, has been appointed Houghton Mifflin Children's Books creative director and will manage day-to-day activities of the Houghton design...

Watson Guptill. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... WATSON GUPTILL Bob Nirkind, former senior acquisitions editor, has been appointed executive editor.... Candace Raney, former senior acquisitions editor, has been promoted to executive editor.

Avalon Publishing Group. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... AVALON PUBLISHING GROUP Matthew Lore, publisher of Marlowe & Company, has been named v-p of the group.... Krista Lyons-Gould has been promoted to v-p of the group from editorial director.

Scribner. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... SCRIBNER Sarah McGrath has been promoted to senior editor. Her previous experience includes working at Knopf.

Aperture Foundation Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... APERTURE FOUNDATION INC. Linda Stormes was appointed director of sales and marketing, overseeing books, limited edition prints and Internet-related developments.

Tyndale House Publishers. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... TYNDALE HOUSE PUBLISHERS Dan Balow was named executive director of Tyndale International Publishing Services in addition to director of business development for the Left Behind series.

Inner Ocean Publishing. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... INNER OCEAN PUBLISHING Karen Bouris, previously marketing director at Harper San Francisco and Conan Press, has been appointed editorial director for the independent in Maui.

Pelican Publishing. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... PELICAN PUBLISHING Rachel Carner, former bookseller, was promoted to publicist.... Barry Jacques has joined the staff as warehouse manager.... Judith Wenger has been named assistant production manager.

Orion Magazine. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... MILKWEED EDITIONS H. Emerson Blake, former editor of Orion Magazine, has been named editor-in-chief, succeeding cofounder Emilie Buchwald, who is retiring.

Mary Anne Thompson Associates. (People).(book scout for Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Germany)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... MARY ANNE THOMPSON ASSOCIATES Mary Anne Thompson has been appointed book scout for Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Germany.

Marketingworks Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... MARKETINGWORKS INC. Richard J. Casabonne has been appointed principal, senior consultant and member of the board of directors. Most recently, he was president of LeapFrog, Education and Training Group.

Beth Vesel Literary Agency. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... THE BETH VESEL LITERARY AGENCY Beth Vesel, formerly with Sanford J. Greenberger, has formed her own agency in New York.

Women's Review of Books. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... THE WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS Amy B. Hoffmann has been named editor-in-chief of the Wellesley College-based publication following the resignation of founding publisher and editor Linda Gardiner.

Dalmatian Press. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... SCHOLASTIC Ellie Berger, v-p, deputy publisher, has been appointed publisher, licensed publishing, as well.... Josh Hanft, former v-p, publisher, at Dalmatian Press, was named to the new position of director of licensed publishing.... Stacey...

New York Academy of Sciences. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES Sarah Greene has been named to the newly created position of director, publishing and new media. She was formerly president and CEO of Praxis Press.

Tokyopop Inc. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... TOKYOPOP INC. John Powers was appointed v-p, marketing, following tenures at Warner Bros., Gemstar-TV Guide, Pepsi Cola and others.

National Book Foundation. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION Quang Bao, executive director of the Asian American Writers' Workshop; Isisara Bey, v-p, corporate affairs, Sony Music Entertainment Inc.; and Kenneth L. Wallach, chairman, president and CEO, Central National-Gottesman...

Princeton University Press. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... HILL AND WANG Joseph Wisnovsky, former executive editor at Princeton University Press, has been appointed consulting editor for science titles for this division of Farrar, Straus & Giroux.

Perseus Books Group. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... PERSEUS BOOKS GROUP Elizabeth Tzetzo, national accounts sales director, has been promoted to v-p, group sales director.... Eugenia Pakalik, national account sales manager for Barnes & Noble, Barnes & Noble College and barnesandoble.com, has...

Peter Rubie Literary Agency Ltd. (People).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... PETER RUBIE LITERARY AGENCY LTD. Hanna Rubin has joined the agency full-time, representing nonfiction and fiction projects, following editorial and writing positions with national publications.

Atkinson is new 'PW' Canadian correspondent. (News).(NATHALIE ATKINSON)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... NATHALIE ATKINSON HAS been named Canadian correspondent for Publishers Weekiy, replacing Leah Eichler. Atkinson began her PW duties earlier this spring, writing for the special supplement on Canadian publishing in the May 12 issue, and her...

Lisimachio exits Hachette. (International People).(JEAN-LOUIS LISIMACHIO resigns from Hachette Livre)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JEAN-LOUIS LISIMACHIO, longtime head of Hachette Livre, resigned last month as chief executive of the French publishing giant. In a release issued by Hachette parent company Lagardere, "strategic disagreements" between Lagardere chairman Arnaud...

Leone resigns from IUP. (News).(PETER-JOHN LEONE will leave Indiana University Press)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... PETER-JOHN LEONE, director of the Indiana University Press, announced that he is resigning his position effective July 1, in order to pursue other interests. Leone joined IUP in 2000. Janet Rabinowitch, currently editorial director, will serve...

Other Press looks to the general trade. (Small Publishing).(Other Press hires former Random House executives)(Company Profile)
June 2, 2003... AFTER SEVERAL YEARS as a direct marketer of academic psychoanalytic titles, Other Press has hired several former Random House executives who are transforming a successful but limited press into a state-of-the-art small publisher serving the...

Media Source owners to buy company. (Dealing).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... MEDIA SOURCE, the company that emerged out of the defunct book fair operator Pages Inc., is waiting for final approval to merge with MSI Merger Corp., formed last month by S. Robert Davis and his son Charles Davis. The Davises, the largest...

MediaBay loss, despite gains. (1st-Quarter Results).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER OPERATING expenses resulted in a net loss of $1.5 million at MediaBay for the first quarter ended March 31, despite a 12.8% increase in sales, to $10.7 million. The higher expenses included an increase of $513,000 in bad...

On the ball. (Behind the Bestsellers).(David Halberstam's 'The Teammates')(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... The times they are a-changin'. As Hyperion notes in its press material for David Halberstam's The Teammates, "Before the days of free agents and six-figure salaries, major league sports were about allegiances to teams and camaraderie between...

On the money. (Behind the Bestsellers).(Michael Lewis's 'Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game')(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Marking its second week on our nonfiction list is a, well, ball of a different color. Michael Lewis's Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game switches from Boston to the West Coast as it looks at the Oakland Athletics' 2002 season--how the...

You're a grand old flag. (Behind the Bestsellers).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... From George Cohan's rousing anthem to John Newton's "Amazing Grace," from George Washington's Farewell Address to Willa Cather's O Pioneers!, A Patriot's Handbook: Songs, Poems, Stories, and Speeches Celebrating the Land We Love contains a...

To prey or not to Prey. (Behind the Bestsellers).(Correction Notice)
June 2, 2003... True: John Sandford's Naked Prey is the veteran author's 15th novel. It is not, however, his 15th Lucas Davenport "Prey" novel, as we stated last week in this column. In Sandford's 1997 tome, The Night Crew, neither Davenport nor Prey were...

Obituary.(LOUISE GAULT)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
June 2, 2003... LOUISE GAULT, 68 LOUISE GAULT, a longtime Doubleday editor, died in a New York City hospital May23 after a long battle with cancer. She was 68. Gault worked at Doubleday for 25 years and during that time published many notable books on...

Correction.(Correction Notice)
June 2, 2003... In the story "PubSync's Services Cut Costs" (News,, May 19) Nannette Naught's name was misspelled and Linda Young's title was listed incorrectly; she is CEO. Also, references in the story to Wright should actually be to Thomas.

Moving on up: a look at some titles currently flying high. (Children's Books).(Bibliography)
June 2, 2003... Good Night, Sales Tight Broadway's Gypsy knows it, as do publishers of novelty books: "You gotta have a gimmick." One of Simon & Schuster's latest success stories, Good Night, Sweet Butterflies by Dawn Bentley, illustrated by Heather...

A Celebration. (Children's Bookbag).(Lee & Low celebrating 10th anniversary with new limited-edition book)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Lee & Low, a publisher of multicultural literature for children, is celebrating its 10th anniversary this spring. To coincide with the event, they will publish A Tenth Anniversary Celebration of Multicultural Publishing, which focuses on 14 of...

Books on stage. (Children's Bookbag).(Harcourt titles )(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Two children's titles from Harcourt are being made into productions for the stage. Tomie dePaola's book Oliver Button Is a Sissy, about a boy who prefers dancing to football, has been produced by choruses all over the country for several years...

Summer fun. (Children's Bookbag).(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... Random House Children's Books has big summer plans for its bestselling series, Junie B. Jones. "June is Junie Month" kicked off with a splash: over 1,700 event kits, including stickers and cardboard purple spectacles as well as information on a...

Eye on the prize. (Children's Bookbag).(Trudi Birger Prize for the Best Book for Children)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... A new children's book award will be announced at this year's Jerusalem International Book Fair (June 23-27), the Trudi Birger Prize for the Best Book for Children. It will be given to an author or authorli I lustrator that inspires readers to...

In honor of America. (Children's Bookbag).(Wendell Minor's book 'America the Beautiful')(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... The Penguin children's book group hosted a publication party for Wendell Minor's book America the Beautiful in Washington Depot, Conn., on May 17. A host of people came out for the event, including local authors, illustrators, television...

Imagination takes flight: Random House's Listening Library imprint launches. (Audio).
June 2, 2003... Though bough tides bearing the Imagination Studio logo have been out since January, the new imprint from Random Houses's Listening Library, which has a more commercial bent, officially launches this month, supported by a $150,000 marketing...

Getting Mother's Body. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... SUZAN-LORI PARKS, READ BY THE AUTHOR Random House Audio, unabridged, six CDs, 7.5 hrs., $31.95 ISBN 0-7393-0297-3 With credentials including the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (Topdog/Underdog) and a feature film directed by Spike Lee...

Home Before Dark. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... SUSAN WIGGS, READ BY TANYA EBY Brilliance, unabridged, seven cassettes, 10 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 1-59086-694-0 Wiggs's latest is an entertaining romance perfect for beach listening. Sixteen years ago, unwed Jessie gave her newborn daughter...

Cosmopolis: A Novel. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... DON DELILLO, READ BY WILL PATTON Simon & Schuster Audio, unabridged, four cassettes, 5.5 hrs., $26 ISBN 0-7435-2848-4 For a book about a 28-year-old new-economy billionaire with a "frozen heart," Patton adopts a distant, machine-like...

Hulk. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... PETER DAVID, READ BY DAVID STRATHAIRN. Random House Audio, abridged, two cassettes, 3 hrs., $18 ISBN 0-7393-0434-8 This well-done abridgement packs the plot twists, character development and pulse-pounding action of David's novel (adapted...

Lost Light. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... MICHAEL CONNELLY, READ BY LEN CARIOU. Time Warner AudioBooks, unabridged, seven cassettes, 10 hrs., $36.98 ISBN 1-58621-488-8 At the fade of Connelly's City of Bones, his hero, Harry Bosch, said goodbye to the Los Angeles Police Department...

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere: Stories. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ZZ PACKER, READ BY SHIRLEY JORDAN. HighBridge, unabridged, six CDs, 7 hrs., $32.95 ISBN 1-56511-759-X * The book form of this debut short story collection is getting the highest of accolades from the New York Times, Harper's, the New...

The Vanished Man: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JEFFERY DEAVER, READ BY ADAM GRUPPER. Simon & Schuster, abridged, four cassettes, 6 hrs., $26 ISBN 0-743-52825-5 Not since Bill Bixby's The Magician has illusion played such a vigorous role in the investigation of a homicide. A girl is...

A Few Short Notes on Tropical Butterflies: Stories. (Fiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JOHN MURRAY, READ BY STEPHEN SPINELLA. Harper Audio, unabridged, seven cassettes, 11.5 hrs., $34.95 ISBN 0-06-053223-8 Spinella turns in a smart, crisp performance of these achingly personal stories that take place at the crossroads of a...

Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker. (Nonfiction).(Audiobook Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JAMES McMANUS, READ BY THE AUTHOR. Audio Renaissance, abridged, three CDs, 3 hrs., $22 ISBN 1-55927-884-6 It's a safe bet that no one at Harper's expected novelist MeManus, who the magazine sent to Las Vegas to cover the 2000 World Series...

Audio Bestsellers.
June 2, 2003... Audio Bestsellers Fiction 1 The Second Time Around (unabr.). Mary Higgins Clark. Read by Jan Maxwell. Simon & Schuster Audio. Eight cassettes, 10 hours, $39.95 ISBN 0-743-52846-8 2 The Da Vinci Code (abr. CD). Dan...

'We're all in this together': in difficult times, scholarly presses stress solidarity, the need for new initiatives--and point to a few cheering bright spots. (University Presses).
June 2, 2003... WHEN THE BOOK BUSINESS IS SUFFERING, as it is at present, university presses, whose task is to disseminate scholarship and only incidentally to make a profit if they can, are likely to be suffering even more. Peter Givler, executive director of...

Brave Enemies. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ROBERT MORGAN. Algonquin/Shannon Ravenel, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 1-565 12-356-5 * With tremendous narrative pace, a meticulous eye for colorful detail and a tight grasp of historical setting and military action, poet and novelist Morgan (Gap...

The Amber Room. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... STEVE BERRY. Ballantine, $24.95 (400p) ISBN 0-345-46003-0 First-time novelist Berry weighs in with a hefty thriller that's long on interesting research but short on thrills. Atlanta judge Rachel Cutler and ex-husband Paul are divorced but...

In Times of Siege. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... GITHA HARIHARAN. Pantheon, $22 (224p) ISBN 0-375-42239-0 Thoughtful and perceptive, this novel by a young Indian writer-her first to be published here (her debut novel, The Thousand Faces of Night, won the Commonwealth Prize for first...

Calpurnia. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ANNE SCOTT. Knopf, $24 (304p) ISBN 0-375-41380-4 Scott's debut novel unravels the tangled family secrets surrounding an ancestral Philadelphia manse and its deceased owner, Maribel Archibald Davies, the well-born painter and family...

Resolved. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ROBERT K. TANENBAUM. Atria, $26 (352p) ISBN 0-7434-5286-0 Even Tanenbaum's diehard fans may have wished, over the course of his last few novels, that his famously tempestuous investigative duo --scrupulously honest homicide prosecutor Butch...

Growing up in Wigton, Cumbria: Talks with Melvyn Bragg.(Interview)
June 2, 2003... PW: You obviously share a great deal of your own experience in your books about growing up in Wigton in the postwar years, which gives both The Soldier's Return and A Son of War [reviewed on p. 31] remarkable authenticity. Melvyn Bragg:...

Coiled in the Heart. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... SCOTT ELLIOTT. Putnam, $23.95 (304p) ISBN 0-399-15038-2 The long shadow of guilt darkens Elliott's debut novel, which gets off to a strong start when a young boy's prank ends up killing his new neighbor. Seven-year-old Tobia Caldwell...

A Son of War. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... MELVYN BRAGG. Arcade, $25.95 (432p) ISBN 1-559-70686-4 This is the second volume of a trilogy that began with The Soldier's Return, about a family in a little town in Cumbria, in the northwest of England, in the years following WWII; the...

Hunting Midnight. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... RICHARD ZIMLER. Delacorte, $23.95 (499p) ISBN 0-553-10553-1 Acts of cruelty and bigotry and a shocking betrayal propel this colorful if overstuffed historical novel by Zimler (The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon), set in 18th- and 19th-century...

Gay Blades. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... BEN TYLER. Kensington, $23 (304p) ISBN 0-7582-0017-X After successfully skewering ego-driven Hollywood (Tricks of the Trade) and salacious reality TV shows (Hunk House), Tyler sets his sights on the backstabbing world of traveling...

Johnny Angel. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... DANIELLE STEEL. Delacorte, $19.95 (l92p) ISBN 0-385-33549-0 In the 1962 rock ballad, Johnny Angel isn't an angel, but an angelic young dreamboat. In Steel's book, the titular hero is both--as well as class valedictorian, a football/track...

The Center of Everything. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... LAURA MORIARTY. Hyperion, $22.95 (304p) ISBN 1-4013-0031-6 For 10-year-old Evelyn Bucknow, there really is no place like home. On all the world maps she's ever seen, the United States has been smack dab in the middle, with Kansas in the...

Due Preparations for the Plague. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... JANETTE TURNER HOSPITAL. Norton, $24.95 (320p) ISBN O-393-05764-X * Hospital (Oyster) is a writer of many gifts; her dark imagination, astute insights into societal interactions and the supple beauty of her prose, provide an irresistible...

Still Life with Crows. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... DOUGLAS PRESTON AND LINCOLN CHILD. Warner, $25.95 (436p) ISBN 0-446-53142-1 That FBI Special Agent Pendergast, one of the most charismatic thriller heroes in memory, dominates this latest novel from Preston/Child is the good news; that...

Dirty Laundry. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... PAULA L. WOODS. Ballantine/One World, $23.95 (272p) ISBN 0-345-45700-5 Wood redefines L.A. urban noir as an explosive blend of race relations, politics and murder in her third installment (after Stormy Weather) of the award-winning...

Murder, with music: talks with Rupert Holmes.(Interview)
June 2, 2003... PW: You've won a Grammy for your song writing, two Edgars for Broadway plays and multiple Tonys for your Broadway play The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and you have just been nominated for a Tony in the Best Play category for your current show on...

Sacrifice. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... CLYDE PHILLIPS. Morrow, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 0-06-621237-5 Phillips's third crime novel (Fall from Grace; Blindsided) featuring diminutive but brassy San Francisco lady cop Jane Candiotti--newly promoted to homicide lieutenant and also newly...

Trial By Ice and Fire. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... CLINTON McKINZIE. Delacorte, $21.95 (320p) ISBN 0-385-33735-3 Special Agent Antonio "Anton" Burns (The Edge of Justice) returns in another off-beat combo of mountain-climbing adventure and police thriller. Going through a rough patch with...

Where the Truth Lies. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... RUPERT HOLMES. Random, $24.95 (390p) ISBN 0-679-45220.6 Holmes is an award-winning Broadway playwright and composer (The Mystery of Edwin Drood; Accomplice), so it's only appropriate that his hugely entertaining first novel should beset in...

Honey Don't. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... TIM SANDLIN. Putnam/Marion Wood, $24.95 (368p) ISBN 0-399-14998-8 Strongly reminiscent of Carl Hiaasen and Tom Robbins, this sixth satirical novel by the ribald, irreverent Sandlin takes leave of GroVont, Wyo. (setting of Sandlin's GroVont...

In Silence. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ERICA SPINDLER. Mira, $23.95 (384p) ISBN 1-55166-699.5 The old adage, "You can't go home again," doesn't apply to Cypress Springs, La., a picaresque little town that goes to extreme--and sometimes deadly--lengths to keep the outside world...

The Sisters. (Fiction).(Book Review)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2003... ROBERT LITTELL. Overlook, $24.95 (312p) ISBN 1-58567-418-4 On the heels of Littell's 2002 bestseller The Company comes this reissue of a gripping spy thriller originally published in 1986. It is the height of the Cold War, not long after...