Prepub alert.(fiction books)

FICTION

Bilston, Sarah. Sleepless Nights. Morrow. Jul. 2008. 304p. ISBN 978-0-06-0889944. $24.95.

A holiday in the country? Not when your enfant is acting sick and your younger sister is acting like an enfant.

Block, Lawrence. Hit and Run. Morrow. Jul. 2008. 256p. ISBN 978-0-06-084090-7. $24.95. Irg. prnt.

Sent to Des Moines to do one last job, master hit man John Keller gets framed for a murder he didn't commit.

Bowen, Michele Andrea. Up at the College. Walk Worthy: Grand Central. Jul. 2008. 368p. ISBN 978-0-446-57775-5. $23.99.

From the top African American Christian fiction author and Essence best seller: Yvonne moves home to North Carolina after her husband ends their "boring" marriage. With a three-city tour.

Brown, Rita Mae. The Sand Castle. Grove. Jul. 2008. 112p. ISBN 978-0-8021-1870-7. $18.95.

Remember Brown's "Six in One" trilogy, starring the Hunsenmeir sisters? Wheezie and Juts return for mum family trouble at the beach. With a reading group guide.

Brundage, Elizabeth. Somebody Else's Daughter. Viking. Jul. 2008. 352p. ISBN 978-0-670-01900-7. $24.95. CD: Penguin Audio.

The Doctor's Wife having sold hugely in paperback, Brundage is ready to give us a showdown between little Willa's two fathers, biological and adoptive. With a four-city tour; reading group guide.

Burke, James Lee. Swan Peak: A Dave Robicheaux Novel. S. & S. Jul. 2008. 352p. ISBN 978-1-4165-4852-2. $26. CD: S. & S. Audio.

Dave Robicheaux is …