Behind the bestsellers. (publishing news)(Column)

THE TIES THAT BIND

V.C. Andrews, the writer who can always be counted on to put a new spin on family values, introduces readers to yet another bleak brood in Melody, which debuted at #6 on PW's mass market list last week (it's moved up to #2 this week). The Logans, says Pocket Books publicity director Liz Hartman, are the author's "most haunting and bizarre family yet"--quite a claim when one considers the chilling machinations of the Dollanganger clan from The Flowers in the Attic et al. Andrews's 21 previous novels, all of which have spent time on various bestseller charts, total 60 million copies in print. Pocket is helping that figure along with a hefty …