Fiction in June 2001....

-- Library Journal, 2/1/2001

BENSON, Raymond.
Never Dream of Dying: The New James Bond Adventure.
Putnam. Jun. 2001. 272p.
ISBN 0-399-14746-2. $23.95.
The newest James Bond adventure culminates at the Cannes Film Festival.

COBEN, Harlan.
Tell No One.
Delacorte. Jun. 2001. 352p.
ISBN 0-385-33555-5. $22.95.
Coben briefly abandons protagonist Myron Bolitar for this story of a man who lost his bride to a serial killer, only to find himself implicated in her murder eight years later.

CORNWELL, Patricia.
Isle of Dogs.
Putnam. Jun. 2001. 368p.
ISBN 0-399-14739-X. $26.95.
abridged. Putnam Berkley Audio.
ISBN 0-399-14761-6. $24.95.
unabridged. Putnam Berkley Audio.
ISBN 0-399-14765-9. $39.95.
abridged. Putnam Berkley Audio.
ISBN 0-399-14764-0. $29.95.
An island in Chesapeake Bay revolts when Virginia's governor orders speed traps on every street. It doesn't sound like Cornwell, but it's a main selection of BOMC, the Literary Guild, the Mystery Guild, and the Doubleday Book Club.

DONOGHUE, Emma.
Slammerkin.
Harcourt. Jun. 2001. 352p.
ISBN 0-15-100672-5. $24.
In 18th-century England, a young girl's longing for finer things -- especially finer clothes -- leads to murder. Based on a true story, this book has become an international best seller.

FOSTER, Alan Dean.
Reunion: A Pip and Flinx Novel.
Del Rey: Ballantine. Jun. 2001. 320p.
ISBN 0-345-41867-0. $24.
After five long years, the orphaned human Flinx is back with his sidekick, the minidrag Pip. Predictably, Flinx's use of his special telepathic powers to uncover his past leads to trouble.

GREEN, Jane.
Mr. Maybe.
Broadway. Jun. 2001. 352p.
ISBN 0-7679-0519-9. $19.95.
In this follow-up to Green's Bridget Jones ripoff, Jemima J, a greedy young publicist is torn between sexy but broke Nick and oh-so-rich-but-boring Ed.

JOHANSEN, Iris.
Final Target.
Bantam. Jun. 2001. 384p.
ISBN 0-553-80094-9. $24.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-52804-1. $25.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-71438-4. $29.95.
The daughter of the President is in a catatonic trauma, having witnessed the murder of her nanny and the Secret Service agents set to protect her. A tale of international intrigue.

KIRN, Walter.
Up in the Air.
Doubleday. Jun. 2001. 256p.
ISBN 0-385-49710-5. $23.95.
From GQ's fiction editor: the story of a man obsessed with accumulating one million frequent flier miles and the hell that breaks loose as he approaches his goal.

LIPMAN, Elinor.
The Dearly Departed.
Random. Jun. 2001. 256p.
ISBN 0-679-46312-7. $23.95.
Sunny returns to her dreaded hometown for her mother's funeral to discover that she just may have a half-brother -- and he's right here.

LUCENO, James.
Star Wars: Cloak of Deception.
Del Rey: Ballantine. Jun. 2001. 352p.
ISBN 0-345-44298-9. $26.
abridged. Random Audio.
ISBN 0-375-41840-7. $25.95.
abridged. Random Audio.
ISBN 0-375-41846-6. $29.95.
At last, what you've been waiting for: a prequel to the Star Wars ramble that will explain why Chancellor Valorum fell from power.

McCRUMB, Sharyn.
The Songcatcher.
Dutton. Jun. 2001. 368p.
ISBN 0-525-94488-5. $24.95.
Once celebrated as Southern Writer of the Year, McCrumb tells the story of a song that has been in folksinger Lark McCourry's family since the 1700s -- and is about to be lost.

McGOWAN, Heather.
Schooling.
Doubleday. Jun. 2001. 304p.
ISBN 0-385-50138-2. $24.95.
A much-trumpeted debut by the writing coordinator at Provincetown's Fine Arts Works Center, this novel focuses on an American girl sent to endure the nightmare of an English boarding school after her mother dies.

MARTINI, Steve.
The Jury.
Putnam. Jun. 2001. 448p.
ISBN 0-399-14672-5. $25.95.
It looks as if Dr. David Crone really did kill the young African American research physician in his lab because she ended their affair. But then a witness for the prosecution hints otherwise. Is attorney Paul Madriani defending a guilty man or not?

O'CONNOR, Joseph, ed.
Yeats Is Dead!: A Novel by Fifteen Irish Writers.
Knopf. Jun. 2001. 256p.
ISBN 0-375-41297-2. $23.
The authors who each contributed a chapter to this romp include Roddy Doyle, Frank McCourt, and Marian Keyes, and their protagonists are two decent sorts who beat up guys on the side to earn some extra dough. Eventually, murder intervenes.

O'FARRELL, John.
The Best a Man Can Get.
Broadway. Jun. 2001. 208p.
ISBN 0-7679-0713-2. $19.95.
A columnist for the Independent in London whose nonfiction work, Things Can Only Get Better, hit the top spot on the Sunday Times best sellers list, O'Farrell dreams up a husband who periodically escapes by hanging out all day with buddies at a secret flat.

PARKER, Robert B.
Gunman's Rhapsody.
Putnam. Jun. 2001. 320p.
ISBN 0-399-14762-4. $22.95.
Parker heads west to meet Wyatt Earp.

RICKS, Thomas E.
A Soldier's Duty.
Random. Jun. 2001. 320p.
ISBN 0-375-50544-X. $24.95.
From a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist at the Washington Post, the tale of two Pentagon aides-de-camp -- conveniently in love with each other -- who discover that the generals they serve are thinking that maybe it's time to overthrow the President.

RIORDAN, Rick.
The Devil Went Down to Austin.
Bantam. Jun. 2001. 336p.
ISBN 0-553-11097-7. $23.95.
Tequila-swigging P.I. Tres Navarre has to prove that his computer-genius brother didn't murder an old friend.

SCHICKLER, David.
Kissing in Manhattan.
Dial. Jun. 2001. 288p.
ISBN 0-385-33566-0. $21.95.
The story of an apartment building in New York and its denizens, including a perfume heiress, an irritable actor, a Wall Street lover boy, and a smart priest. This was excerpted in The New Yorker's Summer Debut Fiction issue.

SHAARA, Jeff.
Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution.
Ballantine. Jun. 2001. 448p.
ISBN 0-345-42753-X. $26.95.
lrg. prnt. Random.
ISBN 0-375-43108-X. $26.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-52808-4. $25.95.
abridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-71434-1. $29.95.
Shaara re-creates the American Revolution, starting with the Boston Massacre.

SPENCE, Gerry.
Half Moon and Empty Stars.
Lisa Drew: Scribner. Jun. 2001. 448p.
ISBN 0-7432-0276-7. $27.
Celebrated lawyer Spence, who has written ten books, now tries his hand at fiction. Can half-Arapahoe Charlie Redtail be saved from a false murder conviction by a small-town lawyer?

STEEL, Danielle.
Leap of Faith.
Delacorte. Jun. 2001. 216p.
ISBN 0-385-33296-3. $19.95.
lrg. prnt. Random.
ISBN NA. $NA.
unabridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-50261. $25.95.
unabridged. BDD Audio.
ISBN 0-553-71232-2. $29.95.
When her parents die, Marie-Ange is exiled from her beloved Chateau Marmouton -- to America, of all places, where a grudging great-aunt awaits. Will she ever be able to reclaim her chateau? Is this a Danielle Steel novel?